Obama preaches hollow Western values to Muslims

Obama  preaches  hollow  Western values to Muslims

Al-Azhari said: "A servant's love for Allah and His Messenger means obeying them and following their command."

Al-Baydaawi said: "Love is the will to obey."

Ibn 'Arafah said: "Love in the language of Arabs means willing a thing uprightly."

Az-Zajjaaj said: "Man's love for Allah and His Messenger is to obey them and to accept what Allah سبحانه وتعالى has commanded and the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم has brought."

Allah's love for His servant means forgiveness, acceptance and reward.

Al-Baydaawi said: "He loves you and that he will forgive you means, He will be pleased with you."

Al-Azhari said: "Love of Allah, for His servant, is His blessing of his servant with forgiveness." He سبحانه وتعالى said:

فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ الْكَافِرِينَ

"Allah does not love the disbelievers." [Al-Imraan, 3:32]

i.e. He will not forgive them. Sufyan b. 'Unaynah said: "He loves you means, He will be close to you. Love is closeness. Allah does not love the Kafireen means He will not bring the Kafireen close (to Him)."

Al-Baghawi said: "Love of Allah for the believers means His commendation, reward and forgiveness for them."

Az-Zajjaaj said: "Love of Allah for His Creation means His forgiveness for them and His blessings, mercy, forgiveness and good commendation of them."

However what concerns us here is the servant's love for Allah and His Messenger. This love in the above meaning is obligatory. Since love is an inclination (mayl) which shapes the behavioural disposition (nafsiyyah) of man. These inclinations can either be instinctive (ghareezi) having no relationship to a concept, such as man's inclination towards ownership, love for survival, justice, family and children etc. They might also be motives linked to concepts, which then define the type of inclination. The American Indians did not like the immigrants who came from Europe whilst the Ansar loved those who migrated to them. The love of Allah and His Messenger is the type Allah سبحانه وتعالى has linked to a Sharee'ah concept thereby making it obligatory. The evidence for this is the Book of Allah:

He سبحانه وتعالى said:

وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَتَّخِذُ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ أَنْدَادًا يُحِبُّونَهُمْ كَحُبِّ اللَّهِ ۖ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَشَدُّ حُبًّا لِلَّهِ

"And of mankind are some who take (for worship) others besides Allah as rivals (to Allah). They love them as they love Allah. But those who believe, love Allah more (than anything else)." [Al-Baqarah, 2:165]

It means the believers' love of Allah is more than Mushriks' love to the rivals of Allah. He سبحانه وتعالى said:

قُلْ إِنْ كَانَ آبَاؤُكُمْ وَأَبْنَاؤُكُمْ وَإِخْوَانُكُمْ وَأَزْوَاجُكُمْ وَعَشِيرَتُكُمْ وَأَمْوَالٌ اقْتَرَفْتُمُوهَا وَتِجَارَةٌ تَخْشَوْنَ كَسَادَهَا وَمَسَاكِنُ تَرْضَوْنَهَا أَحَبَّ إِلَيْكُمْ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَجِهَادٍ فِي سَبِيلِهِ فَتَرَبَّصُوا حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِيَ اللَّهُ بِأَمْرِهِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْفَاسِقِينَ

"Say: If your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your wives, your kindred, the wealth that you have gained, the commerce in which you fear a decline, and the dwellings in which you have delight in are dearer to you than Allah and His Messenger, and striving hard and fighting in His Cause, then wait until Allah brings about His Decision (torment). And Allah guides not the people who are Al-Fasiqun (the rebellious, disobedient to Allah)." [At-Tawbah, 9:24]

As for the evidences from the Sunnah they are the following:

Anas (ra) narrated:

"That a man asked the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم about the final Hour. He asked: when is the final hour? He said: What have you prepared for it? He said: nothing, but I love Allah and His Messenger. He said: you will be with the one you love. Anas said: nothing made us so overjoyed more than when we heard the Prophet saying you will be with the one you love. Anas said: I love the Prophet, Abu Bakr and 'Umar and I wish to join them because of my love for them even though I have not done as many good deeds as them." (Agreed upon)

Anas (ra) narrated that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said:

"There are three things whoever obtains them he will experience the sweetness of belief - that Allah and His Messenger are more beloved to him than anything else; that he loves a man only for the sake of Allah; and that he dislikes the thought of reverting to disbelief as much as he would dislike being cast into the Fire." (Agreed upon)

Anas (ra) narrated that the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said:

"None of you would be considered a believer until I become more beloved to him than his family, wealth and all the people." (Agreed upon).

The companions of the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم were very much concerned about the application of this duty. They used to compete in attaining this honour hoping that they would be the ones that Allah and His Messenger love. Anas (ra) narrated that on the day of the battle of Uhud: