Meaning of true love in Islam (ইসলামে সত্যিকার অর্থে ভালবাসা)

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It is so common that the meaning of love has been restricted in the modern age to the love relationship between a man and a woman. This is a very narrow-minded view of love. Islam has its own comprehensive view of love.

The fist type of love that Islam calls for is the Love of Allah swt, praise be to Him. This love makes you avoid committing sins in order not to make whom you love, Allah swt, get angry with you. This love also urges you to contemplate all the different aspect of nature that usually leads you to have a deeper faith in the Creator who created all this beauty round us.

The second type of love is the love of Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). This love also makes you follow the example of Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) in all his dealings and manners. Also this love is an indication of the love of Allah swt as stated in the Noble Qur'an, "Say: 'If you do love Allah, Follow me: Allah will love you and forgive you your sins: For Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.'" Say: "Obey Allah and His Messenger: But if they turn back, Allah loves not those who reject Faith." (Surah Al Imran verse 31-32)

The third type of love is human love. It means that the Muslim has to love his other fellow men regardless of their ethnic, linguistic or cultural background. This includes love of neighbors, colleagues, relatives and even strangers. This type of love persuades the Muslim to help anybody whenever he can. There are numerous of Ahadith that exhort Muslims to help anybody who really needs help because such an altruistic act takes the Muslim one step closer to Allah swt.

The fourth type of love is the love between a man and a woman, but Islam organizes and regulates these lofty feelings within the framework of marriage because Islam views that marital love leads the couple to have a peaceful and happy family life, which is the core of the Muslim society.

In other words, this love is acceptable as long as it is within the framework of marriage and this is encouraged in a number of verses in the Noble Qur'an, "And one of His signs is that He created mates for you from yourselves that you may find rest in them, and He put between you love and compassion; most surely there are signs in this for a people who reflect." (Surah ar Rum verse 21)

Holy Prophet Muhammad's (saw) love for his people: Something to think about ...

How can a father's love for his family and children be known? This love itself is not something visible or tactual. It can be known only from his behavior, attitude and words towards his family members. If a wise and fair person pays due attention to Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) utterances and studies the reports describing his efforts to guide men to the right course, his strictness in protecting everybody's rights and his magnanimous and compassionate efforts for the establishment of beautiful morals, he will clearly see that his love for his Ummah (community) is much more than that of a father for his family.

How would you feel if you found out that someone was thinking about you more than 1400 years ago?

Once our holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was sitting with some of his companion and suddenly he (pbuh) said, "Alas! I wish I could meet my brothers."Abu Bakr and Umar, who were around him said, "Are we not your brothers? We believe in you and we migrated with you."Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) replied, "You are my companions. You accepted Islam and migrated with me but "Alas I wish I could meet my brothers...!"Again they asked the same question, Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) replied the same answer. Then they asked "O, Prophet who are those people?" Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) replied, "My brothers are those who are during the Akhir uz Zaman. They will believe in me although they have not seen me."

This shows a glimpse of our holy Prophet Muhammad's (pbuh) love for us and of course, we claim to love him as well. But when love becomes limited to words, it becomes meaningless. And when the loved one's advice is not taken seriously, it invalidates this love. Don't you think?

Isn't it about time we follow our holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)? Isn't it about time we reconsider our lives?

There is a well known tradition narrated by Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) which has been recorded by eminent Ahle Sunnah scholars in their compilation thus: "One who dies without recognizing the Imam of his age, has died the death of ignorance."In other words his death shall be that of an infidel. Even the Noble Qur'an declares in the 71st verse of Surah Bani Israel, "On the day when every man shall be summoned along with their Imam."

It’s alarming the society what is happening the present days…..

According to the above scripture we have to love each other either in family ,society or mankind for the sake of Allah swt only. My dear readers please close look in families and in your society what is happening? A common disease in the society is rape. Any incident of rape if it is known, coming in media and some days people are making propaganda for the same. But they have forgotten mutual rape is full to the brim in the society. The female made servant is suffering by the house owners. In the name of friendship the mutual rape is happening in the society. Not only that 70 years aged people also in touch of mutual rape with their granddaughters which are not flushing in the news papers. This a new kind of Jaheliya, came to the society. Many people in the muslim society will find , they have white beard ,praying five times in mosque, making charity, building mosque, helping relatives but they have no favor for their family and children. They are torturing their religious wives, threatening them to marry another lady or keeping away from the daily life. You will find them easily in the society if you go near to them and deal with them. We have to search these kinds of criminals caught red handed and place them to administration to save our mothers and sisters from danger.

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