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Ten Statements from the Salaf on Love and Hate for Allah’s Sake
These are collected in al-Ghazzali’s ‘Ihya’ ‘Ulum ad-Din’ (2/195 onwards):
1 – ‘Umar bin al-Khattab said:
“If one of you is blessed with affection from his brother, he should hold onto
that as tightly as possible, as it is quite rare for one to be blessed with
this.”
2 – ‘Umar also said:
“Nobody is given anything besides his Islam better than a righteous friend.”
3 – ‘Ali bin Abi Talib said:
“Tend to your brothers, as they are your sustenance in this world and the next.
Do you not hear the saying of the people of Hell: {“Now, we have neither
intercessors nor close friends to help us!”} [ash-Shu'ara'; 100-1]?”
4 – ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar said:
“By Allah, if I fasted all day without eating, prayed all night without
sleeping, spent all of my wealth in the Path of Allah, died the day I died, but
had no love in my heart for those who obey Allah, and no hatred in my heart for
those who disobey Allah, none of this would benefit me in the least.”
5 – ‘Abdullah bin Mas’ud said:
“If a man were to stand for seventy years worshipping Allah between the Yemeni
Corner and the Maqam of Ibrahim (at the Ka’bah), he would still be resurrected
on the Day of Judgement with those whom he loved.”
6 – Ibn as-Sammak said, on his deathbed:
“O Allah! You Know that, even if I had disobeyed You, I loved those who obeyed
You! So, make this for me a means of nearness to You!”
7 – Mujahid said:
“Those who love each other for Allah’s Sake, when they smile at each other,
their sins fall from each other, just as the leaves fall from a tree before the
winter.”
8 – al-Ghazzali said, commenting on the saying of the Prophet: “The strongest
bond of faith is to love for Allah and to hate for Allah”:
“Because of this, it is a must that a person have those that he hates for
Allah’s Sake, just as he has friends and brothers that he loves for Allah’s
Sake.”
9 – Abu Hurayrah said:
“The slave will be brought between the Hands of Allah – the Exalted – on the
Day of Resurrection, and Allah will Say to him: ‘Did you love one of my
awliya’, so that I can join you with him?’“
10 – al-Hasan al-Basri said:
“Being harsh against a fasiq brings you closer to Allah – the Exalted.”
Surah Isra 17 verse 80 Say: "O my Lord! let my entry be by the Gate of Truth
and Honor and likewise my exit by the Gate of Truth and Honor; and grant me
from Thy Presence an authority to aid (me)."
Ameen.
Transliteration :Wa qur rabbi adkhilni mudkhala sidqiw wa akhrijni mukhraja
sidqiw wa-j'al li mil ladunka sulta_nan nasira_(n).
Al-Tirmidhi HadithHadith 2482 Narrated by AbuHurayrah (May Allah be pleased
with him)
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) used to say, " O Allah, grant me benefit
in what Thou hast taught me, teach me what will benefit me, and increase my
knowledge. Praise be to Allah in all circumstances. I seek refuge in Allah from
the state of those who go to Hell."
Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this is a tradition
whose isnad is gharib.
Transliteration:an Abi Hurairah (radiya Allahu anhu) qaal:
qaala Rasul Allah (salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam): "Allahumma infa'ni bima
'allamtani, wa allimni maa yanfa'oni wa zidni 'ilman, alhamdulillahi alaa kolli
haal, wa a'odtho billahi min haali ahlil naar."
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