Love for ALLAH and Love for RASULULLAH (SAW)
1. Hadhrat Anas (radiallahu anhu) narrates that
Rasulullah
(sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said:
"Whoever has in him three things, will experience the
sweetness of
Imaan." (These are):
i) His love for Allah and His Rasool is more than that
for all and
everything.
ii) His love for another (person) is motivated by only
the love of
Allah. i.e. His love and friendship with people are
not for worldly
motives. He befriends people because they happen to be
pious men of
Allah).
iii) A man who, after having been saved by Allah from
kufr, abhors
returning to kufr as much as he abhors falling into a
fire."
(Bukhari and Muslim)
2. Hadhrat Anas (radiallahu anhu) narrates that
Rasulullah
(sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said:
"You cannot have total Imaan as long as you do not
love me more than
your father, children and all people."
(Bukhari, Muslim-Mishkaat)
3. Hadhrat Anas (radiallahu anhu) narrates that
Rasulullah
(sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said:
"A man cannot be perfect of Imaan as long as his love
for me is not
more than his love for his whole family and for all
people."
(Muslim)
Also in Bukhari Shareef it is recorded that Hadhrat
Umar (radiallahu
anhu) said:
"O Rasulullah! Most assuredly, I love you more than
all things, but
my own life."
Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said:
`I swear by The Being in Whose Power is my life! One
is not a
perfect believer until one loves me more than one's
own life."
Hadhrat Umar (reflected and) exclaimed: `I now love
you more than my
own life."
Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) replied:
`Now you are a perfect Muslim."
Initially, Hadhrat (radiallahu anhu) did not reflect
and thought
that since one is affected more by difficulty on
oneself than
difficulty on another, one's life must be dearer than
another's.
However, upon reflection he realized that for the sake
of Rasulullah
(sallallahu alayhi wasallam) every Muslim will readily
sacrifice his
own life and the dignity and honour of Rasulullah
(sallallahu alayhi
wasallam), even the ordinary Muslim will be prepared
to lay down his
life at the altar of sacrifice. Hadhrat Umar
(radiallahu anhu) thus
realized that in actual fact his love for Rasulullah
(sallallahu
alayhi wasallam) was greater than his love for his own
life. And, so
it was and remained until the end Hadhrat Umar
(radiallahu anhu)
remained steadfast on the Deen never turning his face
away from the
Deen by the slightest degree.
4. Hadhrat Ibn Abbaas (radiallahu anhu) narrates that
Rasulullah
(sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said:
"Love Allah Ta'ala because He nourishes and sustains
you; love me
because Allah Ta'ala loves me."
(Tirmizi)
It is not to be inferred from this hadith that we have
to love Allah
Ta'ala only because He nourishes us. This hadith
merely implies that
should one be unable to comprehend the limitless and
vast favours
and bounties of Allah Ta'ala, then at least
contemplate and
understand this one great Ni'mat of nourishment
(Rizq). No one can
ever deny or ignore this obvious fact of Allah Ta'ala
being the sole
Nourisher and Sustainer. Hence, understanding even
this single fact
will induce in one love for Allah Ta'ala.
5. Hadhrat Anas Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi
wasallam) narrates
that a villager came to Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi
wasallam) and
said:
"O Rasulullah! When will it be Qiyaamah?"
Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said:
"What preparations have you made for it?"
He replied: "I have no much Salaat nor Saum, but I
have love for
Allah and His Rasool."
Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said:
"On the Day of Qiyaamah every person will be with the
one whom he
loved."
This meant that on the Day of Qiyaamah those who had
loved
Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) will be with
him. Along with
this great fortune, they will be in close proximity to
Allah Ta'ala.
Hadhrat Anas (radiallahu anhu) then commented:
"After having heard this good news, Muslims became
exceedingly
happy. After having embraced Islam nothing else
(besides their
embracing) made them as happy (as this statement of
Rasulullah
(sallallahu alayhi
wasallam)."
(Bukhari, Muslim)
The glad tidings conveyed in this hadith are of great
significance.
Even if one has no great stock of acts of Ibaadat, the
love of Allah
and His Rasool (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) will
secure the treasure
of Divine Proximity for one in the Aakhirah.
6. Hadhrat Abu Zarr Ghiffaari (radiallahu anhu)
narrated that once
Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) performed
Salaat (Tahajjud).
The whole night in his Salaat he recited a single
aayat until the
morning. The aayat is:
"O Allah! (If you punish them, they are your servants
(i.e. You have
all the authority over them). If You forgive them (it
is within Your
Power), for You are All-Powerful and the One of
Wisdom."
(Nisaai and Ibn Majah)
Shaikh Dehlwi (rahmatullah alayh) commenting on this
hadith, says
that the Qur'aanic aayat which was recited the whole
night by
Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) is the
statement of Nabi
Isaa (alayhis salaam), which he will be making (on the
Day of
Qiyaamah) in regard to his Ummah. Rasulullah
(sallallahu alayhi
wasallam) presented his Ummah's case for Maghfirat
(forgiveness) to
Allah Ta'ala in the same manner. This loving attitude
of Rasulullah
(sallallahu alayhi wasallam) bears testimony to his
great love for
his Ummah. For the sake of this love, he sacrificed
the comfort of
whole nights, petitioning and appealing to Allah
Ta'ala to forgive
his Ummah. It will only be a callous and a heartless
one whose heart
is not moved when he hears of the great love which
Rasulullah
(sallallahu alayhi wasallam) had for the Ummah.
7. Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (radiallahu anhu) narrates
that Rasulullah
(sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said:
"My similitude with you is like a man who strives to
prevent moths
falling into a fire. The moths plunge into the fire
while the man
makes great attempts to save them. Inspite of his
efforts, they
continue to fall into the fire. Similarly, I
relentlessly grab hold
of you and divert you from the Fire (so that you do
not plunge into
Jahannum by commission of evil), but you continue with
your plunge
into the Fire."
(Bukhari)
This hadith too indicates the tremendous love and
concern which
Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) had for his
Ummah. His
profound concern to save his Ummah from the calamities
of the
Aakhirah is a manifestation of his love for the Ummah.
Which Ummati
can ignore this love?
8. Hadhrat Ibn Abbaas Mardas (radiallahu anhu)
narrates that
Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) made dua of
Maghfirat
(forgiveness) for his Ummah in the evening of Arafaat.
The Divine
Answer came: "Your Ummah has been forgiven, excepting
huqooqul Ibaad
(i.e. the rights of others which were usurped and
plundered and for
which no proper amends were made)."
Rasullullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) then
petitioned Allah
Ta'ala:
"O Allah! If You wish, You can award the rights (which
were
plundered here) of the oppressors with Jannat and
forgive the
oppressed."
However, this dua was not accepted on that night.
During the morning
at Muzdalifah, Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam)
repeated the
dua. On this occasion the request was granted. The
acceptance of
this dua induced Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi
wasallam) to laugh
with delight Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam)
then said to
Abu Bakr and Umar (radiallahu anhumaa):
"When Allah Ta'ala accepted my dua and forgave my
Ummah, Iblees
rubbed hand in his face and cried in despondency and
defeat. I
laughed on seeing his discomfort."
(Ibn Majah, Baihaqi)
This hadith must not be misconstrued. The inference
should not be
drawn that usurped, plundered and unfulfilled rights
of creation
(Huqooqul Ibaad) will compulsorily at all times be
waived, without
any punishment nor does it mean that the performance
of Hajj cancels
out such rights. The interpreation of this hadith
consists of two
possibilities:
1. The possibility of remaining in Jahannum forever as
punishment
for the usurpation of huqooqul Ibaad.
2. Definite punishment for huqooqul ibaad although
such punishment
will not be everlasting residence in Jahannum.
When Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) made the
due, two
Divine Promises were the result:
1. Everlasting residence in Jahannum (the first
possibility
mentioned above) as compensation for plundering
huqooqul ibaad was
cancelled. After serving one's sentence of punishment
in Jahannum,
one will emerge therefrom and attain salavation.
2. Certainty of punishment for huqooqul ibaad (the
second
possibility) cancelled. In fact, therewill be cases
where Allah
Ta'ala will by the presentation of favours and ni'mat
to the
oppressed secure in return forgiveness for the
oppressors. The
oppressed will become pleased with the bounties and
happily pardon
the oppressors.
Once again we must reflect and realize the tremendous
and deep love
which Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam)
cherished for the
Ummah. His concern for the Ummah was so great that he
persisted in
the supplication to secure forgiveness for even the
oppressors of
his Ummah. Is it yet possible that the heart of the
Believer will
not brim over with love for Rasulullah (sallallahu
alayhi wasallam)?
9. Hadhrat Abdullah Bin Amr Bin Al-A'as (radiallahu
anhu)narrates
that once Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam),
after reciting
those verses in which are mentioned the duaa of
Hadhrat Ibraheem and
Hadhrat Isaa (alahimus salaam) for their respective
Ummats, raised
his hands and supplicated to Allah Ta'ala as follows:
"O Allah! My Ummah, my Ummah."
Allah Ta'ala said: "Jibraeel, go to Muhammad
(sallallahu alayhi
wasallam) Your Creator is aware (of all things) and
ask him the
reason for his grief."
Jibraeel (alayhis salaam) enquired the reason from
Rasulullah
(sallallahu alayhi wasallam) for his grief and tears.
Rasulullah
(sallallahu alayhi wasallam) informed Jibraeel
(alayhis sallam) of
his concern for the Ummah. Jibraeel (alayhis sallaam)
then brought
the following message from Allah Ta'ala:
"We shall please you in regard to your Ummah and We
shall not let
you grieve."
(Muslim)
According to Hadhrat Ibn Abbas (radiallahau anhu),
Rasulullah
(sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said that he will never
be happy as
long as there remains a single member of his Ummah in
the Fire.
(Durrul Manthur). In terms of this Divine Promise to
Rasulullah
(sallallahu alayhi wasallam), Insha' Allah, Ta'ala
will not leave a
single Ummati in Jahannum.
O Muslims! The wonderful treasures of the Aakhirah
which you will be
acquiring will be through the auspicious agency of
Rasulullah
(sallallahu alayhi wasallam). If, therefore, you
cannot love him,
for who will you ever love.
10. Hadhrat Umar (radiallahu anhu) narrated that there
was a man by
the name, Abdullah and was known as Himaar.
Rasullullah (sallallahu
alayhi wasallam) had punished him for having consumed
liquor. After
having been punished he was once again brought to
Rasulullah
(sallallahu alayhi wasallam) for the same crime.
Rasulullah
(sallallahu alayhi wasallam) ordered him to be
punished. Someone
cursed him (Himaar) for repeatedly committing the
crime. Rasulullah
(sallallahu alahi wasallam) commented:
11. "Do not curse him. I swear by Allah that I know he
has love for
Allah and His Rasool."
(Abdu Dawood)
One can from this incident realize the honour and love
which
Rasulullah (sallallau alayhi wasallam) had for one who
was imbued
with love for Allah and love for the Rasool. Even
after repeatedly
having indulged in a major sin, Rasulullah (sallallahu
alayhi
wasallam) forbade people from cursing the wrong-doer.
It is now
necessary that every Muslim fills every vein in his
body with the
love of Allah and love of Rasulullah (sallallahu
alayhi wasallam).
The noble and priceless treasures of the Aakhirah are
procurable by
virtue of this love without difficulty.
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