by love for Allah
There is no god but God and Muhammad is the Messenger of God
Mankind
has been created with the natural ability to love other creations. The
ability to love is in us. Whether it is his own ego that he loves, or
another person or another creation or Allah that he loves, these are
all evidences of our ability to love. The question is how we can ensure
that our love is not directed wrongly. How do we ensure that our love
does not contradict the shariha of Islam. How can we ensure that our
love does not incur the wrath of Allah?
We are commanded to worship Allah. But what does
‘worship’ mean? Does worship mean performing our prayers, paying our
zakat or making the Hajj? Are these worship or are these just ACTS of
worship? We think that just because we have fasted, we pray, we have
done the hajj, we have ‘worshipped’ Allah. But is this so? Does Allah
need our prayer? Does Allah need our sacrifice? Does Allah need our
Zakat?
Rasulullah (peace be upon him) one night woke up for tahajjud prayers
and his wife, Aisha called him back. The Prophet then said to her: “O
Aisha, leave me one minute to worship my Lord because my heart is
attached to Allah”.
How many of us feel this way? The true believer is the one whose heart
throbs with love for his Creator. His love for Allah will strengthen
his iman. A person who loves Allah will find the sweetness of the iman.
This has been explained by Rasulullah (peace be upon him) in his hadith:
ثَلاَثَةٌ مَنْ كُنَّ فِيْهِ وَجَدَ حَلاَوَةَ اْلإِيْمَانِ : أَنْ
يَكُوْنَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُوْلُهُ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِمَّا سِوَاهُمَا ...
Meaning: There are three things which when it is there in a person, he
will feel the sweetness of iman, that is, Allah and his Messenger must
be more loved by him than anything else …..
From this hadtih, we can see how love for Allah is one of the signs of
a person’s iman. In fact, love for Allah is one of the conditions of
iman. This is further reinforced by the hadith of Rasulullah (peace be
upon him) narrated by Bukhari and Muslim from Anas ibn Malik:
لاَ يُؤْمِنُ أَحَدُكُمْ حَتَّى يَكُوْنَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُوْلُهُ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِمَّا سِوَاهُمَا
Meaning : You do not have faith until Allah and His Messenger is more loved than anything else.
We cannot attain this level of love by just sitting around. It cannot
be attained without us knowing the thing that we are to love. Thus. It
is important that we know Allah s.w.t. We have to know our Creator. We
have to know His attributes, His characteristics. We have to know and
see His perfection.
Look at the things that lie around us. Look at the billions of
creations around us. Creations that live on this earth from the
bacteria to the enormous elephants. Aren’t these the proof we need that
show Allah’s greatness? Aren’t these evidences enough to move our
hearts? Aren’t these evidences enough to shake our hearts with fear of
the Creator? Aren’t these evidences enough to fill your heart with
gratitude to Him and with Love to worship Him?
If that seed of love for Allah is planted in our hearts. We will find
our hearts immediately directed to Him, to want to do things for the
love of Him. He will feel close to Allah. We will feel embarrassed and
afraid to disobey Him. He will feel happy doing things that receive
Allah’s favours. When these feelings being to appear in a person, for
sure, he has started loving Allah. And that is when he starts finding
the sweetness of having pure faith. He will find the sweetness of Islam.
To love Allah, we must also love His Messenger, the Prophet Muhammad
(peace be upon him), a creation so loved by Allah that he is called
Habibullah, ie, the one loved by Allah. Our love for Rasulullah is
proof of our love for Allah s.w.t. Allah says in Ali-Imran ayat 31:
قُلْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تُحِبُّونَ اللَّهَ فَاتَّبِعُونِي يُحْبِبْكُمُ
اللَّهُ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ
Say: If you love Allah, then follow me and Allah will love you and will
forgive you your sins. And Allah is most forgiving and most loving
has been created with the natural ability to love other creations. The
ability to love is in us. Whether it is his own ego that he loves, or
another person or another creation or Allah that he loves, these are
all evidences of our ability to love. The question is how we can ensure
that our love is not directed wrongly. How do we ensure that our love
does not contradict the shariha of Islam. How can we ensure that our
love does not incur the wrath of Allah?
We are commanded to worship Allah. But what does
‘worship’ mean? Does worship mean performing our prayers, paying our
zakat or making the Hajj? Are these worship or are these just ACTS of
worship? We think that just because we have fasted, we pray, we have
done the hajj, we have ‘worshipped’ Allah. But is this so? Does Allah
need our prayer? Does Allah need our sacrifice? Does Allah need our
Zakat?
Rasulullah (peace be upon him) one night woke up for tahajjud prayers
and his wife, Aisha called him back. The Prophet then said to her: “O
Aisha, leave me one minute to worship my Lord because my heart is
attached to Allah”.
How many of us feel this way? The true believer is the one whose heart
throbs with love for his Creator. His love for Allah will strengthen
his iman. A person who loves Allah will find the sweetness of the iman.
This has been explained by Rasulullah (peace be upon him) in his hadith:
ثَلاَثَةٌ مَنْ كُنَّ فِيْهِ وَجَدَ حَلاَوَةَ اْلإِيْمَانِ : أَنْ
يَكُوْنَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُوْلُهُ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِمَّا سِوَاهُمَا ...
Meaning: There are three things which when it is there in a person, he
will feel the sweetness of iman, that is, Allah and his Messenger must
be more loved by him than anything else …..
From this hadtih, we can see how love for Allah is one of the signs of
a person’s iman. In fact, love for Allah is one of the conditions of
iman. This is further reinforced by the hadith of Rasulullah (peace be
upon him) narrated by Bukhari and Muslim from Anas ibn Malik:
لاَ يُؤْمِنُ أَحَدُكُمْ حَتَّى يَكُوْنَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُوْلُهُ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِمَّا سِوَاهُمَا
Meaning : You do not have faith until Allah and His Messenger is more loved than anything else.
We cannot attain this level of love by just sitting around. It cannot
be attained without us knowing the thing that we are to love. Thus. It
is important that we know Allah s.w.t. We have to know our Creator. We
have to know His attributes, His characteristics. We have to know and
see His perfection.
Look at the things that lie around us. Look at the billions of
creations around us. Creations that live on this earth from the
bacteria to the enormous elephants. Aren’t these the proof we need that
show Allah’s greatness? Aren’t these evidences enough to move our
hearts? Aren’t these evidences enough to shake our hearts with fear of
the Creator? Aren’t these evidences enough to fill your heart with
gratitude to Him and with Love to worship Him?
If that seed of love for Allah is planted in our hearts. We will find
our hearts immediately directed to Him, to want to do things for the
love of Him. He will feel close to Allah. We will feel embarrassed and
afraid to disobey Him. He will feel happy doing things that receive
Allah’s favours. When these feelings being to appear in a person, for
sure, he has started loving Allah. And that is when he starts finding
the sweetness of having pure faith. He will find the sweetness of Islam.
To love Allah, we must also love His Messenger, the Prophet Muhammad
(peace be upon him), a creation so loved by Allah that he is called
Habibullah, ie, the one loved by Allah. Our love for Rasulullah is
proof of our love for Allah s.w.t. Allah says in Ali-Imran ayat 31:
قُلْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تُحِبُّونَ اللَّهَ فَاتَّبِعُونِي يُحْبِبْكُمُ
اللَّهُ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ
Say: If you love Allah, then follow me and Allah will love you and will
forgive you your sins. And Allah is most forgiving and most loving
There is no god but God and Muhammad is the Messenger of God
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