Chapter 2
Love of Allaah
44593: Fleeing to Madeenah form tribulation
Question:
How can I flee to Madeenah to save myself from
the tribulations that have appeared and become prevalent??.
Answer:
Praise be to Allaah.
It is proven in the hadeeth of Jaabir (may Allaah be
pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) said: "Madeenah is like a bellows
that eliminates the dross and enhances the good elements."
Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 6785; Muslim, 1383.
Al-Nawawi said: What this means is that those who
faith is contaminated will leave Madeenah and those
whose faith is sincere will stay there. It is proven in the
hadeeth of Anas ibn Maalik (may Allaah be pleased with
him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) said: "There is no land that the Dajjaal will not
enter, apart from Makkah and Madeenah. At every path of
them there are angels in ranks, guarding them. Madeenah
will be shaken three times with its inhabitants, and Allaah
will bring out of it every kaafir and hypocrite." Narrated
by al-Bukhaari, 1782; Muslim, 160.
And it was narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah
be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "There will come a
time when a man will say to his cousin and relatives,
`Come to an easy life, come to an easy life,' but Madeenah
will be better for them if only they knew. By the One in
Whose hand is my soul, no one leaves Madeenah because
he prefers to lives elsewhere but Allaah will replace him
with someone who is better. Madeenah is like a bellows
that brings out the dross. The Hour will not begin
until Madeenah is cleansed of its evil people like the
bellows cleanses iron of dross."
Narrated by Muslim, 1381.
These ahaadeeth explain that no evil will remain
in Madeenah and that it is always cleansed of its evil;
the Dajjaal will never enter it, and it is a better for those
who leave it for other places.
But this does not necessarily mean that those who
leave Madeenah have been tempted by the Shaytaan.
Allaah has created the causes of remaining steadfast in
adhering to truth and guidance, just as He has created the causes
of going astray. Everything is in the hand of Allaah,
from beginning to end, and Allaah creates causes for everything.
Some of the causes and means of remaining steadfast
in adhering to guidance are as follows:
1- Remembering Allaah a great deal (dhikr), praying
and reading Qur'aan
2- Always making du'aa' and asking Allaah to make
one steadfast
3- Keeping company with good people and sitting
with righteous people
4- Keeping away from situations and places that
provoke desires and cause temptation
5- Arming oneself with Islamic knowledge
6- Calling people to Allaah (da'wah) and sacrificing
that which is most precious for the sake of Allaah
7- You should read the books Ways to Steadfast
Faith and the book , 33 Ways of Developing Khushoo' in
Salaah on this website (under Useful Material > Books).
May Allaah help you to do all that is good.
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27232: What are the signs of Allaah's love for His slave?
Question:
What are the signs of Allaah's love for His slave?.
Answer:
Praise be to Allaah.
You have asked about a serious and weighty matter,
which none attain but very few of the righteous slaves of Allaah.
The love of Allaah is "the status for which the
righteous compete and strive… It is the nourishment of hearts
and souls… the delight of the eyes… It is the life of
which one who is denied it is dead… the light which the
one who loses it is in deep darkness… the healing of
which the one who is denied is sick… the joy which the
one who is deprived of it lives in distress and pain…
It is the spirit of faith and good deeds… by means
of which one may draw closer to Allaah… which, when it
is absent, one is like a body in which there is no soul."
O Allaah, make us among those whom You
love.
The love of Allaah has signs and causes which are
like the key to the door. These causes include the following:
1 _Following the guidance of the Prophet (peace
and blessings of Allaah be upon him). Allaah says in His
Holy Book (interpretation of the meaning):
"Say (O Muhammad to mankind): If you (really)
love Allaah, then follow me (i.e. accept Islamic
Monotheism, follow the Qur'aan and the Sunnah), Allaah will love
you and forgive you your sins. And Allaah is
Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful"
[Aal `Imraan 3:31]
2-5 _ Being humble towards the believers and
stern towards the kaafirs, waging jihad for the sake of
Allaah, and not fearing anyone or anything but Him. Allaah
has mentioned these qualities in a single verse, in which
He says (interpretation of the meaning):
"O you who believe! Whoever from among you turns
back from his religion (Islam), Allaah will bring a people
whom He will love and they will love Him; humble towards
the believers, stern towards the disbelievers, fighting in
the way of Allaah, and never fear of the blame of the blamers"
[al-Maa'idah 5:54]
In this verse Allaah describes the attributes of those
whom He loves, the first of which is: humility and not
being arrogant towards the Muslims, and being stern
towards the kaafirs, and not humbling or humiliating oneself
before them. They (the ones whom Allaah loves) strive for
the sake of Allaah, against the Shaytaan, the kuffaar,
the hypocrites and the evildoers, and they strive against
their own selves (jihad al-nafs). They do not fear the blame
of any blamer, because so long as they are following
the commands of their religion, he will not care about
anyone who mocks him or blames him.
6 _ Doing naafil (supererogatory) acts of worship.
Allaah says _ according to a hadeeth qudsi _ "My slave
keeps drawing near to me by means of supererogatory acts
of worship until I love Him." Supererogatory acts of
worship include naafil prayers, charity, `Umrah, Hajj and fasting.
8-12 _ Loving, visiting one another, helping one
another (financially) and offering sincere advice to one
another for the sake of Allaah.
These attributes were mentioned in a single hadeeth
in which the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah
be upon him) narrated that his Lord said: "My love
is guaranteed for two who love one another for My
sake; My love is guaranteed for two who visit one another
for My sake; My love is guaranteed for two who help
one another (financially) for My sake; My love is
guaranteed to two who uphold ties with one another for My sake."
Narrated by Ahmad, 4/236 and 5/236;
al-Tanaasuh by Ibn Hibbaan, 3/338; the two ahaadeeth were classed
as saheeh by Shaykh al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Targheeb
wa'l-Tarheeb, 3019, 3020, 3021.
What is meant by "two who visit one another for My
sake" is that they only visit one another for the sake of
Allaah, seeking thereby His pleasure for their loving one
another for His sake or cooperating in worshipping Him.
From al-Muntaqa Sharh al-Muwatta', hadeeth 1779.
13 _ Being tested. Calamities and disasters are a test for
a person, and this is a sign that Allaah loves him,
because this is like medicine: even though it is bitter, but still
you offer the medicine, despite its bitterness, to the one
whom you love; and Allaah's is the highest
description. According to a saheeh hadeeth: "The greatest
reward comes from the greatest trial. When Allaah loves
people, He tests them, and whoever accepts it gains the
pleasure of Allaah and whoever complains earns His wrath.
Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 2396; Ibn Maajah, 4031;
classed as saheeh by Shaykh al-Albaani.
For calamities to befall the believer is better
than punishments being stored up for him in the
Hereafter. How can it be otherwise when he is raised in status
and his bad deeds are erased thereby? The Prophet (peace
and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "When Allaah
wills good for His slave, He hastens his punishment in
this world, and when He wills bad for His slave, He
withholds his sins until he comes with them on the Day
of Resurrection."
Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 2396; classed as saheeh by
al-Albaani.
The scholars have explained that the one from
whom calamities and trials are withheld is the hypocrite,
for Allaah withholds [his punishment] in this world, so as
to bring him with all his sins on the Day of Resurrection.
O Allaah, make us among those whom You
love.
If Allaah loves you, do not ask about the good that
you will attain and the virtue that you will acquire… it
is sufficient for you to know that you are beloved of
Allaah. The great fruits of the love of Allaah for His slave are
as follows:
1 _ People will love him and he will be accepted on
earth, as it says in the hadeeth narrated by al-Bukhaari
(3209): "When Allaah loves a slave, He says to Jibreel, `I
love so-and-so, so love him,' so Jibreel loves him and
then calls out to the people of heaven, `Allaah loves
so-and-so, so love him,' and the people of heaven love him,
and then acceptance is placed in the Earth for him."
2 _ What Allaah has mentioned in the hadeeth qudsi
of the great virtues of those whom He loves. It was
narrated that Abu Hurayrah said: The Messenger of Allaah
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:
"Whosoever shows enmity to someone devoted to Me, I shall be
at war with him. My servant draws not near to Me
with anything more loved by Me than the religious duties
I have enjoined upon him, and My servant continues
to draw near to Me with supererogatory works so that I
shall love him. When I love him I am his hearing with
which he hears, his seeing with which he sees, his hand
with which he strikes and his foot with which he walks.
Were he to ask [something] of Me, I would surely give it
to him, and were he to ask Me for refuge, I would
surely grant him it. I do not hesitate about anything as much
as I hesitate about [seizing] the soul of My faithful
servant: he hates death and I hate hurting him." Narrated by
al-Bukhaari, 6502.
This hadeeth qudsi includes a number of benefits
of Allaah's love for His slave:
(i) "I am his hearing with which he hears" i.e., he
does not listen to anything but that which Allaah loves.
(ii) "his seeing with which he sees" i.e., he does not
see anything but that which Allaah loves.
(iii) "his hand with which he strikes" i.e., he does not
do anything with his hand but that which Allaah loves.
(iv) "and his foot with which he walks" i.e., he does
not go towards anything but that which Allaah loves.
(v) "Were he to ask [something] of Me, I would
surely give it to him" i.e., his du'aa's are heard and his
requests are granted.
(vi) "and were he to ask Me for refuge, I would
surely grant him it" i.e., he is protected by Allaah from
all things…
We ask Allaah to help us to please Him.
And Allaah knows best.
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949: When does the love of Allaah save a person
from punishment?
Question:
Will a person who loves Allaah enter Hell? There are
many kuffaar such as Jews and Christians who love Allaah,
and similarly there are immoral Muslims who love
Allaah. They would never say that they hate their Lord. Can
you clarify this matter?
Answer:
Praise be to Allaah.
Ibn Al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him)
said regarding this matter:
There are four kinds of love, which we must
differentiate between, and those who go astray do so because they
do not make this distinction. The first of them is love
of Allaah, but this alone is not sufficient to save a
person from the punishment of Allaah and to earn him His
reward. The Mushrikeen, worshippers of the cross, Jews
and others all love Allaah. The second is love of that
which Allaah loves. This is what brings a person into Islam
and out of Kufr. The most beloved of people to Allaah is
the one who is most correct and most devoted in this kind
of love. The third kind is love for the sake of Allaah,
which is one of the essentials of loving that which Allaah
loves. A person's love of that which Allaah loves cannot
be complete until he also loves for the sake of Allaah.
The fourth is love for something alongside Allaah, and
this love has to do with shirk. Everyone who loves
things alongside Allaah but not for the sake of Allaah has
taken that thing as a rival to Allaah. This is the love of
the Mushrikeen. There remains a fifth kind of love
which has nothing to do with our topic; this is the natural
love which is a person's inclination towards that which
suits his nature, such as the love of a thirsty person for
water or of a hungry person for food, or the love of sleep, or
of one's wife and children. There is nothing wrong with
this unless it distracts a person from remembering Allaah
and keeps him from loving Him. Allaah says
(interpretation of the meanings):
"O you who believe! Let not your properties or
your children divert you from the remembrance of Allaah"
[al-Munaafiqoon 63:9]
"Men whom neither trade nor sale (business) diverts
from the remembrance of Allaah"
[al-Noor 24:37]
(Al-Jawaab al-Kaafi, 1/134)
And he said (may Allaah have mercy on him):
The difference between loving for the sake of Allaah
and loving something alongside Allaah is one of the
most important distinctions. Everyone needs to make
this distinction and is indeed obliged to do so. Loving for
the sake of Allaah is a sign of the perfection of faith,
but loving something alongside Allaah is the essence of
shirk. The difference between them is that a person's love
for the sake of Allaah is connected to his love of Allaah;
if this love becomes strong in his heart, this love
dictates that he will love that which Allaah loves. If he loves
that which his Lord loves and he loves those who are
the friends of Allaah, this is love for the sake of Allaah.
So he loves His Messengers, Prophets, angels and
close friends because Allaah loves them, and he hates
those who hate them because Allaah hates those people.
The sign of the love and hatred for the sake of Allaah is
that his hatred for the one whom Allaah hates will not
turn into love merely because that person treats him
kindly, does him a service or meets some need he has; and
his love for those whom Allaah loves will not turn to
hatred simply because that person does something that upsets
or hurts him, whether it is done by mistake or
deliberately, in obedience to Allaah or because the person feels that
he has a duty to do it for some reason, or because the
person is a wrongdoer who may yet give up his wrongdoing
and repent. The entire religion revolves around four
principles: love and hatred, and stemming from them, action
and abstinence. The person whose love and hatred, action
and abstinence, are all for the sake of Allaah, has
perfected his faith so that when he loves, he loves for the sake
of Allaah, when he hates, he hates for the sake of
Allaah, when he does something, he does it for the sake of
Allaah, and when he abstains from something, he abstains for
the sake of Allaah. To the extent that he is lacking in
these four Islam & Muslims, he is lacking in faith and commitment
to religion. This is in contrast to the love of things
alongside Allaah, which is of two types. One is
diametrically opposed to the principle of Tawheed and is
shirk; the other is opposed to perfection of sincerity and love
towards Allaah, but does not put a person beyond the pale of
Islam. The first kind is like the love of the Mushrikeen for
their idols and gods. Allaah says (interpretation of
the meaning):
"And of mankind are some who take (for worship)
others besides Allaah as rivals (to Allaah). They love them
as they love Allaah"
[al-Baqarah 2:165]
These Mushrikeen love their idols and gods
alongside Allaah as they love Allaah. This love and devotion
is accompanied by fear, hope, worship and supplication.
This love is pure Shirk which Allaah does not forgive.
Faith cannot be perfected unless a person regards these idols
as enemies and hates them intensely, and hates the
people who worship them, and regards them as enemies
and strives against them. This is the message with
which Allaah sent all His Messengers and revealed all His
Books. He created Hell for the people of
shirk who love these rivals, and He created Paradise for those who strive
against them and take them as enemies for His sake and to
earn His Pleasure. Anybody who worships anything from
the vicinity of the Throne to the lowest depths of the
earth and takes a god and a supporter besides Allaah
and associates another beings in worship with Him, will
be disowned by the object of his worship when he is most
in need of it [i.e., on the Day of Judgement].
The second kind is love for the things which Allaah
has made attractive to people, such as women, children,
gold, silver, branded beautiful horses, cattle and well-tilled
land. People love them with a kind of desire, like the love
of the hungry person for food and the thirsty person for
water. This love is of three kinds. If a person loves them for
the sake of Allaah and as a means of obeying Allaah, he
will be rewarded for that; it will be counted as a part of
love for the sake of Allaah and a means of reaching Him,
and he will still find enjoyment in them. This is how the
best of creation [i.e. the Prophet (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him)] was, to whom women and perfume
were made dear in this world, and his love for them
helped him to love Allaah more and to convey His Message
and fulfil His commands. If a person loves them because
they suit his nature and his own desires, but he does not
give them preference over that which Allaah loves and
is pleased with, and he gets them because of his
natural inclination, then they come under the heading of
things which are permissible, and he will not be punished
for that, but his love of Allaah and for the sake of Allaah
will be lacking somewhat. If his sole purpose in life is to
get these things, and he gives priority to that over that
which Allaah loves and is pleased with, then he is
wronging himself and following his own desires.
The first is the love of al-Saabiqoon (those who
are foremost in Islam); the second is the love of
al-muqtasidoon (those who are average) and the third is
the love of al-zaalimoon (the wrongdoers).
Al-Rooh by Ibn al-Qayyim, 1/254.
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10117: The indications of allah's love for his
worshippers and the way to its achievement.
Question:
What is the indications of allah's love for his
worshippers and how to achieve it.
Answer:
Praise be to Allaah.
Almighty Allah said : "Say (O Mohammad
Shalallahu `alaihi wa Salam to mankind) : "if you (really) love
Allah then follow me (i.e. accept islamic monotheism,
follow the Qur'an and Sunnah), Allah will love you and
forgive you your sins. And Allah is Oft-Forgiving,
Most Merciful." Qur'an 3:31.
Abu Huraira Radhiallahu `anhu narrated that the
Prophet Shalallahu `alaihi wa Salam. Said, `if Allah loves
a person, He calls Jibrael (Gabriel) saying,'Allah loves
so and so; O Jibrael (Gabriel) love him.' And make
an announcement amongst the inhabitants of the heaven:
" Allah loves so and so therefore you should love
him also, and so all the inhabitans of the heaven would
love him, and then he is granted the pleasures of the people
on the earth." Narrated by Al-Bukhari and Muslim.
Abu Huraira Radhiallahu `anhu narrated tha
Allah's Messenger Shalallahu `alaihi wa
Salam said that Allah said: "I will declare war against him who shows
hostility to a pious worshipper of mine And the most beloved
things with which My slave comes nearer to Me, is what I
have enjoined upon him; and My worshipper keeps on
coming closes to Me through perfoming
Nawafil (praying or doing extra deeds besides what is (obligatory) till I love
him, then I become his sense of hearing with which he
hears, and his sense of sight with which he sees, and his
hands with which he grips, and his legs with which he
walks; and if he ask Me, I will give him, and if he ask
My Protection (Refuge), I will Protect him."
Narrated by Al-Bukhari.
A-The EXCELLENCE OF RECITING THE QUR'AN 1. Abu Umamah
Radhiallahu `anhu narrated that he heard the Prophet
Shalallahu `alaihi wa Salam saying: " Read the Qur'an (regularly) for it will act as
an intercessor for its readers on the Day of
Resurrection." Narrated by Muslim.
2. Uthman Radhiallahu `anhu narrated that the
Prophet Shalallahu `alaihi wa Salam said: " The best among
you (muslims) are those who learn the Qur'an and teach it
(to others)."
Narrated by Al-Bukhari.
3. Abdullah bin Mas'ud Radhiallahu `anhu reported
that the Prophet Shalallahu `alaihi wa
Salam said : "when somebody recites one letter from the Qur'an he will
get one good deed in recompense will be equal to ten
good deeds. I do not say that Alif Lam Meem is a letter, but A
is a letter, L is a letter and M is a letter i.e it is equal to
three letters." Narrated by At-Tirmithi.
B-The EXCELLENCE OF THIKR ALLAH (REMEMBERING ALLAH I.E., GLORIFYING
AND PRAISING HIM ETC.)
1. Abu Huraira Radhiallahu `anhu narrated that
the Prophet Shalallahu `alaihi wa Salam said : " A
person who recites after every salah (prayer) :
sub-han- Allah (glory be to Allah) thirty three times,
Al-ham-do Lil-lah (all praise belongs to Allah) thirty three times and
Al-la-ho Akbar (Allah is great) thirthy three times,
and completes the figure of hundred with the recitacion of
La ilaha ila Allah wahdahu lasharikalahu lahu
almulku walahu alhamdu wahuwa ala kul shai in gadeer.
" None has the right to be worshipped but Allah and
He has no partner in Lordship or in the Names and and
the Qualities and for Him is the kingdom and all the
praises and thanks are for Him and he is Omnipotent "will
have his (minor) sins forgiven, although they may be as
much as the foam of the sea. Narrated by Muslim.
2. Abu Huraira Radhiallahu `anhu narrated that
Allah's Messenger Shalallahu `alaihi wa
Salam said: "Who-ever says `Subhan Allahi wa bihamdi
hi, one hundred time a day, will be forgiven all his sins even if they were as
much as the foam of the sea." Narrated by Al-Bukhari
and Muslim.
3. Abu Musa Radhiallahu `anhu narrated that the
Prophet Shalallahu `alaihi wa Salam said : "The similitude of
the one who remembers (gorifies the praises of) his
Lord (Allah) in comparison to the one who dos not
remember (glorify the praises of) his, Lord, is like that of a
living and the dead." Narrated by Al-Bukhari.
C-INVOKING ALLAH'S BLESSING UPON THE PROPHET
Shalallahu `alaihi wa Salam.
1. Almighty Allah said : " Allah and His Angels
send blessing on the Prophet, O you who believe ! send
your (salah) and salute (greet) on him with a worthy
salutation." Qur'an 33:56.
2. Abdullah bin `Amr bin Al-`Aas Radhiallahu
`anhu said that he heard the Prophet Shalallahu `alaihi wa
Salam saying : "A person who calls for blessings on me,
(recites salah) once, Allah sends down mercies on him ten
times." Narrated by Muslim.
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