WHAT DOES

LOVE?
 The Qur'anic Understanding Of Love

• Allah is the real source and owner of love.

• A person should seek to be worthy of this
blessing by adhering to the Qur'an's morals,
and should pray that Allah bestows true love.
• People who do not adhere to the Qur'an's
morals live a life bereft of true knowledge,
hope, and true friends in both worlds.
 Love is a blessing that Allah bestows
upon us:
• And affection and purity from Us—he had fear
[and respect]. (Surah Maryam, 13)
• As for those who believe and do right actions, the
All-Merciful will bestow His love upon them.
(Surah Maryam, 96)
• Among His signs is that He created spouses for
you of your own kind so that you might find
tranquility in them. And He has placed affection
and compassion between you. There are certainly
signs in that for people who reflect.
(Surah-Rum, 21)
People beloved to Allah
 BELIEVERS LOVE ALLAH THE MOST

Yet of mankind are some who take unto themselves (objects

of worship which they set as) rivals to Allah, loving them with
a love like (that which is the due) of Allah (only)--Those who
believe are stauncher in their love for Allah--Oh, that those
who do evil had but known, (on the day) when they behold
the doom, that power belongeth wholly to Allah, and that
Allah is severe in punishment! Baqarah 2:165
 Allah Loves
Ittiba Sunnah Sabar Adal & Qist Tawakkal

Kindness Taubah Taqwah Ihsaan

Purity and Iman and Sense of

Humility
beauty work honor

No Physical Love for

Generosity
begging strength Allah

Continuity in Good Fighting in Forgiveness

good deeds manners Allah’s Cause
1-Following the Prophet

"Say (O Muhammad to mankind): "If you (really) love

Allah, then follow me, Allah will love you and forgive
you your sins. And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most
Merciful."
(3:31)
Follow the path of Sunnah
 2- Patience

• “And Allah loves as-Sâbirun (the patient).”

(Ale- Imran 3:146)
SABAR AND FORBEARANCE
 Patience towards believers
• Only those who are patient and unselfish can
love and be loved.
• Patience strengthens and develops mutual
love and tolerance.
• They bear each other's mistakes with
tolerance and forgiveness.
• To compensate for these mistakes, they
redouble their efforts to live according to the
Qur'an's morals in the best possible manner.
3- Justice and Dealing with Equity

“O ye who believe! Be steadfast witnesses for Allah

in equity, and let not hatred of any people seduce
you that ye deal not justly. Deal justly, that is
nearer to your duty. Observe your duty to Allah.
Lo! Allah is informed of what ye do.”
(Surah Maeda 5:8)
Justice

• Verily, Allâh loves those who act justly

• ( 5:42)
4- Putting Trust in Allah:

• “Certainly, Allah loves those who put their

trust (in Him).” (Surah Ale Imran 3:159)
 ALLAH (SWT) IS SUFFICIENT FOR THE
ONE WHO PUTS TRUST IN HIM
•

• And if any one puts his trust in Allah,

sufficient is (Allah) for him. For Allah will
surely accomplish his purpose: verily, for all
things has Allah appointed a due proportion.
SURAH TALAAQ 65:3
BELIEVERS PUT THEIR TRUST IN ALLAH
Tawakkal on Allah alone
 5-Kindness:
• Ayesha (RA) narrated: The Messenger of
Allah (SAW ) said: “Allah loves kindness in all
matters.” (Bukhari)
KINDNESS, SIGN OF FAITH
6-Repentance:

• “Truly, Allah loves those who turn unto him

in repentance.” (Surah Baqarah 2:222)
 7- Piety or Taqwah

• “Verily, then Allah loves those who are al-

Muttaqun (the pious).” (Surah Imran 3:76)
 Most honored before Allah

Verily the most honored of you in the sight of Allah is

(he who is) the most righteous of you. Hujurat,49:13
8- Righteousness or Ihsan ( )

• “Truly, Allah loves Al-Muhsinun (the good-

doers).” (Surah Baqarah 2:195)
 What is Ihsan?
• Ihsan is the Muslim responsibility to obtain
perfection, or excellence, in worship,
• When we worship Allah it should be as if we see
Him, and although we cannot see Him.
• We undoubtedly believe he is constantly
watching over us.
• That definition comes from the hadith (known as
the Hadith of Gabriel in which Muhammad states,
"[Ihsan is] to worship God as though you see Him,
and if you cannot see Him, then indeed He sees
you." (Al-Bukhari and Al-Muslim)
 9-Purity, cleanliness and beauty

• “And Allah loves those who make themselves

clean and pure.” (Surah Tawbah 9:108)
 10-Humility

Sa’d Ibn Abi Waqqas (RA) said: Allah’s Messenger

(SAW ) said: “Allah loves the believer who is pious
and rich, but does not show off.” (Muslim)
 Arrogant is not loved
• Humility is one of the most important aspects of
love,
• A person who is haughty can neither be loved nor
feel a deep and sincere love towards anyone.
• The servants of the All-Merciful are those who
walk lightly [without arrogance] on the land, and
who, when the ignorant speak to them, say:
"Peace." (Surat al-Furqan, 63)
• Give good news to the humble-hearted. (
Surat al-Hajj, 34)
 11-Belief and Work:
• Al-Tabarâni narrated: Allah’s Messenger
(SAW ) said: “Allah loves the slave who
believes and acquires a career (or work).”
 12-A sense of Honor:
• Al-Tirmidhi narrated: Allah’s Messenger
(SAW ) said: “Allah loves from amongst his
slaves, the one who has a sense of zeal or
honor.”
 13-Magnanimity and Generosity

"Then as for him who gives away and guards

(against evil), and accepts the best, We will
facilitate for him the easy end." Suratul Lail
(92:5-7)
Al-Hakim narrated: The Messenger of Allah
(SAW ) said: “ Allah is All-Generous and He
loves generosity in sale, purchase and
judgment.”
Spend on needy and helpless
 14-Refrain from begging :
• The Messenger of Allah (SAW)said: “Allah
loves the believer who is poor but virtuous
enough to refrain from begging though he
has many children.” (Muslim and Ahmed)
 15-Physically strong:
• Allah’s Messenger (SAW ) said: “The strong
believer is better and more loved by Allah
than the weak one, but they are both good.”
(Muslim)
STRONG IS THE ONE WHO CONTROLS
IN A FIT OF RAGE
 16-Love others for the Sake of Allah:

• Al-Tabarâni, Ibn Ya’lâ, Ibn Hibban and Al-Hakim

narrated: Allah’s Messenger (SAW ) said: “If two
individuals love each other for the sake of Allah, the
stronger in love to his brother will be more loved by
Allah.”
PERFECTION OF IMAN
 Mutual love of believers
• "One will not be a true believer unless he loves
for his brother what be loves for himself."
(Bukhari, Muslim, Nasa'i, Ahmed and Ibn Majah)
• Imam Malik and Imam Ahmed narrated: Allah's
Messenger (peace be upon him) said: "Allah said:
My love is due to those who love one another for
My sake."
• Malik narrated: Allah's Messenger (peace be
upon him) said: "Allah said: My love is due to
those who meet for My sake, visit one another
and make any effort for My pleasure."
 Loving believers
• When a man loves his brother for sake of
Allah, he should tell him that he loves him.
(Abu Dawud)
• Give gifts to each other, as this will make you
love one another. (Sahih Muslim)
• Give one another gifts and love one another.
Give one another food. This will produce
barakah in your daily sustenance.(Al-Shaybani,
Taysir al-'usul ila Jami al-'usul, vol. 16, p. 239)
 17-Continuous Performance of
Righteous Deeds:
• Allah’s Messenger (SAW) said: “The best
loved deeds to Allah are the ones that are
continuous even if they are not very many.”
(Bukhari and Muslim)
 18-Good Manners and Conduct:
• Al-Tirmidhi narrated: Allah’s Messenger (SAW)
said: “
• The best loved by me and the nearest to me on
the seats on the Day of Resurrection are those
who have the best manners and conduct
amongst you, who are intimate, are on good
terms with others and are humble, and
• The most disliked by me and who will be on the
furthest seats from me are those who are
talkative and arrogant.”
Good Manners will be heavy in one’s
scale in the Akhirah
Aklaq (Good manners) are fruits of the
tree of Islam
 19-Fight in the cause of Allah like a
solid wall

"Verily, Allah loves those who fight in His Cause in rows

(ranks) as if they were as solid structure."
(61:4)
 20-Forgiveness
• Ibn Iday narrated: Allah's Messenger (peace
be upon him) said: "Allah is All-Forgiving and
He loves forgiveness."
• Those who avoid major sins and acts of
indecencies and when they are angry they
forgive.” (al-Shura 42:37)
• The reward of the evil is the evil thereof, but
whosoever forgives and makes amends, his
reward is upon Allah.” (al-Shura 42:40)
 The Concept of Forgiveness in Islam
• Qur'an expresses it in three terms,
• (1)Afw means to pardon, to excuse. 42:40,
2:187 and 5:95
• (2) Safhu, means to turn away from a sin or a
misdeed, ignore, etc. Examples 2:109, 15:85
and 43:89
• (3) Ghafara means to cover, to forgive and to
remit. Examples 2:263, 42:37 and 43:43
 Prophet (SAW) was most forgiving
• In one Hadith the Prophet (SAW) said that Allah has commanded
him about nine things. One of them he mentioned was “that I
forgive those who do wrong to me.”

• When Prophet (SAW) went to Ta’if to preach the message of Allah,

its people mistreated him. They abused him and hit him with
stones. When he took shelter under a tree, the angel of Allah
visited him and told him that Allah sent him to destroy the people
of Ta’if.
• The Prophet -peace be upon him- prayed to Allah to save the
people of Taif, because what they did was out of their ignorance.
• He said, “O Allah, guide these people, because they did not know
what they were doing.”
DUA FOR LOVE OF ALLAH
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