The Love for the Sake of Allah

TheLoveFortheSakeof Allah TheFirmestHandholdofEmaan TranslatedbyNasrinAs-Salafiyah

The Love for the Sake of A llah Thegentlewindsprea Thegentlewindspreadsovertheli dsoverthelightoftheMoonli ghtoftheMoonlikeadrea keadreamyenvironm myenvironmentand entand informsofabeautifulevening. IbrahimandFatimahga IbrahimandFatimahgatheredint theredinthelibraryroom helibraryroomwaitingforth waitingfortheirfatherin eirfatherinorder order thathenarratestothema thathenarratestothemabeautifulstory beautifulstoryfromtheahad fromtheahadeethoftheP eethoftheProphet rophet sallallahualayhewasallam. Fatimah:WherewereyouOIbrahim? Ibrahim:Iwasvisitingmyfriend IwasvisitingmyfriendAhmedinh Ahmedinhisillness,because isillness,becausehewasab hewasabsentfrom sentfrom theschool. Fatimah:Butyouweredelayedalot. Ibrahim:Yes,becauseIwaspassin Yes,becauseIwaspassingontohimthe gontohimthelessons,whichwetook lessons,whichwetooktodayin todayin theschool. Fatimah:Iwillsupplicationforhimforcure. Ibrahim:Iwillsupplicateforhimalso,b Iwillsupplicateforhimalso,becauseIlove ecauseIlovehimforthesak himforthesakeofAllah. eofAllah.

Andherethefathere Andherethefatherenteredupon ntereduponthefallingof thefallingofthatword;a thatword;andhecame ndhecametothem tothem suddenlywiththesalaam suddenlywiththesalaam(greeting). (greeting). Thefather:Assalamu‘Alaykum(Mayth Assalamu‘Alaykum(Maythepeacebe epeacebeuponyou)Om uponyou)OmyChildren. yChildren. Thechildren:Wa’alaykumAssalam(May Wa’alaykumAssalam(Maythepeace thepeacebeuponyou)O beuponyou)Omyfather. myfather. Thefather:Iheardthewordof“I Iheardthewordof“Ilovehimforthe lovehimforthesakeofAllah sakeofAllah”OIbrahim. ”OIbrahim. Ibrahim:Yes,Iwastalkingaboutmy Yes,IwastalkingaboutmyfriendAhm friendAhmed. ed. Thefather:Sincethatwearetalkin Sincethatwearetalkingaboutthelove gabouttheloveforthesake forthesakeofAllah,itisa ofAllah,itisalright lright thatIinformyouabeautiful thatIinformyouabeautifulstoryaboutthat,the storyaboutthat,theProphet Prophetsallallahualayhewa sallamnarratedittohiscompani narratedittohiscompanionsbefore. onsbefore. Thechildren:AmazingOmyfather. Thefather:Intheancienttime,there Intheancienttime,thereweretwob weretwobelievingbrothe elievingbrothersusedtolove rsusedtoloveeach each otherforthesakeofAllah.O otherforthesakeofAllah.Oneofthemtra neofthemtravelledtoa velledtoafarland,soon farland,sooneoftheday eofthedays,his s,his friendmissedhimalota friendmissedhimalotandlongedf ndlongedforhim. orhim.

Thebelievingman:IndeedIlongedforour IndeedIlongedforourbrotherinthe brotherinthewayofAllah, wayofAllah,Abdullaha Abdullaha lot. Theotherbelievingman:AndindeedImissed AndindeedImissedhimalotalso. himalotalso. Theman:Hisnewshasbeencutofffrom Hisnewshasbeencutofffromusforalongti usforalongtime. me. Theother:Iwonderistherea :Iwonderisthereathingbecame thingbecameacquainted acquaintedwithhim? withhim? Theman:Iamafraidheisinsome Iamafraidheisinsomehardship,or hardship,orinneed inneedofsomeonetostan ofsomeonetostandbeside dbeside him. Theother:Wemustnotworryinthismanner. Theman:What’syouropinion,ifwetra What’syouropinion,ifwetravelinorde velinorderthatweare rthatweareassuredab assuredabouthis outhis situations. Theother:Buthelivesinavery Buthelivesinaveryfarvillage,an farvillage,andthedista dthedistancebetween ncebetweenhimandus himandusis is long. Theman:Thedistanceisnotaproblem. Theother:wesupplicate(forhim),we wesupplicate(forhim),weshouldwaituntil shouldwaituntilhisnewsrea hisnewsreachesusorhe chesusorhe comestovisitus. Theman:No…Iwillgotovisithimwiththe No…Iwillgotovisithimwiththepermissionof permissionofAllah,andi Allah,andifyouwish fyouwish youmaycomewithme. Theother:Conveytohimmysalaam(gre Conveytohimmysalaam(greeting),and eting),andtellhimwea tellhimwearelongingfor relongingforhim him andaskhimtosupplicate. Theman:IwillconveytohimifAllahw IwillconveytohimifAllahwills...Iplaceyoui ills...IplaceyouinthetrustofA nthetrustofAllahOmy llahOmy brother. Theother:(I)Agree,withthepermi (I)Agree,withthepermissionofAllah. ssionofAllah. Thefather:Sothebelievingmanleft Sothebelievingmanleftcuttingthroughthe cuttingthroughthedistancesin distancesinordertovisit ordertovisit hisbelievingbrotherand hisbelievingbrotherandthepathwa thepathwaslongande slongandexhausting. xhausting. Theman:Whatalonganddifficultp Whatalonganddifficultpath,butIwillca ath,butIwillcarryoninord rryoninorderthatIga erthatIgainthe inthe rewardfromAllahAzzawaJal. Thefather:Infact,Allahheardfromh Infact,Allahheardfromhimhisgoodtrusti imhisgoodtrustinAllah,and nAllah,andrewarded rewardedhim him withgreatgoodandgave withgreatgoodandgavehimgladti himgladtidingofalotof dingofalotofgood. good. Fatimah:AndhowisthatOmyfather?

Thefather:Whenthebelievingman Whenthebelievingmancamenear cameneartothevillage, tothevillage,whichheinten whichheintended,a ded,a manmethiminthepath. Thestrangeman:WhereareyougoingtoOgoo WhereareyougoingtoOgoodman? dman? Thebelievingman:Iwanttovisitabrotherof Iwanttovisitabrotherofmineinthisv mineinthisvillage. illage. Thestrangeman:MaaShaaAllah(WhatAlla MaaShaaAllah(WhatAllahwilled),isth hwilled),isthereanee ereaneedforyouwith dforyouwith himthathecarriesoutforyou himthathecarriesoutforyouorsomebene orsomebenefit? fit? Thebelievingman:No. Thestrangeman:Perhapsyouwillrequesthim Perhapsyouwillrequesthimforwealthfor forwealthforyouorsome youorsome advantage? Thebelievingman:No,ofcourse. Thestrangeman:Thenwhydoyouwanttovisithim? Thebelievingman:BecauseIlovehimforthe BecauseIlovehimforthesakeofAllah. sakeofAllah. Thestrangeman:ForthesakeofAllah!Why? Thebelievingman:BecauseIdesirethatA BecauseIdesirethatAllahwillloveme llahwilllovemeasIloved asIlovedmybelieving mybelieving brotherforthesakeofAllah. Thestrangeman:MayAllahblessyou,Allaha MayAllahblessyou,Allahansweredyou,b nsweredyou,becauseIam ecauseIamthe the messengerofAllahtoyoutoin messengerofAllahtoyoutoinformyouthatA formyouthatAllahlovesyouasy llahlovesyouasyoulovedyour oulovedyour friendforthesakeofAllah. Ibrahim:Then,thestrangemanwa Then,thestrangemanwasanangel sanangelfromtheange fromtheangels! ls! Fatimah:Yes,hewasamessenger Yes,hewasamessengertothebelievi tothebelievingmantogive ngmantogivehimgladtid himgladtidingofthe ingofthe loveofAllahforhim. Ibrahim:Then,whoshouldIvisitalsotomorrow…? Fatimah:IwillvisitmyfriendKhad IwillvisitmyfriendKhadijahbecause ijahbecauseIloveherfor Iloveherforthesakeof thesakeofAllahalso. Allahalso. Thefather:YouhavedonewellOmy YouhavedonewellOmychildren,itis children,itisrelatedfrom relatedfromtheProphet theProphet sallallahualayhewasallamthathesaid,“ThefirmesthandholdofEmaanisthelove  forthesakeofAllah…”.[MusnadImamAhmed]AsAllahpreparedfor AsAllahpreparedfortheloversof theloversof eachotherforHissakeag eachotherforHissakeagreatrewar reatreward. d. Thechildren:ThankyouOmyfatherforth ThankyouOmyfatherforthisbeautifulstory. isbeautifulstory.

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“ThefirmesthandholdofEmaanistheloveforthesakeofAllahandthehatefor thesakeofAllah.”[MusnadImamAhmed] TheProphetsallallahualayhewasallamsaid,“Thebestoftheactionsist TheProphetsallallahualayhewasallamsaid, “Thebestoftheactionsistolovefor olovefor thesakeofAllahandtohateforthesakeofAllah.”[SunanAbiDawud] TheProphetsallallahualayhewasallamsaid,"Sevenpeoplewillbeshadedby  AllahunderHisshadeonthedaywhentherewillbenoshadeexceptHis.Theyare: ajustruler;ayoungmanwhohasbeenbroughtupintheworshipofAllah,(i.e. worshipAllah(Alone)sincerelyfromhischildhood),amanwhoseheartisattached tothemosque(whooffersthefivecompulsorycongregationalprayersinthe mosque);twopersonswholoveeachotheronlyforAllah'ssakeandtheymeetand  partinAllah'scauseonly;amanwhorefusesthecallofacharmingwomanof noblebirthforanillegalsexualintercoursewithherandsays:IamafraidofAllah; apersonwhopracticescharitysosecretlythathislefthanddoesnotknowwhat hisrighthandhasgiven(i.e.nobodyknowshowmuchhehasgivenincharity).a  personwhoremembersAllahinseclusionandhiseyesgetfloodedwithtears." [SahihAl-Bukhari] “AbuHurairareportedAllah'sMessengersallallahualayhewasallamassaying: Verily.AllahwouldsayontheDayofResurrection:Wherearethosewhohave mutualloveforMyGlory'ssake?TodayIshallsheltertheminMyshadowwhen thereisnoothershadowbuttheshadowofMine.”[SahihMuslim]

Reference:ThestoryistakenfromSaudiSchoolwebsiteandtranslatedbyNasrinAs-Salafiyah,andtheahadeeth Reference:ThestoryistakenfromSaudiSchoolwebsiteandtranslatedbyNasrinAs-Salafiyah,andtheahadeeth arecompiledbyNasrinAs-Salafiyah