Meaning of True Love in Islam: Holy Prophet Muhammad’s (SAW) love for his people

It is so common that the meaning of love has been restricted in the modern age to the love relationship between a man and a woman. This is a very narrow-minded view of love. Islam has is own comprehensive view of love.

The fist type of love that Islam calls for is the Love of Allah (SWT), praise be to Him. This love makes you avoid committing sins in order not to make whom you love, Allah, get angry with you. This love also urges you to contemplate all the different aspect of nature that usually leads you to have a deeper faith in the Creator who created all this beauty round us.

The second type of love is the love of Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw). This love also makes you follow the example of Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) in all his dealings and manners. Also this love is an indication of the love of Allah (SWT) as stated in the Noble Qur’an, “Say: ‘If you do love Allah, Follow me: Allah will love you and forgive you your sins: For Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.’” Say: “Obey Allah and His Messenger: But if they turn back, Allah loves not those who reject Faith.” (Noble Qur’an, 3:31-32)

The third type of love is human love. It means that the Muslim has to love his other fellow men regardless of their ethnic, linguistic or cultural background. This includes love of neighbors, colleagues, relatives and even strangers. This type of love persuades the Muslim to help anybody whenever he can. There are numerous of Ahadith that exhort Muslims to help anybody who really needs help because such an altruistic act takes the Muslim one step closer to Allah (SWT).

The fourth type of love is the love between a man and a woman, but Islam organizes and regulates these lofty feelings within the framework of marriage because Islam views that marital love leads the couple to have a peaceful and happy family life, which is the core of the Muslim society.

In other words, this love is acceptable as long as it is within the framework of marriage and this is encouraged in a number of verses in the Noble Qur’an, “And one of His signs is that He created mates for you from yourselves that you may find rest in them, and He put between you love and compassion; most surely there are signs in this for a people who reflect.” (Noble Qur’an, 30:21)

Holy Prophet Muhammad’s (saw) love for his peopleHoly Prophet Muhammad’s (saw) love for his people: Something to think about …

How can a father’s love for his son be known? This love itself is not something visible or tactual. It can be known only from his behavior, attitude and words towards his son. If a wise and fair person pays due attention to Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) utterances and studies the reports describing his efforts to guide men to the right course, his strictness in protecting everybody’s rights and his magnanimous and compassionate efforts for the establishment of beautiful morals, he will clearly see that his love for his Ummah (community) is much more than that of a father for his son. A person who realizes his astounding accomplishments, the astonishing reports in Noble Qur’an, which were revealed through his tongue and his utterances foretelling the bewildering events that will happen at the end of the world, will certainly see that he attained high grades above the intellect’s capacity and comprehended facts beyond the intellect’s limit of comprehension and realization. Thus, it will be apparent to him that his words are all true.

How would you feel if you found out that someone was thinking about you more than 1400 years ago?

Once our holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) was sitting with some of his companion and suddenly he (SAW) said, “Alas! I wish I could meet my brothers.”

Abu Bakr and Umar, who were around him said, “Are we not your brothers? We believe in you and we migrated with you.”

Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) replied, “You are my companions. You accepted Islam and migrated with me but “Alas I wish I could meet my brothers…!”

Again they asked the same question, Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) replied the same answer. Then they asked “O, Prophet who are those people?”

Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) replied, “My brothers are those who are during the Akhir uz Zaman. They will believe in me although they have not seen me.”

This shows a glimpse of our holy Prophet Muhammad’s (SAW) love for us and of course, we claim to love him as well. But when love becomes limited to words, it becomes meaningless. And when the loved one’s advice is not taken seriously, it invalidates this love. Don’t you think?

Isn’t it about time we follow our holy Prophet Muhammad (saw)? Isn’t it about time we reconsider our lives?

There is a well known tradition narrated by Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) which has been recorded by eminent Shia and Ahle Sunnah scholars in their compilation thus: “One who dies without recognizing the Imam of his age, has died the death of ignorance.”

In other words his death shall be that of an infidel. Even the Noble Qur’an declares in the 71st verse of Surah Bani Israel, “On the day when every man shall be summoned along with their Imam.” (17:71)

A Sweet True Love Story, True Love Relationship Advice

From the very beginning, girl’s family objected strongly on her seeing this guy, saying that it has got to do with family background, and that the girl will have to suffer for the rest of her life if she were to be with him.

Due to family’s pressure, the couple quarreled very often. Though the girl loved the guy deeply, she always asked him: “How deep is your love for me?”

As the guy is not good with his words, this often caused the girl to be very upset. With that and the family’s pressure, the girl often vents her anger on him. As for him, he only endured it in silence.

After a couple of years, the guy finally graduated and decided to further his studies overseas. Before leaving, he proposed to the girl: “I’m not very good with words. But all I know is that I love you. If you allow me, I will take care of you for the rest of my life. As for your family, I’ll try my best to talk them round. Will you marry me?”

The girl agreed, and with the guy’s determination, the family finally gave in and agreed to let them get married. So before he left, they got engaged.

The girl went out to the working society, whereas the guy was overseas, continuing his studies. They use to exchange their love through emails and phone calls. Though it was hard, but both never thought of giving up.

One day, while the girl was on her way to work, she was knocked down by a car that lost control. When she woke up, she saw her parents beside her bed. She realized that she was badly injured. Seeing her mum cry, she wanted to comfort her. But she realized that all that could come out of her mouth was just a sigh. She had lost her voice…

The doctor says that the impact on her brain has caused her to lose her voice.

Listening to her parents’ comfort, but with nothing coming out from her, she broke down. During the stay in hospital, besides silent cry, it’s still just silent cry that accompanied her. Upon reaching home, everything seems to be the same, except for the ringing tone of the phone which pierced into her heart every time it rang.

She does not wish to let the guy know and not wanting to be a burden to him, she wrote a letter to him saying that she does not wish to wait any longer. With that, she sent the ring back to him. In return, the guy sent millions and millions of reply and countless phone calls. All the girl could do besides crying is still crying… The parents decided to move away, hoping that she could eventually forget everything and be happy.

With a new environment, the girl learnt sign language and started a new life.

Telling herself everyday that she must forget the guy. One day, her friend came and told her that he’s back. She asked her friend not to let him know what happened to her. Since then, there wasn’t anymore news of him.

A year has passed and her friend came with an envelope, containing an invitation card for the guy’s wedding. The girl was shattered. When she opened the letter, she saw her name on it instead. When she was about to ask her friend what was going on, she saw the guy standing in front of her…

He used sign language to tell her, “I’ve spent a year to learn sign language. Just to let you know that I’ve not forgotten our promise. Let me have the chance to be your voice. I Love You.” With that, he slipped the ring back into her finger. The girl finally smiled…

Treat every relationship as if it’s the last one, then you’ll know how to Give.

Treat every moment as if it’s the last day, then you’ll know how to Treasure.

Treasure what you have right now, or else may regret one day…

Inspirational Stories: Wealth, Love and Success (Love Story, Love (Hubb) in Islam)

A woman came out of her house and saw three old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognize them. She said “I don’t think I know you, but you must be hungry. Please come in and have something to eat.”

Wealth, Love and Success”Is the man of the house home?”, they asked.

“No”, she replied. “He’s out.”

“Then we cannot come in”, they replied.

In the evening when her husband came home, she told him what had happened.

“Go tell them I am home and invite them in!”

The woman went out and invited the men in.

“We do not go into a House together,” they replied.

“Why is that?” she asked.

One of the old men explained: “His name is Wealth,” he said pointing to one of his friends, and said pointing to another one, “He is Success, and I am Love.” Then he added, “Now go in and discuss with your husband which one of us you want in your home?”

The woman went in and told her husband what was said. Her husband was overjoyed. “How nice!”, he said. “Since that is the case, let us invite Wealth. Let him come and fill our home with wealth!”

His wife disagreed. “My dear, why don’t we invite Success?”

Their daughter-in-law was listening from the other corner of the house. She jumped in with her own suggestion: “Would it not be better to invite Love? Our home will then be filled with love!”

“Let us heed our daughter-in-law’s advice,” said the husband to his wife.

“Go out and invite Love to be our guest.”

The woman went out and asked the three old men, “Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest.”

Love got up and started walking toward the house. The other two old men also got up and followed him. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success: “I only invited Love, Why are you coming in?”

The old men replied together: “If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two of us would’ve stayed out, but since you invited Love, wherever He goes, we go with him. Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success. Because, you know, we actually blind. And just the love that can see. Only he who can show us the way of kindness, to the straight path. So, we need guidance when walking. When we live our lives.”

Source: http://www.ezsoftech.com/stories/mis21.asp