With the Hadith - Righteousness, Kinship, and Manners

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August 11, 2025

With the Hadith - Righteousness, Kinship, and Manners

With the Hadith

Righteousness, Kinship, and Manners

We greet you all, dear listeners, and begin with the best greeting: Peace, mercy, and blessings of God be upon you.

It was mentioned by Muslim in his Sahih (may God have mercy on him)

It was narrated by Zuhair bin Harb, who said: Jarir narrated to us from Suhail, from his father, from Abu Hurairah, who said: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: "When God loves a servant, He calls Gabriel and says: 'I love so-and-so, so love him.' So Gabriel loves him. Then he announces in the heavens, saying: 'God loves so-and-so, so love him.' So the inhabitants of the heavens love him. Then acceptance is placed for him on earth. And when He hates a servant, He calls Gabriel and says: 'I hate so-and-so, so hate him.' So Gabriel hates him. Then he announces to the inhabitants of the heavens: 'God hates so-and-so, so hate him.' So they hate him. Then hatred is placed for him on earth."

The scholars said: God Almighty's love for His servant is His will for good for him, His guidance, His blessings upon him, and His mercy. And His hatred is His will to punish him or for his misery, and so on. And the love of Gabriel and the angels may have two meanings: one of them is their seeking forgiveness for him, their praise of him, and their supplication. The second is that their love is in its apparent form known from the creatures, which is the inclination of the heart towards him and its longing to meet him. And the reason for their love for him is that he is obedient to God Almighty, beloved by Him.

And the meaning of (acceptance is placed for him on earth) is love in the hearts of people, and their satisfaction with him, so hearts incline towards him, and they are pleased with him. And it has come in a narration (love is placed for him)

"God loves so-and-so" in the present tense, indicating the continuation of that

Ibn al-Qayyim, may God have mercy on him, said: God's love for a servant is achieved through several things:

First: Reading the Quran with contemplation and understanding of its meanings and what is intended by it.

Second: Drawing closer to God through voluntary acts after the obligatory ones, for it leads to a degree after love.

Third: Constant remembrance of Him in all circumstances with the tongue and the heart, in action and in state. For one's share of love is according to one's share of remembrance.

Fourth: Preferring what He loves over what you love when desires overwhelm you.

Fifth: Observing His kindness, His benevolence, His gifts, and His apparent and hidden blessings, for they are a call to love Him.

Sixth: And it is one of the most amazing; the breaking of the heart completely before God Almighty.

Seventh: Being alone with Him at the time of the descent of God's mercy to converse with Him, recite His words, stand with the heart, and adhere to the etiquette of servitude, then conclude that with seeking forgiveness.

Eighth: Sitting with truthful lovers, and picking the best fruits of their words.

My beloved in God:-

There are many reasons in the Book of God and in the Sunnah of His Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace, that necessitate God's love for His servant, including: -

1. Piety: God Almighty said: - (But yes, whoever fulfills his covenant and fears God - then indeed, God loves the righteous) Surat Al-Imran

2. Trusting in God: God Almighty said: (So when you have decided, then rely upon Allah . Indeed, Allah loves those who rely [upon Him]) Al-Imran

3. Patience in its three forms:

Patience in obeying God, patience in refraining from disobeying God, and patience in the face of painful events. God Almighty said: (And how many a prophet [fought and] with him fought large numbers of devout men. But they never lost assurance due to what afflicted them in the cause of Allah , nor did they weaken or submit. And Allah loves the steadfast) Al-Imran

4. Justice: Justice with all people, young and old, rich and poor, Muslim and non-Muslim. God Almighty said: (And if you judge, judge between them with justice. Indeed, Allah loves those who act justly) Al-Ma'idah.

5. Repentance: Perseverance in repentance and returning to God: - God Almighty said: (Indeed, Allah loves those who are constantly repentant and loves those who purify themselves) Al-Baqarah.

6. Following: Following the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, and emulating his guidance and Sunnah in all aspects of life. God Almighty said: (Say, [O Muhammad], "If you should love Allah , then follow me, [so] Allah will love you and forgive you your sins. And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.") Al-Imran

7. Voluntary acts: Drawing closer to God through voluntary acts after the obligatory ones. God Almighty said in the Qudsi Hadith - which was narrated by Abu Hurairah, may God be pleased with him:

(God Almighty said: Whoever harms a friend of Mine, I will declare war against him. My servant does not draw near to Me with anything more beloved to Me than what I have made obligatory upon him, and My servant continues to draw near to Me with supererogatory works so that I love him... the Hadith) Narrated by Al-Bukhari.

My beloved in God:-

God's love for His servant has great effects and fruits, including:

1- Guidance: God's guidance for the servant in his limbs, so he does not do with them except what pleases God, and does not use them in what angers God.

2- God's response to his supplication: God Almighty said in the Qudsi Hadith narrated by Abu Hurairah - may God be pleased with him: (...and My servant continues to draw near to Me with supererogatory works so that I love him. When I love him, I am his hearing with which he hears, his sight with which he sees, his hand with which he strikes, and his foot with which he walks. Were he to ask [something] of Me, I would surely give it to him, and were he to seek refuge with Me, I would surely grant him it.) Narrated by Al-Bukhari.

3- Placing acceptance for him on earth: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: (When God loves a servant, He calls Gabriel and says: 'I love so-and-so, so love him.' So Gabriel loves him. Then he announces in the heavens, saying: 'God loves so-and-so, so love him.' So the inhabitants of the heavens love him. Then acceptance is placed for him on earth) Narrated by Muslim

O best nation brought forth for mankind:

God's love is a claim made by everyone, so how easy is the claim! And how precious is the meaning! So a person should not be deceived by the devil's deception and the soul's deceit. For love is a good tree whose root is firm and its branches are in the sky, and its fruits appear in the heart, tongue, and limbs.

The question is not the extent of our love for God - Blessed and Exalted is He - but the extent of God's love for us. Likewise, the meaning of God loving us - the Almighty - is that He forgives us. For whoever loves forgives and pardons, and that has been mentioned in many verses and hadiths. An example of that is (Your Lord has decreed upon Himself mercy) Surat Al-An'am

And if God loves a servant, He makes him compassionate and merciful to all His servants, kind to them, and severe to His enemies, as God said (Forceful against the disbelievers, merciful among themselves) "Al-Fath", and He said about them (Humble toward the believers, powerful against the disbelievers) "Al-Ma'idah".

A person, servants of God, does not know how he will be sealed at death, so he must always ask God for a good ending. A person dies on what he lived on and is resurrected on what he died on. And your Lord does not wrong anyone.

O God, grant us Your love, the love of those who love You, and the love of those who bring us closer to Your love. O God, unite our hearts, rectify our relationships, honor us with Islam, and with the state of Islam, save us from darkness into light, and keep us away from immoralities, both apparent and hidden, bless us in our hearing, our sight, and our hearts, and accept our repentance, for You are the Oft-Returning, the Most Merciful, and make us grateful for Your blessings, praising You for them, accepting them, and completing them upon us.

Dear listeners, until we meet you with another prophetic hadith, we leave you in God's care, and peace, mercy, and blessings of God be upon you.

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