423 - ما يورِثُ حُبَّ اللَّهِ‏

423. That which Brings About the Love of Allah

1325.إرشاد القلوب - في حديثِ المِعراجِ - : يامحمّدُ ، وَجَبتْ مَحَبَّتي للمُتَحابِّينَ فِيَّ ، ووَجَبتْ مَحَبَّتي للمُتَعاطِفينَ فِيَّ ، ووَجَبتْ مَحَبَّتي للمُتَواصِلينَ فِيَّ ، ووَجَبتْ مَحَبَّتي للمُتَوكِّلينَ عَلَيَّ ، ولَيس لمَحَبَّتي عَلَمٌ ولا غايَةٌ ولا نِهايَةٌ ، وكُلَّما رَفَعْتُ لَهُم عَلَماً وَضَعْتُ لَهُم عَلَماً .¹

1325. It is related in the tradition of the Prophet (SAWA)'s Ascension, 'O Muhammad, My love is due to those who love each other for My sake, and My love is due to those who are kind to each other for My sake, and My love is due to those who maintain communication with each other for My sake, and My love is due to those who trust Me, and there is no ensign, end or culmination to My love, and whenever I raise an ensign for them I lower another ensign for them.' ²

1326.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : قالَ اللَّهُ تباركَ وتعالى‏ : ما تَحبَّبَ إليَّ عبدي بأحَبَّ مِمّا افْتَرَضتُ علَيهِ .³

1326.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Allah, Mighty and Exalted, says, 'The servant endears himself to Me by no better means than what I have made obligatory upon him.' ⁴

1327.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : إذا تَخَلّى‏ المؤمنُ مِن الدُّنيا سَماووَجَدَ حَلاوَةَ حُبِّ اللَّهِ ، وكانَ عندَ أهلِ الدُّنيا كأنَّهُ قد خُولِطَ ، وإنَّما خالَطَ القَومَ حَلاوَةُ حُبِّ اللَّهِ فلَم يَشْتَغلوا بغَيرِهِ .⁵

1327.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'When the believer abandons this world, he is elevated and finds the sweet taste of Allah's love; he appears to the people of this world as if he is confounded in his mind, whereas truly it is they who have confounded the sweetness of Allah's love such that they do not occupy themselves with other than Him.' ⁶

422 - شِدَّةُ حُبِّ المُؤمِنينَ لِلّهِ‏

422. The Believers' Intense Love for Allah

(قُلْ إِنْ كَانَ آبَاؤُكُمْ وَأَبْنَاؤُكُمْ وَإخْوَانُكُمْ وَأزْوَاجُكُم وَعَشيْرَتُكُم وَأمْوَالٌ اقْتَرَفْتُموهَا وَتِجَارَةٌ تَخْشَونَ كَسَادَهَا وَمَسَاكِنُ تَرْضَوْنَهَا أَحَبَّ إِلَيْكُمْ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَجِهادٍ فِي سَبِيلِهِ فَتَرَبَّصُوا حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ اللَّهُ بِأَمْرِهِ وَاللَّهُ لا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْفاسِقِينَ) .¹

"Say, 'If your fathers and your sons, your brethren, your spouses, and your kinsfolk, the possessions that you have acquired, the business you fear may suffer, and the dwellings you are fond of, are dearer to you than Allah and His Apostle and to waging jihad in His way, then wait until Allah issues His edict, and Allah does not guide the transgressing lot." ²

(وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَتَّخِذُ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ أَنْدَاداً يُحِبُّونَهُمْ كَحُبِّ اللَّهِ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَشَدُّ حُبّاً للَّهِ وَلَوْ يَرَى‏ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا إِذْ يَرَوْنَ الْعَذَابَ أَنَّ الْقُوَّةَ للَّهِ جَمِيعاً وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ شَدِيدُ الْعَذَابِ) .³

"Among the people are those who set up compeers besides Allah, loving them as if loving Allah-but the faithful have a more ardent love for Allah-though the wrongdoers will see, when they sight the punishment, that power, altogether, belongs to Allah, and that Allah is severe in punishment." ⁴

(اُنظر) آل عمران:31 والمائدة: 51 - 57 والتوبة: 25 والشعراء: 77 - 82 والجمعة: 6 .

(See also: Qur'an 3:31, 5:51-57, 9:25, 26:77-82, 62:6)

1321.الإمامُ الحسينُ عليه السلام - في الدعاء المنسوب إليه - : أنتَ الّذي‏أزَلْتَ الأغْيارَ عن قُلوبِ أحِبّائكَ حتّى‏ لَم يُحِبّوا سِواكَ... ماذا وَجَدَ مَن فَقَدَكَ؟! وما الّذي فَقَد مَن وَجَدكَ؟! لَقد خابَ مَن‏رَضِيَ دُونَكَ‏بَدَلاً .⁵

1321. Imam al-Husayn (AS) said in one of his supplications attributed to him, 'It is You Who removed the strangers from the hearts of Your lovers so that they never love other than You... What does the one who loses You find?! And what does the one who finds You lose?! He indeed fails who is satisfied with a substitute for You.' ⁶

1322.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : لا يَمْحضُ رجُلٌ الإيمانَ باللَّهِ‏حتّى‏ يكونَ اللَّهُ أحَبَّ إلَيهِ مِن نَفْسِهِ وأبيهِ واُمِّهِ ووُلْدِهِ وأهْلِهِ ومالِهِ ومِن النّاسِ كُلِّهِم .⁷

1322.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Man's faith in Allah will not be pure until Allah becomes more beloved to him than his own self, his father, his mother, his children, his wife, his wealth, and all people.' ⁸

1323.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : القلبُ حَرَمُ اللَّهِ ، فلا تُسْكِنْ حَرَمَ اللَّهِ غَيرَ اللَّهِ .⁹

1323.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'The heart is the sanctuary of Allah, so do not lodge other than Allah in Allah's sanctuary.' ¹⁰

1324.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : الحُبُّ أفْضَلُ مِن الخَوفِ .¹¹

1324.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Love [of Allah] is better than fear [of Him].' ¹²