NECESSITY OF LOVING ALLAH AND HIS MESSENGER(PBUH) MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE
All thanks and praises are due to Alláh, and all aggression is against the wrongdoers. May Allah’s peace and blessings be on the Final and Last Prophet and Messenger. I thank and praise Alláh the Exalted and bear witness that none has the right to be worshipped except Him Alone without partners and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. O Alláh! Bestow Your best peace and blessings on Your slave and Messenger, our Prophet Muhammad, and on his progeny and Companions until the Day of Resurrection.
Dear Muslims! It is not a secret to those who have sound comprehension that Alláh the Exalted has admonished those who dislike what He likes and like what He dislikes.
“That is because they hate that which Alláh has sent down (this Qur’án and Islámic laws); so He has made their deeds fruitless.” (47:9)
And:
“That is because they followed that which angered Alláh and hated that which pleased Him. So He made their deeds fruitless.” (47 :28)
It is required from every responsible Muslim to love what Alláh and His Messenger love and hate what Alláh and His Messenger(pbuh) hate, so that he or she acquires success, happiness and the greatest win Paradise. There is no doubt that none will acquire the grade of the Faithful Believers until and unless he or she loves what Alláh and His Messenger love and hates what Alláh and His Messenger(pbuh) hate. None will earn Faith until he loves the Messenger of Alláh more than any other among mankind, including one’s family, offspring and all other men and women. In the Two Sahihs it is narrated that the Messenger of Alláh said:
“None among you shall attain Faith until I become dearer to him than his own self, his offspring, his parents and all other people.”
Moreover, true love requires true following and adherence, and this is why Alláh the Exalted said:
“Say: If your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your wives, your kindred, the wealth that you have gained, the commerce in which you fear a decline, and the dwellings in which you delight are dearer to you than Alláh and His Messenger, and striving hard and fighting in His Cause, then wait until Alláh brings about His Decision (torment).” (9:24)
And:
“Say (O Muharnmad(pbuh) to mankind): If you (really) love Alláh, then follow me (i.e., accept Islámic Monotheism, follow the Qur’án and the Sunnah), Alláh will love you and forgive you your sins.” (3:31)
The reason behind the revelation of this Noble Áyah is that the Prophet’s Companions said, “We love our Lord very dearly.” So Alláh declared to them that there is a sign that one really loves Him, then He revealed this Áyah in the Qur’án. In the Two Sahihs it is narrated that the Messenger of Alláh(pbuh) said:
“Whoever possesses the following three qualities will taste the sweetness (delight) of faith: the one to whom Alláh and His Messenger(pbuh) become dearer than anything else, the one who loves a person and he loves him only for Alláhs sake, and whoever hates to revert to disbelief, after Alláh has saved him from it, as he hates to be thrown into the Fire.”
Therefore, whoever loves Alláh and His Messenger(pbuh) truly from his heart, this love will earn him or her the quality of loving what Alláh and His Messenger(pbuh) love and hating what Alláh and His Messenger(pbuh) hate and dislike. This love or hatred requires one to adhere by its practical implications. Also, if one does anything with his limbs that contradicts the implications of love for Alláh and His Messenger ss, it will be a sign that one did not yet acquire the standard of love and hatred imposed on him or her. In this case, one should seek Alláh ‘s forgiveness and repent to Him by avoiding the sin and striving to perfect the required love of Alláh and His Messenger(pbuh) in heart and action.
O Alláhs slaves! Know that all types of sins result from preferring the lusts and desires of the inner self to the love of Alláh and His Messenger(pbuh). The same is true about all Bid’ah (innovations in the religion), which are started because of succumbing to lusts and preferring them to Alláh’s religion. Such is the case with sins, which occur because of preferring desires to loving and obeying Alláh and His Messenger(pbuh). Surely, he whose love, hatred, giving and taking are only for satisfying his desires and lusts, then this indicates a shortcoming in his Faith concerning its necessary obligations. In this case, one must repent from this path, revert to the Messenger’s Sunnah, prefer his love for Alláh and His Messenger(pbuh) over his heart’s lusts and desires and do whatever earns him Alláhs pleasure.
Hence, it is necessary for every Muslim who has true Imán to love Alláh and love whornever and whatever He loves, such as His angels, Messengers, Prophets, truthful believers, martyrs and all believers in general. Furthermore, it is a fact that one tastes the delight of Faith when he loves a person for Alláhs sake only. For this reason it has been reported (from the Prophet(pbuh)) that from the signs of the sweetness of Imán is to love someone only for Alláh. Also, whoever loves for Alláh, hates for Alláh, gives for Alláh and, withholds for Alláh, then verily he has completed his Faith.
“But as for him who feared standing before his Lord, and restrained himself from impure evil desires and lusts. Verily, Paradise will be his abode.” (79:40,41)
I invoke Alláh to forgive me, you and all Muslirns, male and female, for every error and sin. So seek His forgiveness, for certainly, He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
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