What is the ruling on loving Allah in the Sufi manner?
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The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah bless you, what is your opinion regarding the love of some people for Allah (Mighty and Majestic)? When we read their words in poetry and such, it appears as if they are addressing someone other than Allah (Mighty and Majestic)...?
The Shaykh : This is a mistake.
The questioner : We see it in poetry, for example, that of Rabi'ah?
The Shaykh : I say this is an error followed by some of the Sufis. When you read their words, you say this is a love of passion, and this is not what is intended. What is intended is a love of reverence and magnification, reverence and magnification for Allah (Mighty and Majestic), not a love of passion. And a person distinguishes between his love for a scholar and his love for a beautiful woman, is that not so?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So there is a difference between this and that. Therefore, the correct view is that Allah is not described with this, neither from Him toward the creation nor from the creation toward Him, and this is prohibited regarding Allah. Yes.
The Shaykh : This is a mistake.
The questioner : We see it in poetry, for example, that of Rabi'ah?
The Shaykh : I say this is an error followed by some of the Sufis. When you read their words, you say this is a love of passion, and this is not what is intended. What is intended is a love of reverence and magnification, reverence and magnification for Allah (Mighty and Majestic), not a love of passion. And a person distinguishes between his love for a scholar and his love for a beautiful woman, is that not so?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So there is a difference between this and that. Therefore, the correct view is that Allah is not described with this, neither from Him toward the creation nor from the creation toward Him, and this is prohibited regarding Allah. Yes.