(182) It is related by Sahl bin Saad that [once] a
man came to the Prophet and said, O Apostle of God!
Tell me something on doing which I may be loved by God
as well as His bondmen. The Prophet replied,
Cultivate detachment to the world and God will begin
to love you, and cultivate aloofness towards what
people possess and men will begin to love you.
-Tirmidhi and Ibn-i-Maja
Commentary.-Fundamentally, it is the attachment to
worldly possessions which persuades a man to do things
that make him unworthy of the love of God. The way to
win the love of God, therefore, lies in self-denial.
When the fondness for the material world will end, the
heart will open up to Divine love and the bondsman
will find it easy to submit to the will of God and to
carry out His commands, and, thus, he will become the
favourite of the Lord.
Likewise, when people will be convinced that he is not
envious of their wealth nor has he any desire for
worldly goods or position, they will come to like him.
A Zahid (Ascetic) is not a man who practises
self-denial for the reason that he is not in a
position to indulge in material enjoyment, but one who
has a full opportunity to gratify his inclinations and
desires and yet refuses to do so and cares nothing for
worldly gain or comfort. It is reported about Abdullah
bin Mubarak that when someone called him a Zahid, he
retorted, Zahid was Omar bin Abdul Aziz who, in spite
of being the Caliph of the day, shunned personal gain
and worldly pleasure.
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{Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.} (Holy Quran-16:125)
{And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah (believes in His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of the Muslims."} (Holy Quran-41:33)
The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "By Allah, if Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of camels." [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim]
The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) also said, "Whoever calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of the one who follows him, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all." [Muslim, Ahmad, Aboo Daawood, an-Nasaa'ee, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah]
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