بَابٌ فِي ٱلْحُبِّ فِي ٱللَّهِ تَعَالَى

31. Love for the Sake of Allah Most High

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ٱلْحُبُّ فِي ٱللَّهِ رُكْنٌ فِي ٱلدِّينِ قَوِيٌّ وَفَرْضٌ شَرْعِيٌّ مَرْعِيٌّ.
Love for the sake of Allah is a strong pillar in the religion and a prescribed obligation to be diligently observed.
٤٤ - أَخْبَرَنَا ٱلْإِمَامُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ ٱلْحَسَنِ بْنِ فُورَكَ، أَنْبَا عَبْدُ ٱللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، ثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ، ثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ٱلطَّيَالِسِيُّ، ثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي بَلْجٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ﵁ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ ﵌: «مَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يَجِدَ طَعْمَ ٱلْإِيمَانِ، فَلْيُحِبَّ ٱلْعَبْدَ لَا يُحِبُّهُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ ﷿.»
Hadith 44: Imam Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Fūrak informed us: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Jaʿfar informed us: Yūnus ibn Ḥabīb narrated to us: Abū Dāwūd al-Ṭayālisī narrated to us: Shuʿba narrated to us on the authority of Abī Balj, on the authority of ʿAmr ibn Maymūn, on the authority of Abī Hurayra – may Allah be pleased with him – who said: The Messenger of Allah – may Allah bless him and his family and grant them peace – said: “Whoever would be pleased to find the taste of faith, let him love a servant solely for the sake of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime.”
٤٥ - وَحَدَّثَنِي ٱلشَّيْخُ ٱلْإِمَامُ أَبُو ٱلطَّيِّبِ سَهْلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ ٱلصَّعْلُوكِيُّ، أَنْبَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ حَامِدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْهَرَوِيُّ، ثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مِشْكَانَ ٱلسَّاوِيُّ، ثَنَا عَبْدُ ٱللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ بْنِ أَبِي رَوَّادٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ طَهْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي ٱلزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ ٱللَّهِ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ ﷺ: «ٱلْمُتَحَابُّونَ فِي ٱللَّهِ تَعَالَى عَلَى مَنَابِرَ مِنْ نُورٍ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَامَةِ، يَغْبِطُهُمُ ٱلشُّهَدَاءُ وَٱلصَّالِحُونَ.»
Hadith 45: The Shaykh, the Imam, Abū ʾl-Ṭayyib Sahl ibn Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān al-Ṣaʿlūkī narrated to me: Abū ʿAlī Ḥāmid ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Harawī informed us: ʿAlī ibn Mishkān al-Sāwī narrated to us: ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Abī Rawwād narrated to us on the authority of Ibrāhīm ibn Ṭahmān on the authority of Abī ʾl-Zubayr on the authority of Jābir ibn ʿAbd Allāh who said: The Messenger of Allah – may Allah bless him and grant him peace – said: “On the Day of Judgment, those who loved each other for the sake of Allah Most High will be upon podiums of light, envied by the martyrs and the righteous.”