10 Things That Brings About The Love Of Allah Ibn Qayyim (May Allah have mercy on him) said that there are ten things that bring about the love of Allah. 1) Recitation of the Qur’ an with reflection and with understanding of its meanings. 2) Seeking closeness to Allah by performing voluntary deeds after having performed obligatory ones, for that leads one to the highest levels of love. 3) Remembering Allah during every situation – with one’s time, heart and deeds, one’s share of that love is to the degree of one’s share in that remembrance. 4) Preferring what He loves to what you love when your desires are strong. 5) Allowing your heart to reflect on His Names and Attributes. 6) Reflecting on His many favors and blessings, both the apparent ones and hidden ones, for that leads to His love. 7) Having your heart softened as it is worshipping Allah. 8) Being alone with Him in worship when He descends during the last third of the night. And this means to invoke Him, to recite His Speech, to stand with all sincerity and with good manners and with good submission, and then to end that with repentance and with seeking His forgiveness. 9) Sitting with those who are truthful in their love of Allah. 10) Staying away from all that creates barriers between the heart and Allah. I know some will be imagining where is the first, most reliable, most efficient, speediest and the best of them all; the love of Sayyidina Rasulullah (SAW) as being the number one and the fastest path to the love of Allah. We shouldnt forget that all the aforementioned points are encapsulated in the Sunnah of the noble Prophet (SAW). So it is not possible for one to claim to love the noble Prophet (SAW) without following his Sunnah. Moulana Sheikh Ibrahim Niasse (RTA) expressed in his poems for the Prophet (SAW) is not just a love and its finished. No! It is a love that makes one ready to follow, step by step. He said, If the Best of Mankind is walking, I will be following and walking behind him, step by step, and if he stops, I will never move. Loving the Prophet (SAW) means to follow the message of Qur`an and the message of his Sunnah. In the Hadith the Prophet (SAW) said: None of you will have his belief considered complete, until his desire will be following what I brought. What he brought is the message, the Qur`an and the Sunnah. That is what he said. Towards the end of his life he said: I left with you, what if you hold fast on to it you will never be led astray after me. That is the Book of Allah and my Sunnah. Therefore, loving the Prophet (SAW) means to follow him. If you love someone, you should follow him. These are the expressions. Without prejudice to the utmost feeling of love for the noble Prophet (SAW) which is special and natural to only some blessed created being, following his Sunnah is not left out when talking about the love of Sayyidina Rasulullah (SAW) which ultimately translates to the love of Allah, The Almighty. Just as analyzed in this verse of the Quran: Inkuntum Tuhibbuuna Allah, fattabiuni yuhbibkumullah... If you so claim to Love Me, then love and follow the noble Prophet (SAW)... We ask Allah to grant us His love, and the love of those who love Him and the love of those actions which bring us closer to Him. Aameen.
Posted on: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 07:31:44 +0000
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