Love and hate for ALLAH
Asalam alaikum warahmatulahi wabrkatuh,
Loving and hating should be for the sake of ALLAH.
We have to be careful we dont end up falling in shirk by Loving someone or something more then we should.
MODERATION IN LOVE AND HATRED.
/// He SAAW said : "Love the one whom you love in moderation
perhaps one day he will be one whom you hate, and hate the one
whom you hate in moderation perhaps one day he will be one whom
you love." (Saheeh, see Saheehul-Jaami' [no.176]. Reported
by at-Tirmidhee and others. Also see Ghaayatul-Maraam
(no.472).
/// So we find that taking the middle course involves all aspects of
Islam even with regards to feelings, emotions and affections.
Therefore 'Umar ibn al-Khattaab said: "O Aslam do not love
beyond due bounds, not hate maliciously." He asked, "How is
that?" 'Umar replied, "When you love then do not be like a
child besotted with something, and if you hate then do not
hate to the extent that you wish your companion to perish
and be destroyed." (Reported by al-Bukhari in al-Adaabul-
Mufrad [no.1322], 'Abdur-Razzaq in al-Musannaf
[no.30269] and al-Baghawee in Sharhus-Sunnaah [13/65].
Its isnaad is saheeh.)
There are people who recognize Allah as the Creator, the Owner and the Sustainer of the universe, and yet love others more than Him. Some people love money more than they love Allah and for this reason, they do not pay zakat or they gain their money from unlawful sources. They are the slaves of Dirhams and Dinars, or in today’s terminology, the slaves of Dollars. The Prophet, sallallahu `alaihi wa sallam, said: “He who became the slave of the Dinar or the Dirham will perish and be destroyed.” (This is part of a hadith related by Al-Bukhari). Some people love their desires more than they love Allah. Consequently, they would follow their desires even when they lead to disobeying Allah: “Do you see the one who is taking as his lord his own desires?” (Qur’an 25:43). Therefore, loving Allah and His Messenger more than anything is a precondition for tasting the sweetness of faith. It has been narrated in an authentic hadith that the Prophet sallallahu `alaihi wa sallam, said: “There are three qualities whosoever has them will taste the sweetness of Iman: loving Allah and His Messenger above all else, loving someone solely for the sake of Allah, and hating to return to disbelief after Allah has rescued him from it, as much as he would hate being thrown into Hellfire.” (Related by Al-Bukhari). Allah has put two criteria to test whether one’s love for Him is more than the love of anything else. The first is the following of the Sunnah of the Prophet, sallallahu `alaihi wa sallam. Allah says: “Say (Muhammad), if you do love Allah, follow me, Allah will love you (in return) and forgive your sins” (Qur’an 3:31). Thus, following the Sunnah in all aspects of our lives is absolutely essential. The second criterion to know if one’s love of Allah is more than anything else is through jihad for the sake of Allah: “Say: If it be that your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your wives or your kindred, the wealth that you have gained, the commerce in which you fear a decline or the houses in which you delight, are dearer to you than Allah or His Messenger, or the jihad for Allah’s sake; then wait until Allah brings about his decision; and Allah does not guide the rebellious,” (Qur’an 9:24).
ALLAH make us grow in LOVE for eachother as an ummah and have mercy upon our souls.....ameen