modern age to the love relationship between a man and a woman. This is
a very narrow-minded view of love. Islam has is own comprehensive
viewof love.
The fist type of love that Islam calls for is the Love of Allah (SWT),
praise be to Him. This love makes you avoid committing sins in order
not to make whom you love, Allah, getangry with you. This love also
urges you to contemplate all the different aspect of naturethat
usually leads you to have a deeper faith in the Creator who created
all this beauty round us.
The second type of love isthe love of Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw).
This love also makes you follow the example of Holy Prophet Muhammad
(saw) in all his dealings and manners. Also this love is an indication
of the love of Allah (SWT) as stated in the Noble Qur'an, "Say: 'If
you do love Allah, Follow me: Allah will love you and forgive you your
sins: ForAllah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.'" Say:"Obey Allah and
His Messenger: But if they turn back, Allah loves not those who reject
Faith." (Noble Qur'an, 3:31-32)
The third type of love is human love. It means that the Muslim has to
love his other fellow menregardless of their ethnic,linguistic or
cultural background. This includes love of neighbors, colleagues,
relatives and even strangers. This type of love persuades the Muslim
to help anybody whenever he can. There are numerous of Ahadith that
exhort Muslims to help anybody who really needs help because such an
altruistic act takes the Muslim one step closer to Allah (SWT).
The fourth type of love is the love between a man and a woman, but
Islam organizes and regulates these lofty feelings within the
framework of marriage because Islam views that marital love leads the
couple to have a peaceful and happy family life, which is the core of
the Muslim society .
In other words, this love is acceptable as long as it is within the
framework of marriage and this is encouraged in a number of verses in
the Noble Qur'an, "And one of His signs is that He created mates for
you from yourselves that you may find rest in them, and He put between
you love and compassion; most surely there are signs in this for a
people who reflect." (Noble Qur'an, 30:21)
Holy Prophet Muhammad's (saw) love for his people: Something to think about ...
How can a father's love for his son be known? This love itself is not
something visible or tactual. It can be known only from his behavior,
attitude and words towards his son. If a wise and fair person pays due
attention to Holy ProphetMuhammad (saw) utterances and studies the
reports describing hisefforts to guide men to the right course, his
strictness in protecting everybody's rights and his magnanimous and
compassionate efforts forthe establishment of beautiful morals, he
will clearly see that his love for his Ummah (community) is much more
than that of a father for his son. A person who realizes his
astounding accomplishments, the astonishing reports in Noble Qur'an,
which were revealed through his tongue and his utterances foretelling
thebewildering events that will happen at the end ofthe world, will
certainly see that he attained high grades above the intellect's
capacity and comprehended facts beyond the intellect's limit of
comprehension and realization. Thus, it will be apparent to him that
his words are all true.
How would you feel if you found out that someone was thinking about
you more than 1400 years ago?
Once our holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) was sitting with some of his
companion and suddenlyhe (SAW) said, "Alas! I wish I could meet my
brothers."
Abu Bakr and Umar, who were around him said,"Are we not your brothers?
We believe in you and we migrated with you."
Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) replied, "You are my companions. You
accepted Islam and migrated with me but"Alas I wish I could meet my
brothers...!"
Again they asked the same question, Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw)
replied the same answer. Then they asked"O, Prophet who are those
people?"
Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) replied, "My brothers are those who are
during the Akhir uz Zaman . They will believe in me although they
havenot seen me."
This shows a glimpse of our holy Prophet Muhammad's (SAW) love for us
and of course, we claim to love him as well. But when love becomes
limited to words, it becomes meaningless. And when the loved one's
advice is not taken seriously, it invalidates this love. Don't you
think?
Isn't it about time we follow our holy Prophet Muhammad (saw)? Isn't
itabout time we reconsider our lives?
There is a well known tradition narrated by Holy Prophet Muhammad
(saw) which has been recorded by eminent Shia and Ahle Sunnah scholars
in their compilation thus: "One who dies without recognizing the Imam
of his age, has died the death of ignorance."
In other words his death shall be that of an infidel.Even the Noble
Qur'an declares in the 71st verse of Surah Bani Israel, "On the day
when every man shall be summoned alongwith their Imam." (17:71)
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