As-salaamu `alaykum
Really, this discussion now seems to be a mere argumentative play on words, which is not at all of benefit to us. Does it matter that he didn't mention love of the prophet sall-Allahu `alayhi wasallam? Answer: no. The objective was to warn about a certain type of love/`ishq, and the objective was completed. What adds to this is that it is a fatwa! If it were an article concerning love and its types from an Islamic perspective, then yes, love of the Prophet (sall Allaahu `alayhi wasallam) needs mentioning.
However, it is a fatwa, and fataawaa are specific and tailored to the questions put forward. When do you ever see a fatwa that covers all aspects of a given topic unless sought from the question? In other words, a fatwa about sujood as-sahw (prostration of forgetfulness) is about just that. Generally, there is no need for the mufti to speak about the regular prostration or the prostration of recitation, because it is not sought. Likewise a fatwa on zakaat ul-fitr is concerning what? Zakaat ul-fitr, not the other forms of zakaah, unless this is sought in the question.
Brother Nu'ayman, I think you are alone in contemplating the whereabouts of the love of Rasool Allaah (sall Allaahu `alayhi wasallam) in this specific fatwa. Perhaps you are not familiar with reading fataawaa and how sometimes they are brief and sometimes comprehensive. The knowledge of the questioner and the nature of the question have a part to play in the depth of the response given. In addition, fataawaa and responses are generally for those who ask the questions, not the whole public.
So instead of outwardly charging the Shaykh (as is understood by us from your replies), why not excuse him on the grounds that the question is concerning a specific form of love and not love in general (as is very, very obvious), and excuse him on the grounds that the questioner (who the answer is for) may be knowledgeable and aware of this basic, elementary principle of eemaan (loving the Prophet sall Allaahu `alayhi wasallam)? You speak of the love of Rasool Allaah, sall Allaahu `alayhi wasallam, but what about loving the Muslims which results in having good suspicions about them? Where is your good suspicion here for the mufti?
The discussion is concerning love between genders that results from a disease and not out of eemaan. The cure to this disease is maintaing true love of Allah, which explains why the Shaykh mentioned the love of Allaah in the fatwa; he has spoken about a disease and given the cure. The cure would in turn lead to loving people out of eemaan. So can we please drop the discussion as we don't like that a thread's purpose be spoilt, and its topic changed?
Contrary to what you have suggested, the issuer of the fatwa has done no wrong or injustice in not mentioning love of the Prophet (sall Allaahu `alayhi wasallam). For providing information about it has little to do in relation to the sin that the mufti is warning against. Having said that, while the ahaadeeth and statements you mentioned are true, they have nothing to do with this topic (the love of disease) and are completely out of place. Your posts seem to allude that it is a criminal offence for one to not talk about the loving the Prophet (sall Allaahu `alayhi wasallam) when warning against haraam forms of love.
Was-salaam