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 wholoses 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
maydraw closer to Allaah… which, when it is absent,one is like a body
in which there is no soul."
O Allaah, make us amongthose 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 forthe 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, fightingin the way of Allaah, andnever 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 sterntowards 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 striveagainst
their own selves (jihad al-nafs). They do not fear the blame of any
blamer, because so long as they are following the commandsof 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 wholove one another for
My sake; My love is guaranteed for two whovisit one another for My
sake; My love is guaranteed for two whohelp 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 itis 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 whoeveraccepts 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 isthe hypocrite, for Allaah withholds [his
punishment] in this world, so as to bring himwith all his sins on the
Day of Resurrection.
O Allaah, make us amongthose 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 youare 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 thehadeeth 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 himand 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 sothat
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 withwhich 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 byAllaah from all things…
We ask Allaah to help us to please Him.
And Allaah knows best.
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