For The Sake of Allaah

Bismillaah (In The Name of Allaah)

Dear Reader,

What is for the sake of Allaah? How would you feel if I told you I loved you for the sake of Allaah and you had never heard that term before? Some would feel rather insulted. I have told sisters that I love them for the sake of Allah, only to have them look at me with their mouths agape and their faces covered in darkness with their anger and insulted feelings. They failed to realize from their lack of knowledge that there is no stronger handhold then that of Allaah.

The Messenger (sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said,

“Verily Allaah loves three things for you and he hates three things for you. He loves that you worship Him alone, and that you do not join anyone else in your worship of him and that you do not worship other than him, He loves that you hold tight altogether to the rope of Allaah and that you do not be divided….

And Allaah hates for you hearsay (he said and she said – qeela wa qaal – spreading rumours), he hates for you excessive questioning (questioning that brings about no benefit), thirdly, he hates for you the wasting of money.”


Narrated by Abu Hurairah:
"There are seven whom Allaah will shade in His Shade on the Day when there is no shade except His Shade: a just ruler; a youth who grew up in the worship of Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic; a man whose heart is attached to the mosques; two men who love each other for Allaah's sake, meeting for that and parting upon that; a man who is called by a woman of beauty and position [for illegal intercourse], but be says: 'I fear Allaah', a man who gives in charity and hides it, such that his left hand does not know what his right hand gives in charity; and a man who remembered Allaah in private and so his eyes shed tears."

Saheeh al-Bukhari (english trans.) vol.1, p.356, no.629
Saheeh Muslim (english trans.) vol.2, p.493, no.2248

“There are three characteristics that if one possesses then, he has tasted the sweetness of Faith; that Allah and His Messenger is more beloved to him than anyone other than them, that he loves a person and he only love him for the sake of Allah, and that he hates to return to disbelief just as he hated to be thrown into the Fire.” [Bukharee and Muslim] An Nawawi stated: “the meaning of ‘the sweetness of Faith’ is that the person gets pleasure out of obedience and bearing hardships and he prefers that over worldly desires.

What is Loving Allah?

The love of the slave to His Lord and His Messenger is in their Obedience and avoiding their Disobedience. One who claims to love Allah and His Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alaihi wa-sallam), lacking to obey them and give precedence to their words over and above everybody else's, is indeed a liar with respect to his claim of loving Allah and His Messenger (sallallahu alaihi wa-sallam), since Faith has been denied for those who turn away from obeying Allah and His Messenger. He, the All-Just has declares them to be hypocrites and nonbelievers in His Book saying:“They (hypocrites) say, “We have believed in Allah and in the Messenger and we obey, then a party of them turn away thereafter, such are not believers.” Quran 24:47


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Sincerely & Gratefully
Halimah bint David