Written by: Fadilatul Sheikh Abdul Salam bin Muhammad Hafizullah
Sahl bin Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated: A man came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said, "O Messenger of Allah, guide me to an action that, when I perform it, Allah will love me and people will love me." The Prophet (peace be upon him) replied: "Renounce the world, and Allah will love you; renounce what people have, and people will love you." (Narrated by Ibn Majah and others, and its chain is good.)
Sahl bin Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that a man came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and requested, "O Messenger of Allah! Tell me an action that will make Allah love me and people love me." The Prophet (peace be upon him) advised, "Be detached from the world, and Allah will love you, and be detached from what people possess, and people will love you." (Narrated by Ibn Majah and others, and its chain is good.)
Narration: Good (Hasan). The chain of Ibn Majah is as follows: From Khalid bin Amr al-Qurashi, from Sufyan al-Thawri, from Abu Hazim, from Sahl bin Sa'd. Khalid bin Amr is a fabricator; thus, some scholars have declared this Hadith to be false. However, there are corroborating reports for this Hadith, which have no severe weaknesses, in addition to a well-established mursal narration that serves as evidence. Therefore, Sheikh Al-Albani classified it as authentic in "Sahih Ibn Majah" and detailed its corroborating chains and evidences in "Silsilat al-Ahadith as-Sahihah" (944).
Sahl bin Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated: A man came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said, "O Messenger of Allah, guide me to an action that, when I perform it, Allah will love me and people will love me." The Prophet (peace be upon him) replied: "Renounce the world, and Allah will love you; renounce what people have, and people will love you." (Narrated by Ibn Majah and others, and its chain is good.)
Sahl bin Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that a man came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and requested, "O Messenger of Allah! Tell me an action that will make Allah love me and people love me." The Prophet (peace be upon him) advised, "Be detached from the world, and Allah will love you, and be detached from what people possess, and people will love you." (Narrated by Ibn Majah and others, and its chain is good.)
Narration: Good (Hasan). The chain of Ibn Majah is as follows: From Khalid bin Amr al-Qurashi, from Sufyan al-Thawri, from Abu Hazim, from Sahl bin Sa'd. Khalid bin Amr is a fabricator; thus, some scholars have declared this Hadith to be false. However, there are corroborating reports for this Hadith, which have no severe weaknesses, in addition to a well-established mursal narration that serves as evidence. Therefore, Sheikh Al-Albani classified it as authentic in "Sahih Ibn Majah" and detailed its corroborating chains and evidences in "Silsilat al-Ahadith as-Sahihah" (944).
Benefits:
- Be detached from the world, and Allah will love you. What is the world? A simple, concise answer is that it comprises things that benefit only in this world and not in the Hereafter. Because those things that benefit in the Hereafter, or both in this world and the Hereafter, will be considered for the Hereafter, not for the world. Therefore, the remedy for gaining Allah’s love is for a person to renounce all things that will be of no use in the Hereafter. Sheikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah stated: "Detachment is abandoning what does not benefit in the Hereafter."
- Be indifferent to what people possess, and people will love you. This is because a person who begs from people or covets what they have is disliked by them. People instinctively harbor a love for wealth, as stated in the Quran:
“Beautified for people is the love of that which they desire - of women and sons, heaped-up sums of gold and silver, fine branded horses, and cattle and tilled land.” [Surah Al-Imran: 14]
If a person seeks what is beloved to others, how can they love him? However, if he is indifferent to their possessions, then people honor and love him. - An Arab asked who the leader of the people of Basra was, and they told him it was Hasan al-Basri! He then inquired how he became their leader. They explained that the people needed his knowledge, and he was self-sufficient from their worldly possessions. [Explanation of Ahkam]
- Desiring and striving for the love of people is not a bad thing; rather, it is commendable and even obligatory. As the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) stated: "By Him in Whose hand is my soul, you will not believe until you love one another." Then he (peace be upon him) taught the method for this by advising them to greet each other frequently. Similarly, he encouraged the practice of giving gifts to foster mutual love. [Sahih Muslim - Book of Faith - 54]
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