WHAT A PERSON LOVES AND HATES MUST BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORDER OF ALLAH AND HIS PROPHET (SAS)

The obligation upon every slave of Allah, then, is to look very
closely into his or her likes and dislikes, and the intensity of his
love for that which he loves and his hate for that which he hates: is
it in harmony with the order ofAllah and His Prophet (sas)? This, then
is the guidance of Allah which He sent down upon His Prophet such that
he was ordered to have these loves and hates. In this way, a slave of
Allahwill avoid putting himself ahead of Allah and His Prophet (sas),
because Allah said:
O you who believe, do not put forth (anything) in front of Allah and
His Prophet] Qur'an 49/1. i.e. Do not decide your position in any
action or issue without first knowing the position of Allah and His
Prophet therein.
Anyone who loves or hates before Allah and His Prophet haveordered him
to do so, has entered the area of putting something forth in front of
Allah and His Prophet (sas). Simple loves and hates are hawaa, but the
hawaa which is forbidden to the Muslim is the following of these
inclinations without guidance from Allah. This is why Allah said to
His Prophet:
[And do not follow your hawaa such that it leads you astray fromthe
path of Allah. For those who go astray from the path of Allah there
awaits a terrible punishment.] Qur'an 38/26.
Here Allah informs us that the following of one's hawaa will leadone
astray from the path of Allah.The path of Allah is the guidance and
the program with which He sent His Prophet (sas), and it is the path
to Allah.

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