Page 1 of 6 All Praise is due to Alláh, We praise Him and we
seek help from Him. We ask forgiveness from Him.
We repent to Him; and we seek refuge in Him from our own evils and our own bad deeds. Anyone who is guided by Alláh, he is indeed guided; and anyone who has been left astray, will find no one to guide him. I bear witness that there is no god but Alláh, the Only One without any partner; and I bear witness that Saydna Muhammad, peace and blessings on him, is His servant, and His messenger
After the Prophet sal Allahu ‘alayhi wa sallam passed away, a man called Abu Idrees Al Khawlanee in Damascus, went to one of the Masjids there . In the masjid he saw a group of people sitting around one man. He described the man as smiling very much and people were sitting around him asking questions. So Abu Idrees Al-Khawlanee asked, “Who is this man?”
They answered, “That is Muadh Ibn Jabal radi Allahu anhu, the companion of the Prophet SAAWS.”
The next day Abu Idrees Al-Khawlanee came to the masjid early in the morning, before Salaatul Fajr, thinking he was the first one to enter the masjid. But there he found Mu’adh Ibn Jabal radi Allahu anhu praying in the masjid before salah. So Abu Idrees
came to Mu’adh and sat behind him and waited for him to complete his prayer. After Mu’adh completed his prayer, Abu Idrees went to him and said, “Oh Mu’adh! I love you for the sake of Allah SWT!”
Mu’adh Ibn Jabal radi Allahu anhu pulled Abu Idrees closer and he asked him,“By Allah do you love me only for the sake of Allah SWT?” Abu Idrees replied,
“Yes!”
At this Mu’adh Ibn Jabal radi Allahu anhu smiled and pulled him closer and said to him, “Let me give you good news, for verily I heard the Prophet SAAWS say, ‘Allah SWT said, “ (My love is wajib upon those who love for my sake.’”
Brothers and sisters, throughout history people have claimed that they love Allah SWT and Allah loves them. And so Muslims also claim that they love Allah SWT. But whether Allah SWT loves us, is the real question. Does Allah SWT truly love us?
and this the main thing that I will talk about today
and how we can get it.
In Saheeh al-Bukhari, the Prophet SAAWS says:
“When Allah SWT loves someone, he calls Jibreel and Allah then says, (Oh Jibreel! Verily, I love such and such a person, so love him!)’”
Page 2 of 6 And Allah names that person and then Jibreel loves
that person. Then Jibreel calls out to all the angels of the heavens and he says, “Allah loves so and so, so love him!”and so all the angels love him. And then Allah places pleasure in the hearts of the people
towards this person!”
The Prophet SAAWS said in another narration of this hadeeth:
“The slave will continue to try to win the pleasure of Allah; he will try to win the love of Allah until Allah calls Jibreel and says to him, ‘Oh Jibreel! My slave so and so is trying to please me, verily my love has
overcome him!’”
Indeed the Prophet SAAWS told us in the Qur’an and the Sunnah about many people that Allah SWT loved. And amongst the greatest people that Allah SWT loved was Ibraheem alayhis Salaam. Allah
SWT said:
And Allah took Ibraheem as a Khalil (close and dear
friend) (An-Nisaa’ 4/125)
And from the people that Allah SWT loved was Ayyub alayhis salaam. Allah said:
We found him to be patient…What a beautiful slave
he is.
In Saheeh Muslim the Prophet SAAWS told us that a man went out once to visit his brother for the sake of Allah SWT. On his path Allah sent an angel and the angel asked him where he was going and he said,
“I am going to visit my brother for the sake of Allah SWT.”
The angel asked him,“Do you have any other reason
to go to his house?”
The man said, “I am going for no other reason than
for the sake of Allah SWT.”
Then the angel said, “Verily I give you good news; I am an angel from Allah SWT with a message from Allah SWT that He loves you!”
And from the people that Allah SWT loved was Khadija radi Allahu anha. In Saheeh Al-Bukhari the
Page 3 of 6 Prophet SAAWS was sitting with Jibreel reciting the
Quran and Khadija radi Allahu anha came. Jibreel turned to the Prophet SAAWS and said, “This is Khadija bringing you some food. Give her my salaam!”
This is Jibreel alayhis salaam giving his salaam to Khadija radi Allahu anha and then he said, “Give her the glad tidings of a home in paradise!”
What happens when Allah SWT loves us?
Allah SWT first and foremost will mention the name of the person, and then Allah SWT will call to Jibreel and tell him that he loves this person. Not only will Allah SWT love this person but Jibreel will also love this person. Not only Jibreel, but also the angels of the heavens and the earth will love this person. And then Allah SWT will put the pleasure in the hearts of the people towards this person.
And if that person was to ask anything, Allah SWT would grant what he asks for. And if he seeks refuge in Allah SWT from anything, Allah SWT will protect him. And a person whose case is such, his end is
surely Jannah.
Brothers and Sisters on the same side of this hadeeth we also have to be aware and fear gaining the wrath of Allah. We also have to beware of the people who gain the anger of Allah SWT. The Prophet SAAWS said regarding a person who angers and disobeys Allah SWT that Allah SWT will hate that person.
The Prophet SAAWS was playing with Al-Husayn and then he raised him up for people to see and he said, “Allah will love those who love Al Husayn!”
Allah has blessed the family of the Prophet SAAWS with a great status and a pure noble kinship
23. It is that of which Allah gives good tidings to His servants who believe and do righteous deeds. Say, [O Muhammad], “I do not ask you for this message any payment [but] only good will through kinship.” And whoever commits a good deed – We will increase for him good therein. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Appreciative.
PART II
there are lessons from the Qu’ran and Sunnah that
Page 4 of 6 can give us more ideas of how to we can have Allah
SWT love us. Ibn Al-Qayyim rahimahullah actually wrote different ways we can gain Allah’s SWT love.
One: We need to take advantage of the third portion
of the night. The Prophet SAAWS said:
“Every night Allah SWT comes down to the samaa’
ad- dunya and he calls out to the people, ‘Is there anyone who will make du’a, so I may accept their du’a! Is there anyone who will ask for forgiveness,
so I shall forgive them!’”
So we should take advantage of this by praying Qiyaam-ul-Layl (voluntary Night Prayer).
Two: We should also remember Allah often.
Whenever we are commuting to work or standing in a line somewhere, its always our chance to remember
Allah SWT. Allah says:
Remember me and I shall remember you (Al-
Baqarah 2/152)
And who does not want Allah SWT to remember them?
Three: We should read the Qu’ran with
understanding. Read what Allah SWT revealed to us for our life and for our death. Allah SWT says:
Four: We should sit and be with those people who truly love Allah SWT and spend our time with them.
In Surah Al-Kahf, Allah SWT says:
(Some) say they were three, the dog being the fourth among them; (others) say they were five, the dog being the sixth,- doubtfully guessing at the unknown;
(yet others) say they were seven, the dog being the
eighth (Al-Kahf 18/22).
In this verse, Allah SWT mentions the dog of the Ahl Al-Kahf (people of the cave) over and over again.
Why? It is because of the companions that the dog had, the companions that he was with that he is mentioned so many times. So if a dog is going to be mentioned in the Qur’an so many times because of his compantions, you can imagine how much Allah will love the person who chooses to spend his time with the people Allah SWT loves. As the Prophet SAAWS taught us, good companionship is like a person who sells musk. Even if the companion doesn’t give you any musk, you are going to benefit from the smell and fragrance of the musk.
Five: We should love to meet Allah SWT. The
Prophet SAAWS said:
“Whoever loves to meet Allah SWT, Allah loves to
meet them!”
And no doubt if someone is going to love to meet Allah SWT they will do good for that meeting; they
Page 5 of 6 will prepare for that meeting. And the one who does
not want to meet Allah SWT, is the one who has been spending his life in disobedience. He will not love to meet Allah SWT and Allah SWT will not love to
meet that person.
Six: We should push away everything that stands
between us and Allah SWT and Allah’s Messenger SAAWS. We have to critically look at the things that we are doing in disobedience to Allah SWT and take them and extract them out of our lives.
Seven: We should always put RasulAllah SAAWS
in front of us. We should always put the wishes of the Prophet SAAWS before our wishes. Allah SWT
revealed in the Quran:
Say if you love Allah, then follow me. Allah will love you and forgive your sins (A’le-Imraan 3/21) Eight: We should make patience a part of our
character. As they say, a person who continues to do something will be known for that which he does.
When a person is patient in his dealings in his home and at his work, then he becomes as-saabir (the patient). And Allah SWT tells us of those who are patient:
And Allah loves those who are patient (A’le-Imraan
3/146)
Nine: We should learn Allah’s SWT’s asma was-
sifaat (names and attributes). So when we read in the Qu’ran Ar-Rahman we should understand its meaning and depth and hope Allah SWT has mercy on us. And when we read that Allah is As-Sami’ and Al-Baseer, that He is All-Hearing and All-Seeing, we should understand that Allah can see us at all times.
And when we read in the Qu’ran that Allah SWT is Shadeedul-‘Iqaab, He is severe in punishment, we will think twice before we disobey Allah SWT and we will abstain from that action.
Ten: We should continue in doing our nawaafil
(voluntary acts). In Hqdeeth Qudsi, the Prophet SAAWS says that Allah SWT says:
The slave will continue to come close to me in voluntary deeds until I love him.
In the explanation of this hadeeth, the scholars have said these are voluntary acts of all kinds. Voluntary acts of the tongue and the limbs . This is a very unique way of understanding. If your love of Allah SWT is true, you will obey Allah SWT.
Verily the person who loves someone, will follow that person.
Page 6 of 6 At the end of this khutba lets focus in the following two
important hadith from profit Mohammad SAAWS, that are important to know how Allah SWT truly will love you: Anas ibn Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:
None will taste the sweetness of faith until he loves a person only for the sake of Allah, until he would rather be thrown in the fire than to return to unbelief, and until Allah and his messenger are more beloved to him than anything else.
Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:
There are seven whom Allah will shade on a day when there is no shade but his. They are a just ruler, a youth who grew up in the worship of Allah, one whose heart is attached to the mosques, two who love each other, meet each other, and depart from each other for the sake of Allah, a man who is tempted by a beautiful woman of high status but he rejects her, saying ,
‘I fear Allah,’ one spends in charity and conceals it such that his right hand does not know what his left hand has given, and one who remembered Allah in private and he wept
