MUHAMMAD'S EARLY JOB:
Muhammad (Peace be upon him), had no particular job at his early youth, but it was reported that he worked as a shepherd for Bani Sa‘d and in Makkah. At the age of 25, he went to Syria as a merchant for Khadijah (May Allah be pleased with her) Ibn Ishaq reported that Khadijah, daughter of Khwailid was a business-woman of great honour and fortune. She used to employ men to do her business for a certain percentage of the profits. Quraish people were mostly tradespeople, so when Khadijah was informed of Muhammad (Peace be upon him), his truthful words, great honesty and kind manners, she sent for him. She offered him money to go to Syria and do her business, and she would give him a higher rate than the others. She would also send her hireling, Maisarah, with him. He agreed and went with her servant to Syria for trade.
HIS MARRIEAGE TO KHADIJAH:
When he returned to Makkah, Khadijah noticed, in her money, more profits and blessings than she used to. Her hireling also told her of Muhammad’s good manners, honesty, deep thought, sincerity and faith. She realized that she homed at her target. Many prominent men had asked for her hand in marriage but she always spurned their advances. She disclosed her wish to her friend Nafisa, daughter of Maniya, who immediately went to Muhammad (Peace be upon him) and broke the good news to him. He agreed and requested his uncles to go to Khadijah’s uncle and talk on this issue. Subsequently, they were married. The marriage contract was witnessed by Bani Hashim and the heads of Mudar. This took place after the Prophet’s return from Syria. He gave her twenty camels as dowry. She was, then, forty years old and was considered as the best woman of her folk in lineage, fortune and wisdom. She was the first woman whom the Messenger of Allâh (Peace be upon him) married. He did not get married to any other until she had died.
Khadijah bore all his children, except Ibrahim: Al-Qasim, Zainab, Ruqaiyah, Umm Kulthum, Fatimah and ‘Abdullah who was called Taiyib and Tahir. All his sons died in their childhood and all the daughters except Fatimah died during his lifetime. Fatimah died six months after his death. All his daughters witnessed Islam, embraced it, and emigrated to Madinah.
Poem on Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) by Alama Iqbal
He slept on a mat of rushes,
But the crown of Chosroes lay beneath the feet of his followers;
He chose the nightly solitude of Mount Hira,
And founded a nation, law and government;
He passed his nights with sleepless eyes,
That his Millet might sleep on Chosroes throne
In the hour of battle, iron was melted by the flash of his sword.
At prayer time, tears fell like drops of rain from his eyes.
In his prayer for Divine help, his Amen' was a sword,
Which extirpated the lineage of kings.
He inaugurated a new Order in the world,
He brought the empires old to an end:
In his sight the high and the low were one,
He sat with the slave at table one;
He burnt clear the distinctions of birth and clan.
His fire consumed all this trash and bran.
What great peoples of the world says about the Greatests Man of all time of the Universe
Over a billion “ bear witness he is the Messenger of God, “1,126,325,000 Who is he ? as per ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA.
“A mass of detail in the early sources show that he was an honest and upright man who had gained the respect and loyalty of others who were like-wise honest and upright men." (Vol. 12)
MUHAMMAD pbuh is the most successful of all Prophets and religious personalities."
I have always held the religion of MUHAMMAD in high estimation because of its wonderful vitality. It is the only religion, which appears to me to possess that assimilating capacity to the changing phase of existence, which can make itself appeal to every age. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
I have studied him - the wonderful man and in my opinion for from being an anti-Christ, he must be called the Savior of Humanity.“
"I believe that if a man like him were to assume the dictatorship of the modern world he would succeed in solving its problems in a way that would bring it the much needed peace and happiness: GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
I have prophesied about the faith of MUHAMMAD that it would be acceptable to the Europe of tomorrow as it is beginning to be acceptable to the Europe of today.”
If any religion had the chance of ruling over England, nay Europe within the next hundred years, it could be Islam.“ (Sir George Bernard Shaw in 'The Genuine Islam,' Vol. 1, No. 8, 1936.) GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
He did it…
He was by far the most remarkable man that ever set foot on this earth He preached a religion, founded a state, built a nation, laid down a moral code, initiated numerous social and political reforms.
He established a powerful and dynamic society to practice and represent his teachings and completely revolutionized the worlds of human thought and behavior for all times to come.
Yes, he was Prophet MUHAMMAD (pbuh)
He was born in Arabia in the year 570, started his mission of preaching the religion of Truth, Islam (submission to One God) at the age of forty and departed from this world at the age of sixty-three.
During this short period of 23 years of his Prophet hood, he changed the complete Arabian peninsula.
His Mission Impossible
From paganism and idolatry to SUBMISSION to the One True God,
From tribal quarrels and wars to national solidarity and cohesion,
From drunkenness and debauchery to sobriety and piety,
From lawlessness and anarchy to disciplined living,
From utter bankruptcy to the highest standards of moral excellence.
His Mission Impossible
Human history has never known such a complete transformation of a society or a place before or since
IMAGINE all these unbelievable wonders in JUST OVER TWO DECADES.
His Mission Impossible
"He was Caesar and Pope in one; but he was Pope without Pope's pretensions, Caesar without the legions of Caesar: without a standing army, without a bodyguard, without a palace, without a fixed revenue;
if ever any man had the right to say that he ruled by the right divine, it was Mohammed, for he had all the power without its instruments and without its supports." REV. REGINALD BOSWORTH SMITH,
"My choice of Muhammad to lead the list of the world's most influential persons may surprise some readers and may be questioned by others, but he was the only man in history who was supremely successful on both the religious and secular levels.“
THE 100: A RANKING OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSONS IN HISTORY, New York, 1978, p. 33) MICHAEL H. HART, When he ranked him 1st in the list wrote :
I hope the time is not far off when I shall be able to unite all the wise and educated men of all the countries and establish a uniform regime based on the principles of Qur'an which alone are true and which alone can lead men to happiness.
QUOTED IN CHRISTIAN CHERFILS’ BONAPARTE ET ISLAM (PARIS 1914)
NEPOLEAN BONAPARTE,
"If greatness of purpose, smallness of means and astounding results are the three criteria of human genius, who could dare to compare any great man in modern history than MUHAMMAD? LAMAR TINE,
The renowned historian, speaking on the essentials of human greatness wonders:
The most famous men created arms, laws and empires only. They founded, if anything at all, no more than material powers which often crumbled away before their eyes.
This man moved not only armies, legislation, empires, peoples and dynasties, but millions of men in one-third of the then inhabited world; and more than that, he moved the altars, the gods, the religions, the ideas, the beliefs and souls....
LAMAR TINE,
His forbearance in victory, his ambition, which was entirely devoted to one idea and in no manner striving for an empire; His endless prayers, his mystic conversations with God, his death and his triumph after death; all these attest not to an imposture but to a firm conviction which gave him the power to restore a dogma.
LAMAR TINE,
Philosopher, orator, apostle, legislator, warrior, conqueror of ideas, restorer of rational dogmas, of a cult without images, the founder of twenty terrestrial empires and of one spiritual empire, that is MUHAMMAD.
As regards all the standards by which Human Greatness may be measured, we may well ask,
IS THERE ANY MAN GREATER THAN HE ?"
(ALPHONSE DE LAMAR TINE, HISTOIRE DE LA TURQUIE, PARIS, 1854, VOL. II, PP 276-277) LAMAR TINE,
The world has had its share of great personalities.
But these were one-sided figures who distinguished themselves in but one or two fields, such as religious thought or military leadership.
The lives and teachings of these great personalities of the world are shrouded in the mist of time.
There is so much speculation about the time and place of their birth, the mode and style of their life, the nature and detail of their teachings and the degree and measure of their success or failure that it is impossible for humanity to reconstruct accurately the lives and teachings of these men.
“The league of nations founded by the prophet of Islam put the principle of international unity and human brotherhood on such universal foundations as to show candle to other nations.“ He continues: "The fact is that no nation of the world can show a parallel to what Islam has done towards the realization of the idea of the League of Nations." PROFESSOR HURGRONJE,
“I Believe In One God, & MUHAMMAD, An Apostle Of God' is the simple and invariable profession of Islam.”
The intellectual image of the Deity has never been degraded by any visible idol; the honor of the Prophet has never transgressed the measure of human virtues; and his living precepts have restrained the gratitude within the bounds of reason and religion.” (HISTORY OF THE SARACEN EMPIRES, London, 1870, p. 54)
EDWARD GIBBON and SIMON OCKLEY,
"The lies (Western slander) which well-meaning zeal has heaped round this man (MUHAMMAD) are disgraceful to ourselves only…How one man single-handedly, could weld warring tribes and wandering Bedouins into a most powerful and civilized nation in less than two decades….A silent great soul, one of that who cannot but be earnest. He was to kindle the world, the world’s Maker had ordered so."
THOMAS CARLYLE in his book HEROES AND HEROWORSHIP
Nothing more than a human being MUHAMMAD (pbuh) was nothing more or less than a human being. But he was a man with a noble mission, which was to unite humanity on the submission to ONE and ONLY GOD and to teach them the way to ideal and upright living based on the commands of God.
He always described himself as, 'A Servant & Messenger of God,' and so indeed every action of his proclaimed to be.
Nothing more than a human being
The world has not hesitated to raise to divinity, individuals whose lives and missions have been lost in legend.
Historically speaking, none of these legends achieved even a fraction of what MUHAMMAD (pbuh) accomplished. And all his striving was for the sole purpose of uniting mankind for the worship of One God on the codes of moral excellence.
MUHAMMAD (peace be up on him) accomplished so much in such diverse fields of human thought and behavior in the fullest blaze of human history.
Every detail of his private life and public utterances has been accurately documented and faithfully preserved to our day.
The authenticities of the record so preserved are vouched for not only by the faithful followers but also even by his prejudiced critics.
Nothing more than a human being
"I wanted to know the best of one who holds today's undisputed sway over the hearts of millions of mankind.. I became more than convinced that it was not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days in the scheme of life. It was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of the Prophet the scrupulous regard for pledges, his intrepidity, his fearlessness, his absolute trust in God and in his own mission….”
MAHATMA GANDHI, says in ‘Young India’..
"It was the first religion that preached and practiced democracy; for, in the mosque, when the call for prayer is sounded and worshippers are gathered together, the democracy of Islam is embodied five times a day when the peasant and king kneel side by side and proclaim: 'God Alone is Great'...
(S.NAIDU, IDEALS OF ISLAM, VIDE SPEECHES & WRITINGS, MADRAS, 1918)
SAROJINI NAIDU, the famous Indian poetess says …
"It is impossible for anyone who studies the life & character of the great Prophet of Arabia, …., to feel anything but reverence for that mighty Prophet, one of the great messengers of the Supreme. And although in what I put to you I shall say many things which may be familiar to many, yet I myself feel whenever I re-read them, a new way of admiration, a new sense of reverence for that mighty Arabian teacher."
ANNIE BESANT in The Life & Teaching of MUHAMMAD says
Today after a lapse of fourteen centuries, the life and teachings of MUHAMMAD (pbuh) have survived without the slightest loss, alteration or interpolation. They offer the same undying hope for treating mankind's many ills, which they did when he was alive.
This is not a claim of MUHAMMAD’S (pbuh) followers but also the inescapable conclusion forced upon by a critical and unbiased history.
PROPHET MUHAMMAD (pbuh) was a teacher, a social reformer, a moral guide, an administrative colossus, a faithful friend, a wonderful companion, a devoted husband, a loving father - all in one.
No other man in history ever excelled or equaled him in any of these different aspects of life - but it was only for the selfless personality of MUHAMMAD (pbuh) to achieve such incredible perfections.
He was the most faithful protector of those he protected, the sweetest and most agreeable in conversation. Those who saw him were suddenly filled with reverence; those who came near him loved him; they who described him would say, "I have never seen his like either before or after." He was of great taciturnity, but when he spoke it was with emphasis and deliberation, and no one could forget what he said...
LANE-POOLE in 'Speeches and Table Talk of the Prophet’
His military triumphs awakened no pride nor vain glory as they would have done had they been effected by selfish purposes. In the time of his greatest power he maintained the same simplicity of manner and appearance as in the days of his adversity. So far from affecting regal state, he was displeased if, on entering a room, any unusual testimonial of respect was shown to him.
WASHINGTON IRVING,
"People like Pasteur and Salk are leaders in the first sense.
People like Jinnah, Gandhi and Confucius, on one hand, and Alexander, Caesar and Hitler on the other, are leaders in the second and perhaps the third sense. Jesus and Buddha belong in the third category alone.
Perhaps the greatest leader of all times was MUHAMMAD, who combined all three functions. To a lesser degree, Moses did the same."
PROF. JULES MASSERMAN of USA Psychiatric Association :
The least YOU could do as a thinking and concerned human being is to stop for moment and ask yourself: Could these statements sounding so extraordinary and revolutionary be really true?
And supposing they really are true and you did not know this man MUHAMMAD (pbuh) or hear about him, isn't it time you responded to this tremendous challenge and put in some effort to know him?
Now please relax for a moment …
Redesigning & extra quotations added by Sajid Shaikh
It will cost you nothing but it may prove to be the beginning of a completely new era in ones life, even of a Muslim!
It is impossible to cover :
What this Man accomplishments in 14 centuries,
Quoting just 15 most famous people of the world,
And putting up all this on display in just Few slides,
The essence of what God told to this man in 6000+ verse.
“A mass of detail in the early sources show that he was an honest and upright man who had gained the respect and loyalty of others who were like-wise honest and upright men." (Vol. 12)
MUHAMMAD pbuh is the most successful of all Prophets and religious personalities."
I have always held the religion of MUHAMMAD in high estimation because of its wonderful vitality. It is the only religion, which appears to me to possess that assimilating capacity to the changing phase of existence, which can make itself appeal to every age. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
I have studied him - the wonderful man and in my opinion for from being an anti-Christ, he must be called the Savior of Humanity.“
"I believe that if a man like him were to assume the dictatorship of the modern world he would succeed in solving its problems in a way that would bring it the much needed peace and happiness: GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
I have prophesied about the faith of MUHAMMAD that it would be acceptable to the Europe of tomorrow as it is beginning to be acceptable to the Europe of today.”
If any religion had the chance of ruling over England, nay Europe within the next hundred years, it could be Islam.“ (Sir George Bernard Shaw in 'The Genuine Islam,' Vol. 1, No. 8, 1936.) GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
He did it…
He was by far the most remarkable man that ever set foot on this earth He preached a religion, founded a state, built a nation, laid down a moral code, initiated numerous social and political reforms.
He established a powerful and dynamic society to practice and represent his teachings and completely revolutionized the worlds of human thought and behavior for all times to come.
Yes, he was Prophet MUHAMMAD (pbuh)
He was born in Arabia in the year 570, started his mission of preaching the religion of Truth, Islam (submission to One God) at the age of forty and departed from this world at the age of sixty-three.
During this short period of 23 years of his Prophet hood, he changed the complete Arabian peninsula.
His Mission Impossible
From paganism and idolatry to SUBMISSION to the One True God,
From tribal quarrels and wars to national solidarity and cohesion,
From drunkenness and debauchery to sobriety and piety,
From lawlessness and anarchy to disciplined living,
From utter bankruptcy to the highest standards of moral excellence.
His Mission Impossible
Human history has never known such a complete transformation of a society or a place before or since
IMAGINE all these unbelievable wonders in JUST OVER TWO DECADES.
His Mission Impossible
"He was Caesar and Pope in one; but he was Pope without Pope's pretensions, Caesar without the legions of Caesar: without a standing army, without a bodyguard, without a palace, without a fixed revenue;
if ever any man had the right to say that he ruled by the right divine, it was Mohammed, for he had all the power without its instruments and without its supports." REV. REGINALD BOSWORTH SMITH,
"My choice of Muhammad to lead the list of the world's most influential persons may surprise some readers and may be questioned by others, but he was the only man in history who was supremely successful on both the religious and secular levels.“
THE 100: A RANKING OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSONS IN HISTORY, New York, 1978, p. 33) MICHAEL H. HART, When he ranked him 1st in the list wrote :
I hope the time is not far off when I shall be able to unite all the wise and educated men of all the countries and establish a uniform regime based on the principles of Qur'an which alone are true and which alone can lead men to happiness.
QUOTED IN CHRISTIAN CHERFILS’ BONAPARTE ET ISLAM (PARIS 1914)
NEPOLEAN BONAPARTE,
"If greatness of purpose, smallness of means and astounding results are the three criteria of human genius, who could dare to compare any great man in modern history than MUHAMMAD? LAMAR TINE,
The renowned historian, speaking on the essentials of human greatness wonders:
The most famous men created arms, laws and empires only. They founded, if anything at all, no more than material powers which often crumbled away before their eyes.
This man moved not only armies, legislation, empires, peoples and dynasties, but millions of men in one-third of the then inhabited world; and more than that, he moved the altars, the gods, the religions, the ideas, the beliefs and souls....
LAMAR TINE,
His forbearance in victory, his ambition, which was entirely devoted to one idea and in no manner striving for an empire; His endless prayers, his mystic conversations with God, his death and his triumph after death; all these attest not to an imposture but to a firm conviction which gave him the power to restore a dogma.
LAMAR TINE,
Philosopher, orator, apostle, legislator, warrior, conqueror of ideas, restorer of rational dogmas, of a cult without images, the founder of twenty terrestrial empires and of one spiritual empire, that is MUHAMMAD.
As regards all the standards by which Human Greatness may be measured, we may well ask,
IS THERE ANY MAN GREATER THAN HE ?"
(ALPHONSE DE LAMAR TINE, HISTOIRE DE LA TURQUIE, PARIS, 1854, VOL. II, PP 276-277) LAMAR TINE,
The world has had its share of great personalities.
But these were one-sided figures who distinguished themselves in but one or two fields, such as religious thought or military leadership.
The lives and teachings of these great personalities of the world are shrouded in the mist of time.
There is so much speculation about the time and place of their birth, the mode and style of their life, the nature and detail of their teachings and the degree and measure of their success or failure that it is impossible for humanity to reconstruct accurately the lives and teachings of these men.
“The league of nations founded by the prophet of Islam put the principle of international unity and human brotherhood on such universal foundations as to show candle to other nations.“ He continues: "The fact is that no nation of the world can show a parallel to what Islam has done towards the realization of the idea of the League of Nations." PROFESSOR HURGRONJE,
“I Believe In One God, & MUHAMMAD, An Apostle Of God' is the simple and invariable profession of Islam.”
The intellectual image of the Deity has never been degraded by any visible idol; the honor of the Prophet has never transgressed the measure of human virtues; and his living precepts have restrained the gratitude within the bounds of reason and religion.” (HISTORY OF THE SARACEN EMPIRES, London, 1870, p. 54)
EDWARD GIBBON and SIMON OCKLEY,
"The lies (Western slander) which well-meaning zeal has heaped round this man (MUHAMMAD) are disgraceful to ourselves only…How one man single-handedly, could weld warring tribes and wandering Bedouins into a most powerful and civilized nation in less than two decades….A silent great soul, one of that who cannot but be earnest. He was to kindle the world, the world’s Maker had ordered so."
THOMAS CARLYLE in his book HEROES AND HEROWORSHIP
Nothing more than a human being MUHAMMAD (pbuh) was nothing more or less than a human being. But he was a man with a noble mission, which was to unite humanity on the submission to ONE and ONLY GOD and to teach them the way to ideal and upright living based on the commands of God.
He always described himself as, 'A Servant & Messenger of God,' and so indeed every action of his proclaimed to be.
Nothing more than a human being
The world has not hesitated to raise to divinity, individuals whose lives and missions have been lost in legend.
Historically speaking, none of these legends achieved even a fraction of what MUHAMMAD (pbuh) accomplished. And all his striving was for the sole purpose of uniting mankind for the worship of One God on the codes of moral excellence.
MUHAMMAD (peace be up on him) accomplished so much in such diverse fields of human thought and behavior in the fullest blaze of human history.
Every detail of his private life and public utterances has been accurately documented and faithfully preserved to our day.
The authenticities of the record so preserved are vouched for not only by the faithful followers but also even by his prejudiced critics.
Nothing more than a human being
"I wanted to know the best of one who holds today's undisputed sway over the hearts of millions of mankind.. I became more than convinced that it was not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days in the scheme of life. It was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of the Prophet the scrupulous regard for pledges, his intrepidity, his fearlessness, his absolute trust in God and in his own mission….”
MAHATMA GANDHI, says in ‘Young India’..
"It was the first religion that preached and practiced democracy; for, in the mosque, when the call for prayer is sounded and worshippers are gathered together, the democracy of Islam is embodied five times a day when the peasant and king kneel side by side and proclaim: 'God Alone is Great'...
(S.NAIDU, IDEALS OF ISLAM, VIDE SPEECHES & WRITINGS, MADRAS, 1918)
SAROJINI NAIDU, the famous Indian poetess says …
"It is impossible for anyone who studies the life & character of the great Prophet of Arabia, …., to feel anything but reverence for that mighty Prophet, one of the great messengers of the Supreme. And although in what I put to you I shall say many things which may be familiar to many, yet I myself feel whenever I re-read them, a new way of admiration, a new sense of reverence for that mighty Arabian teacher."
ANNIE BESANT in The Life & Teaching of MUHAMMAD says
Today after a lapse of fourteen centuries, the life and teachings of MUHAMMAD (pbuh) have survived without the slightest loss, alteration or interpolation. They offer the same undying hope for treating mankind's many ills, which they did when he was alive.
This is not a claim of MUHAMMAD’S (pbuh) followers but also the inescapable conclusion forced upon by a critical and unbiased history.
PROPHET MUHAMMAD (pbuh) was a teacher, a social reformer, a moral guide, an administrative colossus, a faithful friend, a wonderful companion, a devoted husband, a loving father - all in one.
No other man in history ever excelled or equaled him in any of these different aspects of life - but it was only for the selfless personality of MUHAMMAD (pbuh) to achieve such incredible perfections.
He was the most faithful protector of those he protected, the sweetest and most agreeable in conversation. Those who saw him were suddenly filled with reverence; those who came near him loved him; they who described him would say, "I have never seen his like either before or after." He was of great taciturnity, but when he spoke it was with emphasis and deliberation, and no one could forget what he said...
LANE-POOLE in 'Speeches and Table Talk of the Prophet’
His military triumphs awakened no pride nor vain glory as they would have done had they been effected by selfish purposes. In the time of his greatest power he maintained the same simplicity of manner and appearance as in the days of his adversity. So far from affecting regal state, he was displeased if, on entering a room, any unusual testimonial of respect was shown to him.
WASHINGTON IRVING,
"People like Pasteur and Salk are leaders in the first sense.
People like Jinnah, Gandhi and Confucius, on one hand, and Alexander, Caesar and Hitler on the other, are leaders in the second and perhaps the third sense. Jesus and Buddha belong in the third category alone.
Perhaps the greatest leader of all times was MUHAMMAD, who combined all three functions. To a lesser degree, Moses did the same."
PROF. JULES MASSERMAN of USA Psychiatric Association :
The least YOU could do as a thinking and concerned human being is to stop for moment and ask yourself: Could these statements sounding so extraordinary and revolutionary be really true?
And supposing they really are true and you did not know this man MUHAMMAD (pbuh) or hear about him, isn't it time you responded to this tremendous challenge and put in some effort to know him?
Now please relax for a moment …
Redesigning & extra quotations added by Sajid Shaikh
It will cost you nothing but it may prove to be the beginning of a completely new era in ones life, even of a Muslim!
It is impossible to cover :
What this Man accomplishments in 14 centuries,
Quoting just 15 most famous people of the world,
And putting up all this on display in just Few slides,
The essence of what God told to this man in 6000+ verse.
Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
* (The most firm bonds of belief are: Supporting others for the sake of Allah, showing enmity for the sake of Allah, loving for the sake of Allah, hating for the sake of Allah the Almighty ) (Sahih Aj Jame' 2539).
Love for the sake of Allah means loving others just in the way and for the cause of Allah the Almighty, not for other objectives, just like the following verse of the Holy Quran {And those who strive in Our (cause),- We will certainly guide them to our Paths} Al-Ankabout 69. i.e. they strive in the way, for the cause and for the sake of Allah alone.
* (You can taste the sweet flavor of belief if you apply three things: Loving Allah and his Prophet more than others, loving others just for the sake of Allah, and hating returning back to disbelief as much as you hate falling in the fire ), narrated by Al-Bukhari 6941.
Al-Qadhi said: Love is a tendency toward something for certain perfection therein; therefore, if the believer acknowledged that the real perfection is just for Allah, and that any perfection observed by him in himself or in others is just a grant from Allah, his love will be sincere for the sake, in the cause, and in the way of Allah, and this entails the full obedience to Allah The Almighty; accordingly, love is construed as a wish for compliance which entails following the Prophet peace be upon him.
* (Allah will overshadow seven kinds of persons at the Day of Judgment, wherein there is no shadow except His ….. two persons loved each other for the sake of Allah, met and separated under such love …..), narrated by Al-Bukhari, 1423, and Muslim.
Islam is the religion of love for the sake of Allah, and hate for the sake of Allah; because the heart is always attached to a beloved, and if Allah The Almighty Alone was not his beloved and worshiped, the heart will be attached to others i.e. polytheism; therefore, love for the sake of Allah is the religion itself. The best example for this is the wife of Al-Aziz (The Ruler's wife), when she was polytheist, she done her known action (i.e. seduced Yusuf) although she was married, while Yusuf was loyal & faithful in his love to Allah The Almighty; therefore, he escaped such seduction though he was young single slave man. Allah The Almighty said: {If you do love Allah, Follow me: Allah will love you and forgive your sins} Al-Imran: 31
* (If you like to taste the sweet flavor of belief, love others for nothing but just for the sake of Allah ) (good narration series), Sahih Aj Jame' 5958.
It is mentioned in Al-Kashaf Book that: Love for the sake of Allah and hate for the sake of Allah are one of the most important principles of belief. Love for the sake of Allah entails loving His prophets and faithful believers which is conditional on following them and obeying their instructions.
* (If you would like to find the sweet flavor of belief, love others just for the sake of Allah ), narrated by Ahmad (good narration series), Sahih Aj Jame' 6288
One of the best deeds is to love others just for their belief in Allah, not for sake of getting their help or other benefits, and to hate others just for their disbelief and disobedience to Allah, not for the sake of harming them i.e. to treat people just in the cause of Allah. The hate in cause of Allah entails hating enemies of the religion, contradicting their way, obliging ourselves to obey the orders of Allah and avoiding the prohibitions. As for the enemies of Allah, we should be more patient than them and remain stationed always.
* (The perfect believer is the one who loves for the sake of Allah, hate for the sake of Allah, gives for the sake of Allah and hold for the sake of Allah ), narrated by Abu Dawood (Sahih Aj Jame' 5965). i.e. Loving others for the sake of Allah alone not for any tendencies or self desires toward them, hating others in the cause of Allah alone, for their disbelief or disobedience but not for harming them. Ibn Mo'ath said: the sign for knowing the true love in the cause of Allah is to show no increase in kindness or decrease in unkindness.
* (One day, a man went to visit his friend in some village. In the way, Allah has sent him an angel. The angel asked him: Where are you going? The man answered: I am going to visit a brother in this village. The angel asked: Do you want any interest or benefit from him? He answered: No, I just love him for the sake of Allah. The angel said: I am the messenger of Allah to you, Allah loved you as you loved your brother ), narrated by Muslim 2576.
It is narrated that Ibn Omar (May Allah be pleased with him) said: You will not have the protection of Allah and you not taste the sweet flavor of belief unless you be like this.
* (If you love a man for the sake of Allah, it is better to tell him so that love and friendly feelings will last more ) (good narration series), Sahih Aj Jame', 280
I.e. if you love a person for the sake of Allah – not for worldly benefits – then tell that person that you love him in the cause of Allah, because by this the friendly feelings and love will last and multiply, the Muslims will be united, the corruption will be eliminated and the rancor will go away. In another prophetic narration, it is mentioned that if someone told you I love you for the sake of Allah you should say: May Allah love you as you loved me.
* (If you love a person for the sake of Allah, then pay him a visit to tell him that you love him for the sake of Allah ), narrated by Ahmad (Sahih Aj Jame', 281).
By informing your brother that you love him for the sake of Allah you will gain his love and respect, and he will be ready to accept your advice and will disregards your defects; accordingly, the blessings will prevail.
* (If any of you loved his brother for the sake of Allah, then it is better to tell his brother so that he can feel the same ), As-Silsela As-Sahiha, Al-Albani 1/947.
* (Allah loves who loves Al-Ansar – i.e. the people of Medina who has supported the Prophet – and hates who hates them ).
* (The one who loves Al-Ansar – the people of Medina who supported the Prophet – is a true believer, and the one who hates them is a hypocrite. Allah loves who loves them and hates who hates them ), narrated by At-Termithi (Sahih Aj Jame', 7629).
* (By Allah The Almighty, the one who truly love Al-Ansar and dies bearing such love, Allah will meet him with love, and the one who hates Al-Ansar and dies bearing such hate, Allah will meet him with hate ), narrated by Ahmad (good narration series), Sahih Aj Jame' 1979.
Love for the sake of Allah means loving others just in the way and for the cause of Allah the Almighty, not for other objectives, just like the following verse of the Holy Quran {And those who strive in Our (cause),- We will certainly guide them to our Paths} Al-Ankabout 69. i.e. they strive in the way, for the cause and for the sake of Allah alone.
* (You can taste the sweet flavor of belief if you apply three things: Loving Allah and his Prophet more than others, loving others just for the sake of Allah, and hating returning back to disbelief as much as you hate falling in the fire ), narrated by Al-Bukhari 6941.
Al-Qadhi said: Love is a tendency toward something for certain perfection therein; therefore, if the believer acknowledged that the real perfection is just for Allah, and that any perfection observed by him in himself or in others is just a grant from Allah, his love will be sincere for the sake, in the cause, and in the way of Allah, and this entails the full obedience to Allah The Almighty; accordingly, love is construed as a wish for compliance which entails following the Prophet peace be upon him.
* (Allah will overshadow seven kinds of persons at the Day of Judgment, wherein there is no shadow except His ….. two persons loved each other for the sake of Allah, met and separated under such love …..), narrated by Al-Bukhari, 1423, and Muslim.
Islam is the religion of love for the sake of Allah, and hate for the sake of Allah; because the heart is always attached to a beloved, and if Allah The Almighty Alone was not his beloved and worshiped, the heart will be attached to others i.e. polytheism; therefore, love for the sake of Allah is the religion itself. The best example for this is the wife of Al-Aziz (The Ruler's wife), when she was polytheist, she done her known action (i.e. seduced Yusuf) although she was married, while Yusuf was loyal & faithful in his love to Allah The Almighty; therefore, he escaped such seduction though he was young single slave man. Allah The Almighty said: {If you do love Allah, Follow me: Allah will love you and forgive your sins} Al-Imran: 31
* (If you like to taste the sweet flavor of belief, love others for nothing but just for the sake of Allah ) (good narration series), Sahih Aj Jame' 5958.
It is mentioned in Al-Kashaf Book that: Love for the sake of Allah and hate for the sake of Allah are one of the most important principles of belief. Love for the sake of Allah entails loving His prophets and faithful believers which is conditional on following them and obeying their instructions.
* (If you would like to find the sweet flavor of belief, love others just for the sake of Allah ), narrated by Ahmad (good narration series), Sahih Aj Jame' 6288
One of the best deeds is to love others just for their belief in Allah, not for sake of getting their help or other benefits, and to hate others just for their disbelief and disobedience to Allah, not for the sake of harming them i.e. to treat people just in the cause of Allah. The hate in cause of Allah entails hating enemies of the religion, contradicting their way, obliging ourselves to obey the orders of Allah and avoiding the prohibitions. As for the enemies of Allah, we should be more patient than them and remain stationed always.
* (The perfect believer is the one who loves for the sake of Allah, hate for the sake of Allah, gives for the sake of Allah and hold for the sake of Allah ), narrated by Abu Dawood (Sahih Aj Jame' 5965). i.e. Loving others for the sake of Allah alone not for any tendencies or self desires toward them, hating others in the cause of Allah alone, for their disbelief or disobedience but not for harming them. Ibn Mo'ath said: the sign for knowing the true love in the cause of Allah is to show no increase in kindness or decrease in unkindness.
* (One day, a man went to visit his friend in some village. In the way, Allah has sent him an angel. The angel asked him: Where are you going? The man answered: I am going to visit a brother in this village. The angel asked: Do you want any interest or benefit from him? He answered: No, I just love him for the sake of Allah. The angel said: I am the messenger of Allah to you, Allah loved you as you loved your brother ), narrated by Muslim 2576.
It is narrated that Ibn Omar (May Allah be pleased with him) said: You will not have the protection of Allah and you not taste the sweet flavor of belief unless you be like this.
* (If you love a man for the sake of Allah, it is better to tell him so that love and friendly feelings will last more ) (good narration series), Sahih Aj Jame', 280
I.e. if you love a person for the sake of Allah – not for worldly benefits – then tell that person that you love him in the cause of Allah, because by this the friendly feelings and love will last and multiply, the Muslims will be united, the corruption will be eliminated and the rancor will go away. In another prophetic narration, it is mentioned that if someone told you I love you for the sake of Allah you should say: May Allah love you as you loved me.
* (If you love a person for the sake of Allah, then pay him a visit to tell him that you love him for the sake of Allah ), narrated by Ahmad (Sahih Aj Jame', 281).
By informing your brother that you love him for the sake of Allah you will gain his love and respect, and he will be ready to accept your advice and will disregards your defects; accordingly, the blessings will prevail.
* (If any of you loved his brother for the sake of Allah, then it is better to tell his brother so that he can feel the same ), As-Silsela As-Sahiha, Al-Albani 1/947.
* (Allah loves who loves Al-Ansar – i.e. the people of Medina who has supported the Prophet – and hates who hates them ).
* (The one who loves Al-Ansar – the people of Medina who supported the Prophet – is a true believer, and the one who hates them is a hypocrite. Allah loves who loves them and hates who hates them ), narrated by At-Termithi (Sahih Aj Jame', 7629).
* (By Allah The Almighty, the one who truly love Al-Ansar and dies bearing such love, Allah will meet him with love, and the one who hates Al-Ansar and dies bearing such hate, Allah will meet him with hate ), narrated by Ahmad (good narration series), Sahih Aj Jame' 1979.
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