This excerpt is taken from Sheikh Muhammad Iqbal Kilani's book "Al-Wala Wal Bara" .
حـــــکم الـــولاء للمؤمنیـن
After Allah and the Messenger ﷺ, it is obligatory to love and befriend all the people of faith.
[اِنَّمَا وَلِیُّکُمُ اللّٰہُ وَ رَسُوۡلُہٗ وَ الَّذِیۡنَ اٰمَنُوا الَّذِیۡنَ یُقِیۡمُوۡنَ الصَّلٰوۃَ وَ یُؤۡتُوۡنَ الزَّکٰوۃَ وَ ہُمۡ رٰکِعُوۡنَ]،[وَ مَنۡ یَّتَوَلَّ اللّٰہَ وَ رَسُوۡلَہٗ وَ الَّذِیۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡا فَاِنَّ حِزۡبَ اللّٰہِ ہُمُ الۡغٰلِبُوۡنَ]
[Your allies are none but Allah and His Messenger and those who have believed - those who establish prayer and give zakah, and they bow down] , [And whoever is an ally to Allah and His Messenger and those who have believed - indeed, the party of Allah - they will be the predominant.]
Reference: Surah Al-Ma'idah: 55-56
Loving the Ansar is obligatory upon all the people of faith.
[عن البراء رضي الله عنه، قال: سمعت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم, أو قال: قال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: الأنصار لا يحبهم إلا مؤمن، ولا يبغضهم إلا منافق، فمن أحبهم أحبه الله، ومن أبغضهم أبغضه الله]
Sayyiduna Bara’ رضي الله عنه says: I heard the Prophet ﷺ say, "Only a believer will love the Ansar, and only a hypocrite will harbor hatred towards them. So whoever loves the Ansar, Allah will love him, and whoever harbors hatred towards the Ansar, Allah will harbor hatred towards him."
Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari: 3783
Loving and respecting all the Companions رضي الله عنهم is obligatory upon the people of faith.
[عن أبي هريرة، قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: لا تسبوا أصحابي، لا تسبوا أصحابي، فوالذي نفسي بيده، لو أن أحدكم أنفق مثل أحد ذهبا ما أدرك مد أحدهم ولا نصيفه]
Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) says the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Do not speak ill of my companions, do not speak ill of my companions. By the One in Whose hand is my soul, if any one of you were to spend gold equal to the size of Mount Uhud, he would not attain the reward equal to a mudd (approximately one kilogram) or half a mudd of the reward of my companions.
Reference: Sahih Muslim:2540
All believers should love one another.
[عن أبي هريرة، قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: لا تدخلون الجنة حتى تؤمنوا، ولا تؤمنوا حتى تحابوا أولا، أدلكم على شيء إذا فعلتموه تحاببتم، أفشوا السلام بينكم]
Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) says the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: You will not enter Paradise until you believe, and you will not believe until you love one another. Shall I not tell you something which, if you do, you will love one another? Spread peace (saying salaam) abundantly among yourselves.
Reference: Sahih Muslim:54
Allah Almighty loves the Muslims.
① [کُنۡتُمۡ خَیۡرَ اُمَّۃٍ اُخۡرِجَتۡ لِلنَّاسِ تَاۡمُرُوۡنَ بِالۡمَعۡرُوۡفِ وَ تَنۡہَوۡنَ عَنِ الۡمُنۡکَرِ وَ تُؤۡمِنُوۡنَ بِاللّٰہِ ؕ]
(O Muslims!) You are the best community raised for the good of people; you enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong, and you believe in Allah.
Reference: Surah Al-Imran:110
② [اِنَّ اللّٰہَ یُحِبُّ الَّذِیۡنَ یُقَاتِلُوۡنَ فِیۡ سَبِیۡلِہٖ صَفًّا کَاَنَّہُمۡ بُنۡیَانٌ مَّرۡصُوۡصٌ]
Allah loves those who fight in His cause in ranks as if they were a solid wall of steel.
Reference: (Surah As-Saff:4)
③ [لَیۡسَ عَلَی الَّذِیۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡا وَ عَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ جُنَاحٌ فِیۡمَا طَعِمُوۡۤا اِذَا مَا اتَّقَوۡا وَّ اٰمَنُوۡا وَ عَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ ثُمَّ اتَّقَوۡا وَّ اٰمَنُوۡا ثُمَّ اتَّقَوۡا وَّ اَحۡسَنُوۡا ؕ وَ اللّٰہُ یُحِبُّ الۡمُحۡسِنِیۡنَ]
Those who believe and do righteous deeds—there is no blame upon them for what they ate before their faith, if they fear Allah and remain steadfast in faith and do righteous deeds, avoid what is forbidden, and have certainty in it, and practice piety and do good to others. (So they should know that) Allah loves those who do good.
Reference: (Surah Al-Ma'idah:93)
The love and friendship of Prophet Noah (peace be upon him) for the believers.
[رَبِّ اغۡفِرۡ لِیۡ وَ لِوَالِدَیَّ وَ لِمَنۡ دَخَلَ بَیۡتِیَ مُؤۡمِنًا وَّ لِلۡمُؤۡمِنِیۡنَ وَ الۡمُؤۡمِنٰتِ ؕ وَ لَا تَزِدِ الظّٰلِمِیۡنَ اِلَّا تَبَارًا]
My Lord! Forgive me, my parents, and every believer who enters my house as a believer, both men and women, and increase the punishment for the wrongdoers.
Reference: (Surah Nuh:28)
The Love and Friendship of Prophet Ibrahim (peace be upon him) with the Faithful.
[رَبِّ اجۡعَلۡنِیۡ مُقِیۡمَ الصَّلٰوۃِ وَ مِنۡ ذُرِّیَّتِیۡ ٭ۖ رَبَّنَا وَ تَقَبَّلۡ دُعَآءِ]،[ رَبَّنَا اغۡفِرۡ لِیۡ وَ لِوَالِدَیَّ وَ لِلۡمُؤۡمِنِیۡنَ یَوۡمَ یَقُوۡمُ الۡحِسَابُ]
O my Lord! Make me one who establishes prayer, and [also] from my descendants. Our Lord, accept my supplication. Our Lord, forgive me and my parents and the believers the Day the account is established.
Reference: (Surah Ibrahim:40-41)
The Love of Prophet Sulaiman (peace be upon him) for the Righteous and Good People.
[فَتَبَسَّمَ ضَاحِکًا مِّنۡ قَوۡلِہَا وَ قَالَ رَبِّ اَوۡزِعۡنِیۡۤ اَنۡ اَشۡکُرَ نِعۡمَتَکَ الَّتِیۡۤ اَنۡعَمۡتَ عَلَیَّ وَ عَلٰی وَالِدَیَّ وَ اَنۡ اَعۡمَلَ صَالِحًا تَرۡضٰىہُ وَ اَدۡخِلۡنِیۡ بِرَحۡمَتِکَ فِیۡ عِبَادِکَ الصّٰلِحِیۡنَ]
When Sulaiman heard the speech of the ant, he smiled and prayed to Allah: O my Lord! Grant me the ability to be grateful for Your favor which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents, and to do righteous deeds that please You, and include me by Your mercy among the righteous servants.
Reference: (Surah An-Naml:19)
The Love of Prophet Yusuf (peace be upon him) for the Righteous and Good People.
[رَبِّ قَدۡ اٰتَیۡتَنِیۡ مِنَ الۡمُلۡکِ وَ عَلَّمۡتَنِیۡ مِنۡ تَاۡوِیۡلِ الۡاَحَادِیۡثِ ۚ فَاطِرَ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ الۡاَرۡضِ ۟ اَنۡتَ وَلِیّٖ فِی الدُّنۡیَا وَ الۡاٰخِرَۃِ ۚ تَوَفَّنِیۡ مُسۡلِمًا وَّ اَلۡحِقۡنِیۡ بِالصّٰلِحِیۡنَ]
O my Lord! You have granted me authority and knowledge of the interpretation of dreams. You are the Creator of the heavens and the earth. In this world and the Hereafter, You are my Guardian. Let my end be upon Islam and include me among the righteous.
Reference: (Surah Yusuf:101)
The love of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) for the Ansar and Muhajirin.
[عن سهل بن سعد، قال: جاءنا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ونحن نحفر الخندق، وننقل التراب على أكتافنا، فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: اللهم لا عيش إلا عيش الآخرة، فاغفر للمهاجرين، والأنصار]
Sayyiduna Sahl bin Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) came to us while we were digging the trench and carrying soil on our shoulders. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: O Allah! Life is only the life of the Hereafter. O Allah! Forgive the Ansar and the Muhajirin.
Reference: Sahih Muslim:1804
The love of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) for all the believers.
[عن عبد الله بن عمرو بن العاص، أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: تلا قول الله عز وجل في إبراهيم: رب إنهن أضللن كثيرا من الناس فمن تبعني فإنه مني سورة إبراهيم آية 36 الآية، وقال عيسى عليه السلام: إن تعذبهم فإنهم عبادك وإن تغفر لهم فإنك أنت العزيز الحكيم سورة المائدة آية 118، فرفع يديه، وقال: اللهم، أمتي، أمتي، وبكى، فقال الله عز وجل: يا جبريل، اذهب إلى محمد وربك أعلم، فسله ما يبكيك؟ فأتاه جبريل عليه السلام، فسأله، فأخبره رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم بما قال، وهو أعلم، فقال الله: يا جبريل، اذهب إلى محمد، فقل: إنا سنرضيك في أمتك ولا نسوؤك]
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin Aas رضي الله عنهما that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم recited the verse in which Sayyiduna Ibrahim عليه السلام said, "O my Lord! These idols have led many people astray, so whoever follows me is with me, and whoever disobeys me—indeed, You are Forgiving, Merciful."
Reference: (Surah Ibrahim:36)
Then he recited the verse in which Sayyiduna Isa عليه السلام said, "If You punish them, they are Your servants; and if You forgive them, indeed, You are the Exalted in Might, the Wise."
Reference: (Surah Al-Ma'idah:118)
Then the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم raised both hands and said: "O Allah! My Ummah, O Allah! My Ummah." And he began to weep. Allah Almighty commanded Sayyiduna Jibra'il عليه السلام: "O Jibra'il! Go to Muhammad صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم and ask why he is crying? And your Lord knows well why he is crying." So Jibra'il عليه السلام came and asked: "Why are you crying?" Then Sayyiduna Jibra'il عليه السلام returned and informed Allah Almighty, although Allah already knew well. Then Allah عزوجل said: "O Jibra'il! Go to Muhammad صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم and say: We will make you pleased concerning your Ummah and will not anger you."
Reference: Sahih Muslim:202
