Love of Allah

Ten Causes to/for Love of Allah

Ten causes that result in Allāh's love for His slave and the slave's love for his Lord by imām ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah (RH):

1. Reciting the Qur'aan while pondering over its meanings and what is meant by it.
2. Getting closer to Allāh by performing voluntary deeds after completing obligatory deeds. This is as is stated in a Hadeeth Qudsi: “My slave continues getting closer to Me by performing voluntary deeds until I love him.” [Saheeh al-Bukhaaree]
3. Continual remembrance of Allāh under all circumstances, with one's tongue, heart and actions. The extent of one's love of Allāh is determined by this.
4. Giving precedence to what He loves over what you love when you are overtaken by your desires.
5. The heart being avid of Allāh's Names, and Attributes and the heart roaming in that garden of knowledge.
6. Observing Allāh's kindness, goodness and bounties, both hidden and open.
7. And this is the most wonderful, the heart being soft, subdued and meek before Allāh.
8. Being alone with Allāh during the time when the Lord descends during the last portion of the night while reading His Book and ending that by asking for forgiveness and repenting.
9. Sitting with the beloved and sincere, benefiting from the most fruitful of their speech. And not to speak unless speaking is more beneficial and you know that it will improve your state and be beneficial to others.
10. Remaining away from every cause that comes between the heart and Allāh.

These ten causes take the lovers to the station of true love and bring them to their Beloved.Courtesy at-Tazkirah

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