How to reconcile love for the sake of Allah and hatred for His sake with being kind to sinners in order to bring them to guidance?
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The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you. A questioner asks: How do you reconcile love for the sake of Allah and hatred for His sake with being kind to sinners in order to bring them to guidance?
The Shaykh : Yes, love for the sake of Allah is that you love a man, loving him only for the sake of Allah, and hatred for the sake of Allah is that you hate him, hating him only for the sake of Allah. As for being kind to a person in order to win his heart to Islam or to obedience, if he is a sinner, this is not love, but rather gentleness. You are kind to him, being gentle only in your treatment of him, while your heart hates him and hates the sins he is committing. This is the difference: love for the sake of Allah means your heart loves him. As for being kind to a person in order to encourage him to piety, if he is a sinner, or to Islam, if he is a disbeliever, this is not love for him, but love for what we are calling him to, despite our hatred of his actions and his disbelief. Yes.
The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you. A questioner asks: How do you reconcile love for the sake of Allah and hatred for His sake with being kind to sinners in order to bring them to guidance?
The Shaykh : Yes, love for the sake of Allah is that you love a man, loving him only for the sake of Allah, and hatred for the sake of Allah is that you hate him, hating him only for the sake of Allah. As for being kind to a person in order to win his heart to Islam or to obedience, if he is a sinner, this is not love, but rather gentleness. You are kind to him, being gentle only in your treatment of him, while your heart hates him and hates the sins he is committing. This is the difference: love for the sake of Allah means your heart loves him. As for being kind to a person in order to encourage him to piety, if he is a sinner, or to Islam, if he is a disbeliever, this is not love for him, but love for what we are calling him to, despite our hatred of his actions and his disbelief. Yes.