If one loves to meet Allah, Allah loves to meet him: If we said this is a condition and not a report, what is the prohibition in this?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. If we gave the example of "If one loves to meet Allah, Allah loves to meet him," and we said that this is a condition, meaning it does not include the report, what is the prohibition in this?
The Shaykh : The prohibition is that it implies that the love of Allah the Exalted arises after the servant's love for Him, and the love of Allah does not occur except after a person becomes one of the awliya (close friends of Allah) and a follower of His Messenger.
The questioner : I mean, the prohibition is that the very idea is that the love of Allah arises after
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, that is it.
The questioner : What is the prohibition in this?
The Shaykh : This is the prohibition. The prohibition is to say: A person cannot love to meet Allah unless Allah has already loved to meet him, because he was not worthy of the love until he did what necessitates it.
The Shaykh : The prohibition is that it implies that the love of Allah the Exalted arises after the servant's love for Him, and the love of Allah does not occur except after a person becomes one of the awliya (close friends of Allah) and a follower of His Messenger.
The questioner : I mean, the prohibition is that the very idea is that the love of Allah arises after
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, that is it.
The questioner : What is the prohibition in this?
The Shaykh : This is the prohibition. The prohibition is to say: A person cannot love to meet Allah unless Allah has already loved to meet him, because he was not worthy of the love until he did what necessitates it.