How is love for the sake of Allah and hatred for the sake of Allah?
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The questioner : How is love for the sake of Allah and hatred for the sake of Allah? I ask you to inform us, may you be rewarded.
The Shaykh : Love for the sake of Allah is when you see a person who is a person of religion and knowledge, a person of worship, a person of good character, and a person of good treatment, and you love him for the obedience to Allah and faith in Him that he has established. This is love for the sake of Allah.
Hatred for the sake of Allah is when you see a person who is disobedient, negligent of his religion, and does not care, and you dislike and hate him for his negligence of the religion of Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
Love for the sake of Allah and hatred for the sake of Allah are among the strongest ties of faith. Therefore, it is obligatory for us that our love and hatred be for the sake of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). We do not love except those whom Allah loves, and we do not hate except those whom Allah hates. We love those whom Allah loves, even if we do not have a natural inclination toward them, and we dislike those whom Allah dislikes, even if we have a natural inclination toward them, so that we may hold fast to the strongest ties of faith.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : Love for the sake of Allah is when you see a person who is a person of religion and knowledge, a person of worship, a person of good character, and a person of good treatment, and you love him for the obedience to Allah and faith in Him that he has established. This is love for the sake of Allah.
Hatred for the sake of Allah is when you see a person who is disobedient, negligent of his religion, and does not care, and you dislike and hate him for his negligence of the religion of Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
Love for the sake of Allah and hatred for the sake of Allah are among the strongest ties of faith. Therefore, it is obligatory for us that our love and hatred be for the sake of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). We do not love except those whom Allah loves, and we do not hate except those whom Allah hates. We love those whom Allah loves, even if we do not have a natural inclination toward them, and we dislike those whom Allah dislikes, even if we have a natural inclination toward them, so that we may hold fast to the strongest ties of faith.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.