ANSWERED: Loving Someone For The Pleasure Of Allah?

**amatullah** · 09-10-2004, 08:38 PM

As salaamu alaikum

What is meant by loving someone for the Pleasure of Allah? Does it mean choosing friends with good ahlaaq with the intention of emulating and learning from the good Islamic habits of the friend ( and in doing so please Allah)? I have never fully understood what Loving Someone For The Pleasure Of Allah means

JazakAllahu Khairun
Was salaam

**auron** · 09-10-2004, 10:23 PM

in a nutshell"to do good to those that have done good to you is easy but to do good to those whom you dislike and would not easily forgive is the higher quality.a brother has harmed you do you give equal back,forgive ,or give good in return.its not easy.

**A D I D A S** · 12-10-2004, 07:20 AM

Its not like that.
I'll explain wen I get time IA

**A D I D A S** · 12-10-2004, 12:14 PM

Ok this is what the hadeeth means.
Firstly it happens most of the time that we love some one for some reason. Like some one has wealth and thats why a person likes the wealthy person, or because of beauty or fame and so on.
But the hadeeth is trying to say, love some one (a good person) for the sake of allah alone.
say for instance a person loves allah, now you should love that person for the sake of allah because he loves allah. There shouldnt be any 'garz' in it.
The books give examples of two sheikhs. One from syria while the other from japan. They both love each other for Allah alone. Because they both see good in each other.
Duh Am I messing it up/
Hope you get me.
when you love some one, love them for allah. not for any worldly reasons.

**A D I D A S** · 12-10-2004, 12:37 PM

Also some people love other good peole or sheikhs becasue they want to become famous with them/like them. But hadeeth means love for allah alone.
wal ilmu indallah

**suhayl** · 12-10-2004, 01:20 PM

Love the particular person with the reason that Allah will be happy.

Find no other reason to love that person. For example loving someone for wealth or ash ADIDAS mentioned for worldly reasons.

Just love em so Allah becoms happy.

**A D I D A S** · 12-10-2004, 01:22 PM

Nah man isnt there a difference between loving for the sake of and loving for the pleasure of Allah?
Or am I getting mixed up?

**auron** · 12-10-2004, 03:56 PM

Originally Posted by A D I D A S

Also some people love other good peole or sheikhs becasue they want to become famous with them/like them. But hadeeth means love for allah alone.
wal ilmu indallah

IVE NOTICED THIS.khidmat only for them and noone else

**suhayl** · 13-10-2004, 01:52 PM

Nah man isnt there a difference between loving for the sake of and loving for the pleasure of Allah?

If you love for his sake what do you love for? His pleasure? or otherwise?

Maybe same thing but different way of saying it?

Enlighten me.. i'm ignorant

**Mossy** · 13-10-2004, 02:11 PM

Sake is passive, pleasure is active. Last time I tried to answer this question with my limited knowledge it took about 2 hours. I need to learn how to be more concise. Insh'Allah.