The love of the Beloved

[Periwinkle18]

Ibn Qayyim al Jawziyyah

The love of the Beloved
must be unconditionally returned.


If you claim love
yet oppose the Beloved,
then your love is but a pretence.
You love the enemies of your Beloved
and still seek love in return.


You fight the beloved of your Beloved.


Is this Love or the following of Shaytaan?


True devotion is nothing
but total submission
of body and soul
to One Love.


We have seen humans claim to submit,
yet their loyalties are many.


They put their trust here, and their hope there,
and their love is without consequence.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRCc7JMZz3g

Don't know if the link works cuz youtube is still not working here

[Abdul-Raouf]

If you love prophet... and follow him as he toldand if he becomes more beloved to you.......you will get ALLAH's Love...easily... thats the way

‘Abdullaah Ibn Hishaam, may Allaah be pleased with him, said: "We were with the Prophet sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam as he was holding ‘Umar ibn Al-Khattaab, may Allaah be pleased with him, by his hand. ‘Umar, may Allaah be pleased with him, said to the Prophet sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam: "You are more beloved to me than everything except myself." The Prophet sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam replied: "No O 'Umar! I swear by Him in whose hand my soul is, (you will not truly believe) until I become more beloved to you than yourself." Thereupon, 'Umar, may Allaah be pleased with him, said: "I swear by Allaah that you are now more beloved to me than myself." The Prophet sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam replied: "Now! O ‘Umar (i.e., now your faith is complete)." (Bukhaari).

Anas bin Maalik, may Allaah be pleased with him, narrated that the Prophet sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam said:, "None of you will truly believe until I am more beloved to him than his father, his son and all of mankind." (Bukhaari, Muslim and others).