مسند اسحاق بن راهويه
Musnad Ishaq bin Rahwiya
كتاب الايمانBook of Faith
Love of Allah and His Messenger brings the sweetness of faith
Hadith 54
وَبِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: ثَلَاثٌ مَنْ كُنَّ فِيهِ وَجَدَ بِهِنَّ حَلَاوَةَ الْإِيمَانِ أَنْ يَكُونَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِمَّا سِوَاهُمَا، وَأَنْ يُحِبَّ الْمَرْءَ لَا يُحِبُّهُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ وَيَكْرَهُ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ إِلَى الْكُفْرِ بَعْدَ أَنْ هَدَاهُ اللَّهُ لِلْإِسْلَامِ كَمَا يَكْرَهُ أَنْ يَغْرَقَ فِي النَّارِ ".
With this same chain, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever possesses three things will taste the sweetness of faith because of them: Allah and His Messenger are more beloved to him than anything else, he loves a person only for the sake of Allah, and after Allah has guided him to Islam, he dislikes returning to disbelief just as he would dislike being thrown into the fire."
