Steadfast Love of Allaah - I

Love of Allaah The Almighty is a degree for which people competeand
which worshippers aspire to;forerunners hurried to realize it and
lovers devote themselves to it, and worshippers are pleasantly
relieved by its breeze. Love of Allaah nourishes hearts and souls, and
delights the eyes. It is life, a light, a cure, and a delight! If a
person is deprived of life, he will be counted as dead; ifa person is
deprived of light, he will move in severe darkness; if a person lacks
a cure, his heart will suffer all diseases; and if a persondoes not
attain delight, his life will be full of worries and pains. Moreover,
it is the people who have steadfast love of Allaah that attain honor
in this life and the Hereafter as they have the greatest share of the
company of those whom they love.
On the day when Allaah The Almighty decreed the fate of creation with
His will and sublime Wisdom, He decreed thata person will be with whom
he loves. How bountiful the blessing on those lovers is!
The Tree of Love is Extremely Sheltering
When the tree of love is planted in the heart and watered with the
sincerity and following of the beloved, it produces all kinds of
fruits regularly, by the permissionof Allaah The Almighty. Its roots
are firmly fixed into the innermost of the heart and its branches are
connected to the Sidrat Al-Muntaha (the furthest lote-tree). Indeed, a
person remains elevated to His Beloved without being hindered by any
barrier. Allaah The Almighty Says (what means):
• {To Him ascends good speech, and righteous work raises it.} [Quran 35:10]
• {Say, [O Muhammad], "If your fathers, your sons, your brothers,your
wives, your relatives, wealthwhich you have obtained, commerce wherein
you fear decline, and dwellings with which you are pleased are more
beloved to you than Allaah and His Messenger and Jihaad in His cause,
then wait until Allaah executes His Command. And Allaah does not guide
the defiantly disobedient people."} [Quran 9:24]
• {And [yet], among the people are those who take other than Allaah as
equals [to Him]. They love them as they [should] love Allaah. But
those who believe are stronger in love for Allaah.} [Quran 2:165]
• {O you who have believed, whoever of you should revert from his
religion - Allaah will bring forth [in place of them] a people He will
love and who will love Him [who are] humble toward the believers,
powerful against the disbelievers; they strive in the cause of Allaah
and do not fear the blame of a critic. That is the favor of Allaah; He
bestows it upon whom He wills. And Allaah is all-Encompassing and
Knowing.} [Quran 5:54]
It was narrated on the authority of Anas that the Prophet said: "By
the One in whose Hand my soul is, a person will not be [atrue]
believer until I become more beloved to him than his father, son and
all [other] people." [Al-Bukhaari and Muslim]
'Umar ibn Al-Khattaab said, "O Messenger of Allaah, you are more
beloved to me than everything except myself." The Prophet said: "No
'Umar, not until you love me more than yourself." In response 'Umar
said,"By Allaah! You are more beloved to me than myself." The Prophet
said: "Now, [you have attained it,] O 'Umar." [Al-Bukhaari and Muslim]
It is well known that loving the Prophet follows loving Allaah The
Almighty. What does one then think of the influence of loving Allaah
The Almighty on his faith!
Allaah The Almighty Says (what means): {O you who have believed, when
the believing women come to you as emigrants, examine them. Allaah is
Most Knowing as to their faith. And if you know them to be believers,
then do not return them to the disbelievers.} [Quran 60:10] Ibn
'Abbaas commented on this verse saying, "Whenever a woman came to
theProphet to embrace Islam, hewould make her swear by Allaah that she
did not come because she detested her husband, but rather [only]
because she loved Allaah and His Messenger."
It was narrated on the authority of Anas that the Prophet said: "There
are three qualities that whoever has them, will tastethe sweetness of
faith: To love Allaah and His Messenger more than anything else; to
love a person only for [the sake of] Allaah, and to abhor returning to
disbelief after Allaah has saved him from it just as he would abhor
being thrown into Hell." [Al-Bukhaari and Muslim]
It was narrated on the authority of Mu'aath in the Hadeeth that
mentions the dispute of the exalted assembly of angels, where the
Prophet said:
I saw my Lord The Exalted in the best form [in a vision]… Allaah The
Almighty Said, "Ask [Me]," and I [the Prophet ] said, "Allaahuma inni
asa'luka fi'l al-khayraat wa tark al-munkaraatwa hubb al-masaakeen wa
an taghfira li wa tarhamani wa itha aradta biqawmin fitnatan
fatawaffani ilayka ghayra maftoon, wa asaluka hubbak wahubba man
yuhibbuk wahubba kulli 'amalin yuqarribuni ila hubbik (O Allaah, I beg
of You [to enable me] to do good deeds, and abandon evil deeds, and to
love the poor, that You forgive me and have mercy upon me, and if You
intend to put people to trial, then let me die without being afflicted
by anytrial. I beg of You, Your love and the love of the one who loves
You, and the love of the deed which brings me near to Your love.)"
Then the Messenger of Allaah said: "It [this vision] is a truth, so
study it [i.e., memorize its words]and learn it [i.e., its meanings]."
[Ahmad and At-Tirmithi, At-Tirmithi - Hasan Saheeh]
Ways to Attain and Strengthen the Love of Allaah
1- Reciting the Quran with reflection. The Prophet said: "Whoever
desires to love Allaah and His Messenger, let him read the Mus'haf
(Qur'aan)."
2- Seeking closeness to Allaah TheAlmighty through voluntary acts of
worship having performed those that are obligatory. In a Qudsi
(Sacred) Hadeeth, Allaah The Almighty Says: "My slave keeps on drawing
closer to Me byperforming voluntary acts until I love him."
3- Mentioning and remembrance of Allaah The Almighty constantlywith
the tongue and the heart. Ibraaheem ibn Al-Junayd said, "It is said
that rememberingAllaah the Almighty constantly with the heart and the
tongue is a sign of loving Him. A person who is fond of remembering
Allaah The Almighty often obtainsthe love of Allaah The Almighty."
4- Giving precedence to what Allaah The Almighty loves over what the
self loves and desires.
5- Realizing and observing the Names and Attributes of Allaah The
Almighty and living their meanings in the heart. 'Aa'ishah said,
The Prophet sent a battalion under the command of a man who would lead
his companions in prayer. This man would finish his recitation with
Soorat Al-Ikhlaas( chapter 112). When they returned, they mentioned
this to the Prophet . He said [to them]: "Ask him why he does this."
They asked him and he said,"I do so because it contains the
Attribute(s) of The Most Gracious and I love to recite it [in my
prayer]." The Prophet said [to them]: "Tell him that Allaah loves
him."
6- Recognizing the Kindness, benevolence, and apparent and hidden
blessings of Allaah The Almighty. Allaah The Almighty Says (what
means): {And whatever you have of favor - it is from Allaah.} [Quran
16:53]
7- Being secluded with Allaah TheAlmighty, when He descends to the
lowest sky, to talk to Him, recite His Words, supplicate to Him and
seek His forgiveness.
8- Sitting with the righteous and sincere lovers of Allaah.
9- Avoiding any means that standas a barrier between the heart and
Allaah The Almighty.

Supplications from the Quran and Sunnah

Islam attached great importance to supplicating, as it is the direct
means through which the slave communicates with his Lord. As Muslims
we do not need any mediators between us and Allaah. In this article we
will highlight some supplications thatwere mentioned in the Quran
andthe Sunnah of the Prophet, .
Supplications from the Quran
Allaah Says (what means): "Our Lord, condemn us not if we forget or
fall into error. Our Lord, lay not on us a burden like that you laid
on those before us. Our Lord, lay not on us what we have no strength
to bear. Blot out oursins, and forgive us, and have mercy on us, You
are our Protector, so give us Your help against the faithless people."
[Quran 2:286]
Allaah Says (what means): "Our Lord, not for naught have you created
that (Heavens and Earth and what is between] Glory be to You, so
shield us from the penalty of the Fire. Our Lord, whom you admit to
the Fire, you have covered them with shame. Our Lord, forgive us our
sins, and blot out from us our iniquities, and gather us with those
righteous (in the Hereafter). Our Lord, grant us what you promised us
through Your Messengers, and do not shame uson the Day of
Resurrection. Truly You, Allaah never break Your promise." [Quran
3:191-194]
Allaah Says (what means): "Our Lord, You are the Master of the
Kingdom, You grant the Kingdomto whom You will, and expropriate the
Kingdom from whom You will. You bring honor to whom You will and You
let whom You will be disgraced. In Your Hand is all the good, for
Youare Powerful over everything. Youcause the night to gain on the
day, and You cause the day to gain on the night. You bring the living
out of the dead and You bring the dead out of the living, and You give
sustenance to whom You will without measure". [Quran 3:26-27]
Allaah Says (what means): "Our Lord, truly You know what we conceal,
and what we reveal, and nothing is hidden from Allaah whether on Earth
or in Heaven". [Quran 14:38]
Allaah Says (what means): " Our Lord, forgive my parents and the
faithful (people) when, the Day ofJudgment comes. Our Lord, avert from
us the wrath of Hell, for its wrath is indeed a grievous affliction.
It is such a bad place tostay and abide". [Quran 25:65]
Allaah Says (what means): "Our Lord, in You we trust, and to You we
return in repentance, to You is the destination (of all Your
creation)." [Quran 60:7].
Allaah Says (what means): "Our Lord, forgive us our sins, and anything
we may have done that transgressed our duty, and establish our feet
firmly (when facing Your enemies) and help us against those that
resist faith". [Quran 3:147]
Allaah Says (what means): "Our Lord, we have wronged our own souls,
and if You do not forgive us, then we are certainly failures
(losers)." [Quran 7:23]
Allaah Says (what means): "Our Lord, bestow on us Mercy from Yourself,
and dispose of our affairs for us in the right way". [Quran 18:20]
Allaah Says (what means): "Our Lord, we do believe, so forgive us and
have mercy on us, for You (Allaah) are the most Merciful of any who
show mercy". [Quran 23:109]
Allaah Says (what means): "Our Lord, Your reach is over all things in
mercy and knowledge, so forgive those who repent and follow Your way
and preserve them from the torment of the blazing Fire. Our Lord,
grant themthat they enter Paradise which You have promised them and
the righteous of their fathers, and their wives, and their posterity
for You are Exalted in might, full of wisdom. And preserve them from
ills, for one whom You preserve from ill – on that Day of Judgment –
You bestow mercy onhim, and that is the supreme success". [Quran
40:7-9]
Allaah Says (what means): "Our Lord, let not our hearts deviate after
You have guided us, And grant us Mercy from Your own presence, for You
are (Allaah) Granter of bounties without measure. Our Lord, You are He
that will gather all the people together against a day which there is
no doubt, for Allaah never break his promise". [Quran 3:8-9]
Supplications Collected From The Prophet :
"O Allaah, forgive my sins, my ignorance, and my extravagance in my
affairs, and that which You know better than I."
"O Allaah, forgive my earnestness,my frivolity, my mistakes and
(wrong) intentions, and all of that I have done."
"O Allaah, purify my heart from hypocrisy, and my actions from show
(dissimulation), my tongue from lies, and my eyes from the breach of
trust and betrayal. For You are "Allaah", Who certainly knows
treacherous eyes and what breasts conceal."
"O Allaah, the Turner (Controller) of hearts, turn my heart to Your obedience."
"O Allaah, I seek Your love, and the love of those who love You, and
let me love to do every good act, which makes me closer to You."
"O Allaah, let your love become inmy heart – dearer than my own soul,
and dearer than my own property, and my family, and even dearer than
the cold water when I am dying of thirst."
"O Allaah, let my love be for Your sake, and my hate for Your sake.
Let me live for Your sake, and act for Your sake, and let me die for
Your sake (as a martyr)."
"O Allaah, instill Your fear in my heart (so that I can fear you even
without seeing you), fill our hearts with faith, and make us guided
and guiders (to others), and strengthen us in truthful speech, in both
this life and in the Hereafter."
"O Allaah, forgive me, have mercy on me, guide me, and support and
provide for me, let there be light in my heart, light in my sight,
light in my hearing, and light in my own soul."
"O Allaah, improve my religion (faith) which is the prevention of my
affairs, and make my life (in this world) good, wherein is my
livelihood, and make my Hereafter good, wherein is my return."
"O Allaah, lengthen my life for me, for more good deeds, and letdeath
be a consolation for me from all evil deeds."
"O Allaah, the true life is but the life of the Hereafter."
"O Allaah, Give us good in this world, and in the Hereafter, and save
us from the torment of the Fire."
"O Allaah, forgive me (my sins) from before, and the sins to follow."
"O Allaah, forgive me what I have done in secret, and what I have done
in public, and forgive all that You know about me which I have
forgotten, and let my secret self [what I conceal] be better than the
apparent [that I reveal]."

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What the Shi’ah do on ‘Ashoora’ is bid’ah (innovation) and misguidance

I am living in dubai and here huge number of shia are pesent arround
us they always say that doing maatum on 9 and 10 muhaaram is right and
this is the proof thatwe love hazrat husain and hazrat yaqoob also
said "Hazrat Yaqoob (a.s.) cried and said a word (Hey Yousuf) he cried
that in result of he became blind and thier rest sons who were wrong
asked him if you cried like this than you will hurt yourself and
nodought you will die one day while crying. THEN Haszar Yaqoob (a.s.)
replied I cried and tell allmy tregedy to ALMIGHTY ALLAH and I know
something from GOD" please tell me the answer as soon as possible that
beating chest is right or wrong???
Praise be to Allaah.
What the Shi'ah do on 'Ashoora' of beating their chests, slapping
their cheeks, striking their shoulders with chains and cutting their
heads with swords to let the blood flow are all innovations that have
nobasis in Islam. These things are evils that were forbidden by the
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), who did not
prescribe for his ummah to do any of these thingsor anything similar
to them to mark the death of a leader or the loss of a martyr, no
matter what his status. During his lifetime (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) a number of senior Sahaabah were martyred and he
mourned their loss, such as Hamzah ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib, Zayd ibn
Haarithah, Ja'far ibn Abi Taalib and 'Abd-Allaah ibn Rawaahah, but he
did not do any of the things that these people do. If it was good, he
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) would have done it before
us.
Ya'qoob (peace be upon him) did not strike his chest or scratch his
face, or shed blood or take the day of the loss of Yoosuf as a
festival or day of mourning. Rather he remembered his missing loved
one and felt sad and distressed because of that. This is something no
one can be blamed for. What is forbidden is these actions that have
been inherited from the Jaahiliyyah, and which Islam forbids.
Al-Bukhaari (1294) and Muslim (103) narrated that 'Abd-Allaah ibn
Mas'ood (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "He is not one of us who
strikes his cheeks, rends his garment, or cries with the cry of the
Jaahiliyyah."
These reprehensible actions that the Shi'ah do on the day of 'Ashoora'
have no basis in Islam. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) did not do them, nor did anyof his companions. Noneof his
companions did them when he or anyone else died, although the loss of
Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was greater than
the death of al-Husayn (may Allaah bepleased with him).
Al-Haafiz Ibn Katheer (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: Every
Muslim should mourn the killing of al-Husayn (may Allaah be pleased
with him), for he is one of the leaders of the Muslims, one of the
scholars of the Sahaabah, and the son of the daughter of the Messenger
of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), who was the
best of his daughters. He was a devoted worshipper, and a courageous
and generous man. But thereis nothing good in what the Shi'ah do of
expressing distress and grief, most of which maybe done in order to
show off. His father was better than him and he was killed, but they
do not take his death as an anniversary as they do with the death of
al-Husayn. His father waskilled on a Friday as he was leaving the
mosque after Fajr prayer, on the seventeenth of Ramadaan in 40 AH.
'Uthmaan was better than 'Ali according to Ahlal-Sunnah wa'l-Jamaa'ah,
and he was killed when he was besieged in his house during the days of
al-Tashreeq in Dhu'l-Hijjah of 36 AH, with his throat cut from one
jugular vein to the other, but the people did not take his death asan
anniversary. 'Umar ibn al-Khattaab was better than 'Ali and 'Uthmaan,
and he was killed as he was standingin the mihraab, praying Fajr and
reciting Qur'aan, but the people did not take his death asan
anniversary. Abu Bakral-Siddeeq was better than him but the people did
not take his death asan anniversary. The Messenger of Allaah (peace
and blessings of Allaah be upon him) is the leader of the sons of Adam
in this world and the Hereafter, and Allaahtook him to Him as the
Prophets died before him, but no one took thedates of their deaths as
anniversaries on which they do what these ignorant Raafidis do on the
day that al-Husayn was killed. … The best that can be said when
remembering these and similar calamities is that which 'Ali ibn
al-Husayn narrated from his grandfather the Messenger of Allaah (peace
and blessings of Allaah be upon him), who said: "There is no Muslim
who is afflicted by a calamity and when he remembers it, even if it
was in the dim and distant past, he says InnaLillaahi wa inna ilayhi
raaji'oon (verily to Allaah we belong and unto Him is our return), but
Allaah will give him a reward like that of the day when it befell
him."
Narrated by Imam Ahmad and Ibn Majaah, end quote from al-Bidaayah
wa'l-Nihaayah (8/221).
And he said (8/220): The Raafidis went to extremes in the state of
Bani Buwayh in the year 400 and thereabouts. The drums were beaten in
Baghdad and other cities on the day of 'Ashoora', and sand and straw
was strewn in the streets and marketplaces, and sackcloth was hung on
the shops, and the people expressed grief and wept. Many of them did
not drink water that night, in sympathy with al-Husayn, because he was
killed when he was thirsty. Then the women went out barefaced, wailing
and slapping their faces and chests, walking barefoot in the
marketplaces, and other reprehensible innovations… What they intended
by these and similar actions is to impugn the state of Banu Umayyah
(the Umayyads), because he was killed during their era.
On the day of 'Ashoora, the Naasibis of Syria do the opposite of what
theRaafidis and Shi'ah do. They used to cook grainson the day of
'Ashoora and do ghusl and perfume themselves, andwear their finest
garments, and they took that day as an Eid for which they made all
kinds of food, and expressed happiness andjoy, intending thereby
toannoy the Raafidis and be different from them.
Celebrating that day is an innovation (bid'ah), and making it an
anniversary for mourning is also an innovation. Hence Shaykh al-Islam
Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
Because of the killing of al-Husayn (may Allaah bepleased with him),
shaytaan caused the people to introduce two innovations: the
innovation of mourning and wailing on the day of 'Ashoora', by
slapping the cheeks, weeping, and reciting eulogies. … and the
innovation of rejoicing and celebrating. … So some introduced mourning
and others introduced celebration, so they regarded the day of
'Ashoora' as a day for wearing kohl, doing ghusl, spending on the
family and making special foods. … And every innovation is a going
astray. None of the four imams of the Muslims or any other (scholars)
regarded either of these things as mustahabb. End quote from Minhaaj
al-Sunnah (4/554).
It should be noted that these reprehensible actions are encouraged by
the enemies of Islam, so that they can achieve their evil aims of
distorting the image of Islam and its followers. Concerning this Moosa
al-Musawi said in his book al-Shi'ah wa'l-Tas-heeh:
But there can be no doubt that striking heads with swords and cutting
the head in mourning for al-Husayn on the tenth day of Muharram
reached Iran and Iraq and India during the British occupation of those
lands. The British are theones who exploited the ignorance and naiveté
of the Shi'ah and their deep love for Imam al-Husayn, and taught them
to strike their heads with swords. Until recently the British
embassies in Tehran andBaghdad sponsored the Husayni parades in which
this ugly spectacleappears in the streets and alleyways. The aim of
the British imperialist policy of developing thisugly spectacle and
exploiting it in the worstmanner was to give an acceptable
justification to the British people andthe free press that opposed
British colonialism in India and other Muslim countries, and to show
the peoplesof these countries as savages who needed someone to save
them from their ignorance and savagery. Images of the parades that
marched in the streets on the day of 'Ashoora', in which thousands of
people were striking their backs with chains and making them bleed,
and striking their heads with daggers and swords, appeared in British
and European newspapers, and the politicians justified their
colonization of these countries on the basis of a humane duty to
colonize the lands of these people whose culture was like that so as
to lead these peoples towards civility and progress. It was said
thatwhen Yaseen al-Haashimi, the Iraqi Prime Minister at the time of
the British occupation of Iraq, visited London to negotiate with the
British for an end to the Mandate, the British saidto him: We are in
Iraq to help the Iraqi people to make progress and attain happiness,
and bring them out of savagery. This angered Yaseen al-Haashimi and he
angrily walked out ofthe room where the negotiations were beingheld,
but the British apologized politely and asked him with all respect to
watch a documentary about Iraq,which turned out to be afilm about the
Husayni marches in the streets of al-Najaf, Karbala' and
al-Kaazimiyyah, showinghorrific and off-putting images of people
striking themselves with daggers and chains. It is as if the British
wanted to tell him: Would an educated people with even a little
civility do such things to themselves?! End quote.
And Allaah knows best.

He gives an employee ofthe company a percentage to arrange a meeting between him and the manager

I work in a media and advertising agency. Sometimes an employee from a
company comes and does some work with me, and if he brings me work
from thecompany I give him a percentage, as I give to representatives.
Please note that there is no bidding; rather it is so that he can
arrange a meeting between me and his manager or show him our prices.
Praise be to Allaah.
If there is no bidding and this employee is not responsible for
looking for offers and prices, there is nothing wrong with you giving
him some money or a percentage in return for his help and brokerage.
Shaykh Ibn Baaz (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked about the
ruling on looking forsomeone to rent a store or apartment in return
for payment from the one whose request is met.
He replied: There is nothing wrong with that; this is a fee and is
called commission. But you have to try hard to look for a suitable
place that the person wants torent. If you help him with that and find
a suitable place for him, and you help him to come to an agreement on
the rent with the landlord, there is nothing wrong with that, in sha
Allah, on condition that there is no betrayal or deceit; rather it is
done in an honest and truthful manner. If you are honest in looking
for what he wants without any deceit or wrongdoing towards him or
towards the landlord, then you will be fine, in sha Allah.
End quote from Fataawa ash-Shaykh Ibn Baaz (19/358)
See also the answer to question no. 45726
But if the employee is responsible for looking for offers and prices,
in that case taking money comes under the heading of bribes and gifts
to workers that are haraam, because of the report narrated by
al-Bukhaari (7174) and Muslim (1832) from Abu Humayd as-Saa'idi (may
Allah be pleased with him) who said: The Messenger of Allaah
(blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) appointed a man from
al-Asad who was called Ibn al-Lutbiyyah in charge of the zakaah. When
he came he said: This is for you, and this was given to me. The
Messenger of Allaah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) stoodup
on the minbar and praised and glorified Allaah, and said: "What isthe
matter with an agent whom I send, and he says, 'This is for you and
this was given to me'? Why doesn't he sit in the house of his father
or the house of his mother and see if he is given anything or not. By
the One in Whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, no one of you gets
anything from it (unlawfully), but he will bring it on the Day of
Resurrection, carryingit on his shoulders, even if it is a groaning
camel, a lowing cow or a bleating sheep." Then heraised his arms and
said: "O Allaah, have I conveyed (the message)?" three times.