The Love of Allah
Creator: Shaykh Adnaan Abdul-Qaadir
Date: 2007-07-07
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Identifier: http://www.islamworld.net/docs/the_love_of_allah.html
Language: en
Subject: iman
Title: The Love of Allah
Created on: Mon Mar 17 13:09:03 -0400 2008
Updated on: Sat Jul 07 13:35:40 -0400 2007
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Abstract: ... re is none who has any greater worldly qualities than Abu Bakr except the Holy Prophet (SAAS) because he bought guidance, therefore Prophet (SAAS) said the most beloved person among people in terms of their person, is Abu Bakr and none can claim to better than him but he, himself, can claim to better than them. Why? Because Abu Bakr wanted to see the face of Allaah and Allaah said that He will indeed be pleased with Abu Bakr and Abu Bakr will be pleased with Allaah. So the hearts of the companions were attached to Allaah and their hearts were attached to the beauty of Allaah. And Allaah (SWT) said about them, 'And they were giving out of their wealth for the love of Allaah.' And they were giving their wealth despite their love of that which they were giving and they gave their wealth to the poor, the orphans and the prisoners of war. They said, 'We are feeding you. Why? So we can see the Face of Allaah. We do not want your reward or your thanks.' Once, one companion came to the Prophet (SAAS) and his heart was shredded and he said, 'O Prophet of Allaah! Our hearts have become really attached to Allaah and His beauty. O Prophet of Allaah, will we see Allaah on the Day of Judgement?' The Prophet (SAAS) said, 'If you all put yourself together and if the sun comes out without any clouds, willl of you will see the sun (without needing to move to see it)?' He said, 'No Messenger of Allaah, we do not need to move to see it.' The Prophet (SAAS) said, 'Do you crowd each other in order to see a full moon?' He said, 'No O Messenger of Allaah!' He (SAAS) said, 'So you shall see Allaah like this on the Day of Judgement.' What is the way to see Allaah? The Prophet (SAAS) said, 'Whoever from among you is able to make Salatul Fajr and Asr, he should preserve these prayers.' These are two reasons which will enable us to see the Face of Allaah. Therefore the hearts of believers are always attached to Allaah (SWT) and Allaah (SWT) has promised them and Allaah (SWT) has said that on the Day of Judgement, all their faces will be lights and they will see the Face of their Lord. and their faces will increase with light when they see the Allaah! As Allaah (SWT) has also said when he has spoken about the righteous; He says, 'Indeed the Book of the righteous will be in a high stage ('illeyeen).' And what can you perceive is this high station? Allaah says it is a written book and the people who are close (the angels) will bear witness to this book and indeed the righteous will be in contentment and delight. They will be sitting on high chairs looking. What are they looking at? They will be looking at the Face of Allaah! They will be sitting on high cushions looking at the Face of Allaah and you will see in their faces, contentment and delight after they have seen Allaah. You will contentment and pleasure. They will be given a drink, the Sealed Nectar. At the end of this drink will be misk* and for this, those who compete should compete and this drink will be mixed with something from tasneem. Tasneem is a spring from which the close people will drink. Those crinimals used to laugh at the believers and the righteous. Used to laugh at the people when they grew their beards. They laughed at him and made fun of him because he had his thowb short. They laughed at him because he turned his back on vain desires and women and they say that he wasted his youth and they say he wasted his life and they say that he made his life narrow because of this religion, so they laugh at him. Surely, those people who committed crimes and outrages, they laugh at the believing, righteous people and when they pass the righteous people, they touch each other and they make fun of the righteous and when they go to their people, they laugh at the religious and the righteous people and when they see the righteous people, they say, 'Surely these people have gone astray. They have wasted their lives, wasted their youths. Surely there are many womens and girls for them to have and all these fair delights are easy to have.' Allaah (SWT) says about the kuffar that He did not send the disbelievers to set any standard or to preserve or protect the believers. O unbelieving people are you not calling to freedom? So why don't you leave the Muslim people? Why are you laughing at them. I did not send you to protect them. Allaah says On this Day of Judgement, the believers will laugh at the disbelievers. They will be sitting on their high chairs looking at the Face of Allaah and Allaah says, after this, about the kuffar, did the unbelieving people get their reward for what they were doing? This the rewards for anyone who turns to Allaah and attaches his heart and allows his heart to reach Allaah. Allaah (SWT) says in Surah al-Insaan, 'And they will be surrounded by boys who will never die and if you see them you will think they are scattered pearls.' And if you see them in their high stations, you will see delight and you will see Allaah in His High Majesty. This is the promised vision of the believers of Allaah (SWT). This is the greatest that a believer will be given on the Day of Judgement. So Bukhari has related and so too Imaam Muslim on the authority of Abee Said al-Qudree, that the Prophet (SAAS) said, 'If the people on Jannah, enter Jannah and the people of Hell, enter the Hell, there will be a caller who will give his call. 'O people of Jannah! You have an appointment with Allaah, He wants to realise for you all your ambitions.' Then the Prophet (SAAS) said, 'Then the curtain will be taken away and they will not be given something more loved to them than the sight of Allaah (SWT).' Therefore the greatest pleasure to the believers is the sight of Allaah (SWT) and the worst punishment of the people of the fire is the denial to see Allaah. So Allaah says about the unbelieving people, 'Surely the Book of the unbelieving people will be locked.' And what is the prison were the unbelieving will be locked? It will be a punishment to those who denied the Prophets, the coming of the Day of Judgement and what did they deny with except with every mean form of outrage and sin. 'If our signs and verses were recited to them, they say 'Stories, fables of the past peoples.' O indeed, we will cover their hearts because of their wrong-doings. Indeed, they will be a barrier between them and their Lord on that Day' They will be denied the right to see Allaah, the King of all kings. They will be denied the right to see the most Mighty and Allaah gives the most complete expressions. If you want to reach out to the heart of the most beloved person to you or the most beautiful person, you will say close the door upon him. Don't let him enter him upon me. This is the way and this is the curse and he does not have the rights, he does not deserve to see me and he will be belittled and denied the right to see me and many peope will have this experience and they will be exposed in front of the people. How will it be on the Day of Judgement? When they will be thrown out in front of all the world. This is one of the worst forms of punishment for the people of the Fire while the believers will be given the delight and the pleasure of seeing Allaah (SWT). This is the reason why the heart of the Prophet was so much attached to Allaah. He used to say, 'O Bilal! Make us comfortable with prayer.' He never said, make us comfortable from prayer. anThat is because in prayer, he spoke to Allaah and he felt during this dialogue with Allaah, he felt love for Allaah (SWT) d his heart moved and pulsated with the love of Allaah and Allaah gives the most beautiful expressions. If all the disasters will fall upon you, you go the most beloved person to you and you speak to him and you sit with him and you open your heart to him and when you do this, your sadness goes away. So the Prophet (SAAS) said, 'O Bilal! Make us comfortable with prayer.' This is why the Prophet (SAAS) said, 'The delight of my eye is prayer.' Therefore, he stood up one night from among the nights, and he was sleeping in the house of the Mother of the Faithful, 'Aaisha and he wanted to pray and she said to him, 'O Prophet of Allaah. I love your closeness to me.' The Prophet (SAAS) said, 'O 'Aaisha. Leave me one minute to worship my Lord because my heart is attached to Allaah.' Who from amongst us feels this way? The hearts of believers are this way. A man, when the night comes, his heart begins to throb with love and his heart begins to search for the most loved thing to him, so that he can sit with that person and he would call that person and pour out his troubles to that person as one person once said, 'When the darkness comes and the heart begins to move with love and longing is the most burning thing in the heart, and the believers wait for that night and instead of sitting with their love, they wait for the moment when they can stand in prayer, so that they can make the prayer of Tahajjud to Allaah because their hearts are attached to Allaah.' One companion, one believer, was on his death bed. He began to cry and they said to him: Why are you crying? You are about to die and Allaah has written death to everyone and you are among the believers. He said: I am not crying because my spirit is going, because I am going to leave but I will miss 3 things - Firstly, the night prayer. How will I be able to speak to Allaah and I am in my grave and my heart has become so attached to Allaah. Second, the fasting during hot days and the third, sitting close to the scholars who reminded me about Allaah, about my beloved Prophet. Who would remind me of my beloved Prophet when I am in my grave? One of the Salaf, Sufyan at-Tawhree was on his death bed and he began to cry. They said: Why are you crying? Allaah has written death to all people. He said: I am not crying because of death but I am crying because Tawheed will be taken away from me. And what he means by Tawheed, if the love of worship for Allaah (SWT) only. O brothers do we feel this way? One of the Salaf, Kais said to his beloved wife, her name was Laila and the star which guides people never came out and the morning except that it made me remember her. But the believers say the star never comes out and the morning never comes until we remember Allaah. They never say that the coming of the star or the coming of the Fajr reminds them of their lovers but they say that the coming of the stars and the coming of Fajr reminds them of Allaah and Kais also said about Laila that he used to go to the desert alone and he said that we would go out from among the house, so that I can speak to my serve about you (Laila) and it is an empty night. But what does the believer say? One of the students of Ibn Taymiyah said: We saw Shaykh ul-Islaam leaving the houses going and he went into the desert so we followed him without him knowing and we heard him saying, 'I have come out from among the houses so that I can speak to myself about you O my Lord!' So it was how their hearts were attached to Allaah. So the love of Allaah (SWT) dominates the hearts of the believers. Do we ourselves feel this kind of love? Maybe one of us, if we enter prayer to speak to Allaah and to communicate with Him, he remembers his beloved or some other of creation other than Allaah and when he sits with his beloved, he does not remember Allaah and when he enters that thing which should be dedicated to Allaah, he remembers his beloved and when he sits with his beloved, he does not remember Allaah. Allaah speaks about the polytheists, they ascribe to Allaah what they have created from plantations, animals, a portion. They say these products are for Allaah and this portion is for our idols and when the produce which they dedicated to the idols finishes, they take from that which they give to Allaah and they give it to the idols and when the produce they dedicate to Allaah decreases, they never take from Allaah and give it to Allaah. When we do our prayer, we see this matter. When we sit with the most beloved person to us, this sitting becomes purely for that person who we love and when we enter prayer, then comes the ideas and the memories of our beloved persons and so this prayer will never be purely for the sake of Allaah... [Full Article...]
