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The signs of love of the Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) By Qadi Iyad
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Section 4: The signs of love of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace
Know that someone who loves a person prefers them and prefers what they
like. Otherwise, he is a pretender, insincere in his love.
Someone who has true love of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, will manifest the following signs.
1) The first sign is that he will emulate him, apply his Sunna, follow
his words and deeds, obey his commands and avoid his prohibitions and
take on his adab in ease and hardship, joy and despair. Allah testifies
to that, 'Say: if you love Allah, then follow me and Allah will love
you.' (3:31)
2) He will prefer what the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, has laid down as law and encouraged, over his own passions and
appetites. Allah said, 'Those who were already settled in the abode, and
in belief, before they came, love those who have emigrated to them and
do not find in their breasts any need for what they have been given and
prefer them to themselves even if they themselves are in want.' (59:9)
3) His anger against people will only be for the sake of the pleasure of
Allah. Anas ibn Malik said, 'The Messenger of Allah said to me, 'My son,
if you can be without any grudge in your heart against anyone in the
morning and evening, be like that.' Then he added, 'My son, that is part
of my Sunna. Whoever gives life to my sunna has loved me and whoever
loves me is with me in the Garden.'' (at-Tirmidhi)
Anyone who possesses this particular quality has perfect love for Allah
and His Messenger. Anyone slightly lacking in it is imperfect in his
love, while not entirely devoid of it. The proof of this is in what the
Prophet said about the man who was given the punishment for drinking. A
man there cursed him and the Prophet said, 'Do not curse him. He loves
Allah and His Messenger.' (al-Bayhaqi)
4) Another of the signs of love for the Prophet is to mention him often.
Whoever loves something mentions it a lot.
5) Another is great yearning to meet him. Every lover yearns for their
beloved.
When the Ash'arite clan came to Madina, they chanted, 'Tomorrow we will
meet those we love, Muhammad and his Companions!'
6) One of its signs is that as well as mentioning him often, someone who
loves him will exalt and respect him when he mentions him and display
humility and abasement when he hears his name. Ishaq at-Tujibi said,
'Whenever the Companions of the Prophet heard his name after he died,
they were humble, their skins trembled and they wept. It was the same
with many of the Followers. Some of them act like that out of love and
yearning for him, others out of respect and esteem.'
7) Another sign is love for those who love the Prophet and the people of
his house and his Companions, both of the Muhajirun and Ansar, for his
sake. Such a person will also be hostile to those who hate them and
curse them. Whoever loves anyone, loves those he loves.
The Prophet said about al-Hasan and al-Husayn, 'O Allah, I love them, so
love them.' In al-Hasan's variant, 'O Allah, I love him, so love the one
who loves him.' He also said, 'Whoever loves them loves me. Whoever
loves me loves Allah. Whoever hates them hates me. Whoever hates me
hates Allah.' (al-Bukhari)
He said, 'Allah! Allah! My Companions! Do not make them targets after
me! Whoever loves them loves them by loving me. Whoever hates them hates
them by hating me. Whoever does something hurtful to them does something
hurtful to me. Whoever does something hurtful to me does something
hurtful to Allah. Whoever does something hurtful to Allah is about to be
seized.' (at-Tirmidhi)
He said about Fatima, 'She is a part of me. Whoever hates her hates me.'
(al-Bukhari)
He said to 'A'isha about Usama ibn Zayd, 'Love him for I love him.'
(at-Tirmidhi)
He said, 'The sign of true faith is love for the Ansar and the sign of
hypocrisy is hatred for them.' (al-Bukhari and Muslim)
In a hadith related by Ibn 'Umar we find, 'Whoever loves the Arabs,
loves them because he loves me. Whoever hates them hates them because he
hates me.' In reality, whoever loves someone loves everything he loves.
This was certainly the case with the Salaf, even regarding permitted
things and the appetites of the self.
Anas once saw the Prophet reaching for the pumpkin in the plate. He
said, 'I have loved pumpkin from that day.'
Al-Hasan ibn 'Ali, 'Abdullah ibn 'Abbas and Ibn Ja'far came to Salma [a
servant of the Prophet] and asked her to prepare some food for them
which the Messenger of Allah liked. Ibn 'Umar began to wear tanned
sandals dyed yellow when he saw the Prophet wearing ones like that.
8) Another sign is hatred for anyone who hates Allah and His Messenger,
having enmity towards all who have enmity towards him, avoidance of all
those who oppose his Sunna and introduce innovations into his Deen, and
finding every matter contrary to his Shari'a burdensome. Allah says,
'You will not find any people who believe in Allah and the Last Day who
having love for anyone who opposes Allah and His Messenger.' (58:22)
His Companions killed their loved ones and fought their fathers and sons
to gain the pleasure of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace. 'Abdullah ibn 'Abdullah ibn Ubayy said to him, 'If you had
wanted, I would have brought you his head (his father's).'
9) Another sign of it is love for the Qur'an which the Prophet brought,
by which he guided and was guided, and whose character he took on so
that 'A'isha said, 'His character was the Qur'an.' Part of love for the
Qur'an is its recitation and acting by it and understanding it, and
loving his sunna and keeping within its limits.
Sahl ibn 'Abdullah said, 'The sign of the love of Allah is love of the
Qur'an. The sign of love of the Qur'an is love of the Prophet. The sign
of love of the Prophet is love of the Sunna. The sign of love of the
Sunna is love of the Next World. The sign of love of the Next World is
hatred for this world. The sign of hatred for this world is that you do
not store up any of it except for provision and what you need to arrive
safely in the Next World.'
Ibn Mas'ud said, 'No one needs to ask himself about anything except the
Qur'an. If he loves the Qur'an, he loves Allah and His Messenger.'
10) One of the signs of love for the Prophet is having compassion for
his community, giving them good counsel, striving for their best
interests and removing what is harmful from them just as the Prophet was
'compassionate, merciful to the believers.' (9:128)
11) One of the signs of perfect love is that the one who aspires to it
does without in this world and prefers poverty.
The Prophet said to Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, 'Poverty for those among you
who love me comes quicker than a flood from the top of the mountain to
the bottom.' (at-Tirmidhi)
In a hadith from 'Abdullah b. Mughaffal, a man said to the Prophet, 'O
Messenger of Allah, I love you.' He said, 'Take care what you say!' He
said, 'By Allah, I love you' three times. He said, 'If you love me, then
prepare for poverty quickly.' There is a similar hadith from Abu Sa'id
al-Khudri.
Section 5: On the meaning and reality of love for the Prophet
People disagree about what constitutes love of Allah and the Prophet.
They have many things to say about it, but in reality, they are
referring to different states.
Sufyan said, 'Love consists of following the Messenger of Allah.' It was
as if he were thinking of the words of Allah, 'Say: if you love Allah,
then follow me.' (3:31)
One of the scholars said, 'Love of the Messenger is to believe in his
victory, protect his Sunna, obey it and to fear being in opposition to
him.'
One of the scholars said, 'Love is constant remembrance of the beloved.'
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Another said, 'It is preferring the beloved.'
Another said, 'Love is yearning for the beloved.'
One of the scholars said, 'Love is the heart following the will of its
master, loving what he loves and hating what he hates.'
Another said, 'Love is the heart's inclination to be in harmony with the
beloved.'
Most of these statements indicate the fruits of love rather than its
reality. The reality of love is to incline to what one finds agreeable
and harmonious, either:
(1) by the pleasure in its perfection - like love of beautiful forms,
melodious sounds, delicious foods and drink to which one naturally
inclines because they are agreeable;
(2) or by pleasure in the perfection of its noble inner qualities which
is sensed by the intellect and heart-- like love for the righteous,
scholars and people of correct behaviour whose marvellous lives and good
actions have been related. Man's nature inclines to intense love for
these sorts of things to the point of fanaticism. Such partisanship of
one group against another and sectarianism within a nation can result in
homelands being abandoned, inviolable things being dishonoured, and
lives lost;
(3) or someone can love something because he finds it agreeable by
reason of gaining benefit and blessing from it. The self is naturally
disposed to love that which is good to it.
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love in respect of the Prophet and you will find that all three things
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The beauty of his form and outward appearance and the perfection of his
character have already been mentioned, so there is no need to say any
more about them.
As regards the benefit and blessing his community gain from him, we have
already mentioned the qualities of Allah he possessed - his compassion
for them, his mercy for them, his guiding them, his tenderness for them
and his striving to save them from the Fire. He is, 'merciful,
compassionate to the believers,' (9:128) and 'a mercy to the worlds,'
(21:107) and, 'a bringer of good news, a warner and a caller to Allah by
His permission.' (33:45-46) 'He recites its signs to them and purifies
them and teaches them the Book and the Wisdom,' (62:2) and 'guides them
to a straight path.' (5:16)
What goodness could be worthier or of greater importance than his
goodness to all the believers! What favour could be more universally
beneficial and of greater use than his blessing to all the Muslims since
he is their means to guidance, the one who rescues them from blind
error, and the one who summons them to success and honour? He is their
means to their Lord and their intercessor. He speaks up on their behalf
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So it should be clear to you that love of the Prophet must be an
obligation in the Shari'a because of the sound traditions we have
related and the nature of his overflowing goodness and universal beauty
we have just mentioned.
If a man can love someone who is generous to him just once or twice in
this world, as is well known to be the case, or someone who saves him
from destruction or harm even once, when that damage and harm are only
of a temporary nature, then the one who gives him undying bliss and
protects him from the eternal punishment of Hellfire should be loved
more. A king is loved when his behaviour is good and a ruler is loved
for his upright conduct. Someone who lives far away is loved for their
knowledge or noble character. Whoever possesses all these qualities in
total perfection is more entitled to be loved and more deserving of
attachment.
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Prophet, said, 'Whoever saw him suddenly was in awe of him. Whoever
mixed with him loved him.' We mentioned that one of the Companions could
not turn his eyes away because of his love for him.
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<p><b><u><font size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple;font-weight:bold'>Section
4: The signs of love of the Prophet, <span class=GramE>may</span> Allah bless
him and grant him peace</span></font></u></b><u><font size=2 color=purple
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:
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<p><font size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple'>Know that someone
who loves a person prefers them and prefers what they like. Otherwise, he is a
pretender, insincere in his love. </span></font><font color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple'>Someone who has
true love of the Prophet, <span class=GramE>may</span> Allah bless him and
grant him peace, will manifest the following signs. </span></font><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><b><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:maroon;font-weight:bold'>1)
The first sign is that he will emulate him, apply his <span class=SpellE>Sunna</span>,
follow his words and deeds, obey his commands and avoid his prohibitions and
take on his <span class=SpellE>adab</span> in ease and hardship, joy and
despair. Allah testifies to that, 'Say: if you love Allah, then follow me and
Allah will love you.' (</span></font></b><st1:time Hour="3" Minute="31"><b><font
size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:maroon;font-weight:bold'>3:31</span></font></b></st1:time><b><font
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Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:maroon;font-weight:bold'>) </span></font></b><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple'>2) He will prefer
what the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, has <span
class=GramE>laid</span> down as law and encouraged, over his own passions and
appetites. Allah said, 'Those who were already settled in the abode, and in
belief, before they came, love those who have emigrated to them and do not find
in their breasts any need for what they have been given and prefer them to
themselves even if they themselves are in want.' (59:9) </span></font><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple'>3) His anger
against people will only be for the sake of the pleasure of Allah. <span
class=SpellE>Anas</span> ibn Malik said, 'The Messenger of Allah said to me,
'My son, if you can be without any grudge in your heart against anyone in the
morning and evening, be like that.' Then he added, 'My <span class=GramE>son,
that</span> is part of my <span class=SpellE>Sunna</span>. Whoever gives life
to my <span class=SpellE><span class=GramE>sunna</span></span> has loved me and
whoever loves me is with me in the Garden.'' (<span class=GramE>at-<span
class=SpellE>Tirmidhi</span></span>) </span></font><font color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple'>Anyone who
possesses this particular quality has perfect love for Allah and His Messenger.
Anyone slightly lacking in it is imperfect in his love, while not entirely
devoid of it. The proof of this is in what the Prophet said about the man who
was given the punishment for drinking. A man there cursed him and the Prophet
said, 'Do not curse him. He loves Allah and His Messenger.' (<span class=GramE>al-<span
class=SpellE>Bayhaqi</span></span>) </span></font><font color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple'>4) Another of the
signs of love for the Prophet is to mention him often. Whoever loves something
mentions it a lot. </span></font><font color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple'>5) Another is
great yearning to meet him. Every lover yearns for their beloved.</span></font><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple'>When the <span
class=SpellE>Ash'arite</span> clan came to <span class=SpellE>Madina</span>,
they chanted, 'Tomorrow we will meet those we love, Muhammad and his
Companions!' </span></font><font color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:
Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple'>6) One of its
signs is that as well as mentioning him often, someone who loves him will exalt
and respect him when he mentions him and display humility and abasement when he
hears his name. <span class=SpellE>Ishaq</span> at-<span class=SpellE>Tujibi</span>
said, 'Whenever the Companions of the Prophet heard his name after he died,
they were humble, their skins trembled and they wept. It was the same with many
of the Followers. Some of them act like that out of love and yearning for him,
others out of respect and esteem.' </span></font><font color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple'>7) Another sign is
love for those who love the Prophet and the people of his house and his
Companions, both of the <span class=SpellE>Muhajirun</span> and <span
class=SpellE>Ansar</span>, for his sake. Such a person will also be hostile to
those who hate them and curse them. Whoever loves anyone, loves those he loves.</span></font><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple'>The Prophet said
about al-<span class=SpellE>Hasan</span> and al-<span class=SpellE>Husayn</span>,
'O Allah, I love them, so love them.' In al-<span class=SpellE>Hasan's</span>
variant, 'O Allah, I love him, so love the one who loves him.' He also said,
'Whoever loves them loves me. Whoever loves me loves Allah. Whoever hates them
hates me. Whoever hates me hates Allah.' (<span class=GramE>al-<span
class=SpellE>Bukhari</span></span>) </span></font><font color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple'>He said, 'Allah!
Allah! My Companions! Do not make them targets after me! Whoever loves them
loves them by loving me. Whoever hates them hates them by hating me. Whoever
does something hurtful to them does something hurtful to <span class=GramE>me.</span>
Whoever does something hurtful to me does something hurtful to Allah. Whoever
does something hurtful to Allah is about to be seized.' (<span class=GramE>at-<span
class=SpellE>Tirmidhi</span></span>) </span></font><font color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple'>He said about </span></font><st1:place><font
size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple'>Fatima</span></font></st1:place><font
size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple'>, 'She is a part of me.
Whoever hates her hates me.' (<span class=GramE>al-<span class=SpellE>Bukhari</span></span>)
</span></font><font color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple'>He said to '<span
class=SpellE>A'isha</span> about <span class=SpellE>Usama</span> ibn Zayd,
'Love him for I love him.' (<span class=GramE>at-<span class=SpellE>Tirmidhi</span></span>)
</span></font><font color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple'>He said, 'The sign
of true faith is love for the <span class=SpellE>Ansar</span> and the sign of
hypocrisy is hatred for them.' (<span class=GramE>al-<span class=SpellE>Bukhari</span></span>
and Muslim) </span></font><font color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:
Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple'>In a <span
class=SpellE>hadith</span> related by Ibn 'Umar we find, 'Whoever loves the
Arabs, loves them because he loves me. Whoever hates them hates them because he
hates me.' In reality, whoever loves someone loves everything he loves. This
was certainly the case with the <span class=SpellE>Salaf</span>, even regarding
permitted things and the appetites of the self. </span></font><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><span class=SpellE><font size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:purple'>Anas</span></font></span><font size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:purple'> once saw the Prophet reaching for the pumpkin in the plate. He
said, 'I have loved pumpkin from that day.' </span></font><font color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple'>Al-<span
class=SpellE>Hasan</span> ibn 'Ali, 'Abdullah ibn '<span class=SpellE>Abbas</span>
and Ibn <span class=SpellE>Ja'far</span> came to <span class=SpellE>Salma</span>
[a servant of the Prophet] and asked her to prepare some food for them which
the Messenger of Allah liked. Ibn 'Umar began to wear tanned sandals dyed
yellow when he saw the Prophet wearing ones like that.</span></font><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><b><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:maroon;font-weight:bold'>8)
Another sign is hatred for anyone who hates Allah and His Messenger, having
enmity towards all who have enmity towards him, avoidance of all those who
oppose his <span class=SpellE>Sunna</span> and introduce innovations into his <span
class=SpellE>Deen</span>, and finding every matter contrary to his <span
class=SpellE>Shari'a</span> burdensome. Allah says, '<span class=GramE>You</span>
will not find any people who believe in Allah and the Last Day who having love
for anyone who opposes Allah and His Messenger.' (58:22) </span></font></b><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple'>His Companions
killed their loved ones and fought their fathers and sons to gain the pleasure
of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 'Abdullah ibn
'Abdullah ibn <span class=SpellE>Ubayy</span> said to him, 'If you had wanted,
I would have brought you his head (his father's).' </span></font><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><b><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:maroon;font-weight:bold'>9)
Another sign of it is love for the <span class=SpellE>Qur'an</span> which the
Prophet brought, by which he guided and was guided, and whose character he took
on so that '<span class=SpellE>A'isha</span> said, 'His character was the <span
class=SpellE>Qur'an</span>.' Part of love for the <span class=SpellE>Qur'an</span>
is its recitation and acting by it and understanding it, and loving his <span
class=SpellE><span class=GramE>sunna</span></span> and keeping within its
limits. </span></font></b><font color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:
Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><span class=SpellE><font size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:purple'>Sahl</span></font></span><font size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:purple'> ibn 'Abdullah said, 'The sign of the love of Allah is love of
the <span class=SpellE>Qur'an</span>. The sign of love of the <span
class=SpellE>Qur'an</span> is love of the Prophet. The sign of love of the
Prophet is love of the <span class=SpellE>Sunna</span>. The sign of love of the
<span class=SpellE>Sunna</span> is love of the Next World. The sign of love of
the Next World is hatred for this world. The sign of hatred for this world is that
you do not store up any of it except for provision and what you need to arrive
safely in the Next World.'</span></font><font color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple'>Ibn <span
class=SpellE>Mas'ud</span> said, 'No one needs to ask himself about anything
except the <span class=SpellE>Qur'an</span>. If he loves the <span
class=SpellE>Qur'an</span>, he loves Allah and His Messenger.' </span></font><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple'>10) One of the
signs of love for the Prophet is having compassion for his community, giving
them good counsel, striving for their best interests and removing what is
harmful from them just as the Prophet was 'compassionate, merciful to the
believers.' (9:128) </span></font><font color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple'>11) One of the
signs of perfect love is that the one who aspires to it does without in this
world and prefers poverty. </span></font><font color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple'>The Prophet said
to Abu <span class=SpellE>Sa'id</span> al-<span class=SpellE>Khudri</span>,
'Poverty for those among you who love me comes quicker than a flood from the
top of the mountain to the bottom.' (<span class=GramE>at-<span class=SpellE>Tirmidhi</span></span>)
</span></font><font color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple'>In a <span
class=SpellE>hadith</span> from 'Abdullah b. <span class=SpellE>Mughaffal</span>,
a man said to the Prophet, 'O Messenger of Allah, I love you.' He said, 'Take
care what you say!' He said, 'By Allah, I love you' three times. He said, 'If
you love me, then prepare for poverty quickly.' There is a similar <span
class=SpellE>hadith</span> from Abu <span class=SpellE>Sa'id</span> al-<span
class=SpellE>Khudri</span>. </span></font><font color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple'> </span></font><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><b><u><font size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>Section
5: <span class=GramE>On</span> the meaning and reality of love for the Prophet</span></font></u></b><u><font
size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></u><font color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple'>People disagree
about what constitutes love of Allah and the Prophet. They have many things to
say about it, but in reality, they are referring to different states. </span></font><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><span class=SpellE><font size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:purple'>Sufyan</span></font></span><font size=2 color=purple
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:purple'> said, 'Love consists of following the Messenger of Allah.'
It was as if he were thinking of the words of Allah, 'Say: if you love Allah,
then follow me.' (</span></font><st1:time Hour="3" Minute="31"><font size=2
color=purple face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple'>3:31</span></font></st1:time><font
size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple'>) </span></font><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple'>One of the
scholars said, 'Love of the Messenger is to believe in his victory, protect his
<span class=SpellE>Sunna</span>, obey it and to fear being in opposition to
him.' </span></font><font color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple'>One of the
scholars said, 'Love is constant remembrance of the beloved.' </span></font><font
size=2 color=white face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:white;background:white'> </span></font><font
size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple;background:white'><a
href="http://kitaabun.com"><font color=white><span style='color:white'>http://kitaabun.com</span></font></a></span></font><font
size=2 color=white face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:white;background:white'> </span></font><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple'>Another said, 'It <span
class=GramE>is preferring</span> the beloved.' </span></font><font color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple'>Another said,
'Love is yearning for the beloved.' </span></font><font color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple'>One of the
scholars said, 'Love is the heart following the will of its master, loving what
he loves and hating what he hates.' </span></font><font color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple'>Another said,
'Love is the heart's inclination to be in harmony with the beloved.' </span></font><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple'>Most of these
statements indicate the fruits of love rather than its reality. The reality of
love is to incline to what one finds agreeable and harmonious, either: </span></font><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple'>(1) <span
class=GramE>by</span> the pleasure in its perfection – like love of
beautiful forms, melodious sounds, delicious foods and drink to which one
naturally inclines because they are agreeable; </span></font><font color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple'>(2) <span
class=GramE>or</span> by pleasure in the perfection of its noble inner
qualities which is sensed by the intellect and heart–- like love for the
righteous, scholars and people of correct <span class=SpellE>behaviour</span>
whose <span class=SpellE>marvellous</span> lives and good actions have been
related. Man's nature inclines to intense love for these sorts of things to the
point of fanaticism. Such partisanship of one group against another and
sectarianism within a nation can result in homelands being abandoned,
inviolable things being <span class=SpellE>dishonoured</span>, and lives lost; </span></font><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple'>(3) <span
class=GramE>or</span> someone can love something because he finds it agreeable
by reason of gaining benefit and blessing from it. The self is naturally
disposed to love that which is good to it.</span></font><font color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple'>When you have
understood this well, then examine these three causes of love in respect of the
Prophet and you will find that all three things which inspire love apply to
him. </span></font><font size=2 color=white face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:white;background:white'> </span></font><font size=2 color=purple
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:purple;background:white'><a href="http://kitaabun.com"><font
color=white><span style='color:white'>http://kitaabun.com</span></font></a></span></font><font
size=2 color=white face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:white;background:white'> </span></font><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple'>The beauty of his
form and outward appearance and the perfection of his character have already
been mentioned, so there is no need to say any more about them. </span></font><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=purple face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple'>As regards the
benefit and blessing his community gain from him, we have already mentioned the
qualities of Allah he possessed – his compassion for them, his mercy for
them, his guiding them, his tenderness for them and his striving to save them
from the Fire. He is, 'merciful, compassionate to the believers,' (9:128) and
'a mercy to the worlds,' (21:107) and, 'a bringer of good news, a <span
class=SpellE>warner</span> and a caller to Allah by His permission.' (33:45-46)
'He recites its signs to them and purifies them and teaches them the Book and
the Wisdom,' (62:2) and 'guides them to a straight path.' (</span></font><st1:time
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could be worthier or of greater importance than his goodness to all the
believers! What <span class=SpellE>favour</span> could be more universally
beneficial and of greater use than his blessing to all the Muslims since he is
their means to guidance, the one who rescues them from blind error, and the one
who summons them to success and <span class=SpellE>honour</span>? He is their
means to their Lord and their intercessor. He speaks up on their behalf and
bears witness for them and brings them to eternal life and everlasting bliss. </span></font><font
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clear to you that love of the Prophet must be an obligation in the <span
class=SpellE>Shari'a</span> because of the sound traditions we have related and
the nature of his overflowing goodness and universal beauty we have just
mentioned. </span></font><font color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:
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known to be the case, or someone who saves him from destruction or harm even
once, when that damage and harm are only of a temporary nature, then the one
who gives him undying bliss and protects him from the eternal punishment of
Hellfire should be loved more. A king is loved when his <span class=SpellE>behaviour</span>
is good and a ruler is loved for his upright conduct. Someone who lives far
away is loved for their knowledge or noble character. Whoever possesses all
these qualities in total perfection is more entitled to be loved and more
deserving of attachment. </span></font><font color=black face=Arial><span
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said, 'Whoever saw him suddenly was in awe of him. Whoever mixed with him loved
him.' We mentioned that one of the Companions could not turn his eyes away
because of his love for him. </span></font><font color=black face=Arial><span
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