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yumna
09/24/04 at 11:38:06
.. [slm]..hope every1 is doing fine! ..i wanted to ask ppl often say "i love u for the sake of Allah .."  wat does it really mean ? i do understand to some extent and use it too without thinking about its meaning.. i think it has a far more deeper meanig than just loving for His sake and another part of this question how can a person love some1 for the sake of Allah ? ....
........................ok its a pointless confusing question :-[ :P but i wanted to ask for a long time and just didn't get time to post something on board
plz ..um..looking forward to ur replies
Re: ..loving for His sake
timbuktu
09/25/04 at 03:31:49
[slm] li'l sis

I think you did ask this question earlier, and it should have been answered then.

In our likes and dislikes, in our loving even, some degree of selfishness does creep in.

say for example, is a parent's love for his/ her child unselfish? We often find that this love is tainted with an expectation of being looked after in old age. This expectation isn't exactly invalid, for an old man came to the prophet [saw], and complained about his son who wasn't taking care of his father's needs, and the prophet [saw] called that son and ordered him to do that.

How nice it would be if our love for anyone is entirely to please Allah (swt).

The background to our saying I love you for the sake of Allah on this board is that mostly we do not know each other, and are unlikely to meet or otherwise interact socially, so there is little expectation, except that of emotional support, or the odd question being answered.

According to a Hadith, one of the group of Muslims who will be in the shade of Allah's throne on the day of judgment, will be those who take the trouble to meet each other, only for the sake of Allah. They have no worldly desires to bring them together; instead they endure the discomfort of travel only because they both believe in Allah, and talk of Allah when they meet.

But of course this loving for the sake of Allah (swt) isn't restricted to those we haven't met in person.

We can love our parents because Allah has so ordered, and the prophet [saw] has so emphasised.

We can love our relatives, our friends, the entire Ummah, and all creations of Allah for the same reason.

Allah (swt) takes care of our needs and desires. We need not love or care for selfish motives.

There should be more from the learned and philosophical ones on this board. Mine is the simple explanation from a simple person. :)
09/25/04 at 15:01:59
timbuktu
Re: ..loving for His sake
Kathy
09/25/04 at 13:55:56
[quote]There should be more from the learned and philosophical ones on this board. Mine is the simple one from a simple peson. [/quote]

Yeah, me too so here is a cut and paste from Islam Q&A:

...related by Al-Miqdaam bin Ma’di Karib that the Prophet  (peace be upon him) said: "If any of you loves his brother then he should inform him" (Tirmidhi, Hadeeth Hasan Sahih)

Also, Anas ibn Maalik related: "I was sitting with the Prophet  when a man came passing by, and he said, ‘Oh Prophet of Allaah, indeed I love this man (in a brotherly way)’; so he (the Prophet  ) said, ‘Have you informed him of this?’; so the man said, ‘No.’; so the Prophet  said, ‘Get up and go tell him.’; so he got up and went to him and said, ‘Oh so-and-so, by Allaah, indeed I love you for the sake of Allaah’; so he said, ‘May the One for whom you have loved me, love you (in return)." (related by Imam Ahmad and Abu Daawood and it is hadeeth sahih.)

So I say to you: ‘ahabbak allaah ullaadhi ahbabtani feeh’ (May the One for whom you have loved me, love you, in return.)


Re: ..loving for His sake
salaampeaceshalom
09/26/04 at 06:57:44
[slm]

I too used to wonder what exactly this means, 'loving for the sake of Allaah'...

What I have been told is that it means to love for another Muslim the goodness that u love for urself.  So u do not cheat the other person through words or deeds.  If someone has a good thing happen to them, then u are happy for them.  If u find the other person doing something islaamically that they shouldn't be doing, then u advise them.  So basically u do not wish ill/bad for them when they are in a good state, u advise them islaamically when u see they may be neglecting their duties (enocurage someone to do salaah, for instance), and advise them sincerely when they ask for advice. U remind each other about the Hereafter and encourage each other to do good.  This is how u love someone for the sake of Allaah, and so that u may get reward from Him, the Exalted.

(I know it's brief and a bit simplistic maybe :P, but hope that helps :) )

wa'salaam
09/26/04 at 06:59:19
salaampeaceshalom
Re: ..loving for His sake
yumna
09/27/04 at 07:37:40
[slm]..jazakAllah khair u guys ! ...this was really loads of help and that hadeeth u told kathy - i loved it
thanks to all those u responded

ps;"I also loves u all for the sake of Allah" :)


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