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How
can one actualise one's love for the Messenger (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam)
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Question:
How can one actualise (their) love for the Messenger (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam)?
Response:
Love of the Messenger (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam) and love of Allaah (Subhaanahu
wa Ta'aala) is actualised by following the Messenger (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam), and everyone who follows the Messenger
(sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam) is more eligible for the love of Allaah
and the love of His Messenger. Allaah (Subhaanahu
wa Ta'aala) says:
{Say:
"If you (really) love Allaah then follow me (Muhammad),
Allaah will love you}, [Soorah
Aal-'Imraan, Aayah
31].
And
the sign of the love of the Messenger (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam) is that a person inquires about his
sunnah and then follows it and does not add nor take anything
away from that. Based upon this, then those who innovate in
anything related to the Prophet (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam) and state that this is from their love
and honouring of him (the Prophet) then in reality they do
not love him and nor honour him. And that is because true
love and honouring of him is to follow his sayings and not
to add to his Sharee'ah
and nor to take away from it.
And
indeed whoever desires to innovate in the Sharee'ah
of Allaah that which is not from it, then his love of Allaah
and His Messenger is limited without doubt, because completeness
of manners and honouring is not to extend oneself before Allaah
and His Messenger. Allaah (Subhaanahu
wa Ta'aala) said:
{O
you who believe! Do not put (yourselves) forward before Allaah
and His Messenger, and fear Allaah. Verily! Allaah is All-Hearing,
All-Knowing. O you who believe! Raise not your voices above
the voice of the Prophet, nor speak aloud to him in talk as
you speak aloud to one another, lest your deeds may be rendered
fruitless while you perceive not}, [Soorah
al-Hujuraat, Aayahs
1 and 2].
Shaykh
Ibn 'Uthaymeen
Fataawa Noorun 'alad-Darb - Volume 2, Page 522, Question 414
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