Ahadith

. This hadith is the same as No. 364. (Al-Fath 31, Al-Hashr 11)

Bra‘a ibn ‘Azib relates that the Holy Prophet said of the Ansar: Only a believer loves them and only a hypocrite dislikes them. Allah loves him who loves them and Allah dislikes him who dislikes them (Bokhari and Muslim). (Al-Fath 31, Al-Hashr 11)

Mu'‘az relates that he heard the Holy Prophet say: Allah, the Lord of honour and glory, says: For those who love one another to My glory, there will be columns of light that will be the envy of the Prophets and Martyrs (Tirmidhi). (Al-Fath 31, Al-Hashr 11)

Abu Idris Khaulani relates: I entered the mosque in Damascus and beheld a youth who had brilliant teeth in the company of a number of people. When they differed over anything they referred it to him and followed his view. I asked who he was and was told he was Mu'‘az ibn Jabal. The next day I hastened to the mosque, but found that he had arrived before me and was engaged in Prayer. I waited till he had finished and then approached him from the front, offered him the greeting of peace and said: Allah is witness that I love you. He asked: For the sake of Allah? I answered: For the sake of Allah. Then he took hold of the fold of my cloak, drew me to himself and said: Rejoice, for I heard the Holy Prophet say: Allah has announced: It becomes incumbent upon Me to bestow My love on those who love one another for My sake, meet one another for My sake, visit one another for My sake and spend for My sake (Malik). (Aal-e-`Imran 33, Al-Ma'idah 56)

Miqdad ibn Ma‘dikarib relates that the Holy Prophet said: If a person loves his brother, he should tell him that he loves him (Abu Daud and Tirmidhi). (Aal-e-`Imran 33, Al-Ma'idah 56)

Mu'‘az relates that the Holy Prophet took his hand and said: Mu‘az, I do love you and counsel you that you should not miss supplicating" after every salat: Allah, help me in remembering You, and being grateful to You and worshipping You in the best manner (Abu Daud and Nisai). (Aal-e-`Imran 33, Al-Ma'idah 56)

Anas relates that a man was with the Holy Prophet when another man passed and the former said: Messenger of Allah, I love that one. The Holy Prophet asked: Have you told him? He said: No. The Holy Prophet said: Tell him. So he went up to the man and said to him: I love you for the sake of Allah; and the other replied: May Allah, for Whose sake you love me, love you (Abu: Daud). (Al-Ahzab 60)

Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: Allah, the Exalted, says: I challenge to battle him who bears enmity towards a friend of Mine. When a servant of Mine seeks nearness to Me, with that which I love, out of whatever | have prescribed, I begin to love him and when I love him, I become his ear with which he hears and his eyes with which he sees and his hand with which he grasps and his foot with which he walks, and when he begs Me for anything I bestow it upon him-and when he seeks shelter with Me, I give him shelter (Bokhari). (At-Taubah 5)

Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: When Allah loves a servant, a call goes out to Gabriel: Allah, the Exalted, loves So and So, do thou love him also. Then Gabriel also loves him and sends a call through to the dwellers of the heavens: Allah loves So and So, do you also love him. Then the dwellers of the heavens love him also, and then he is accepted in the earth (Bokhari and Muslim). Muslim adds: When Allah is offended with a servant, He calls Gabriel and says to him: 1 am offended with So and So; and Gabriel is offended with him also. Then he sends a call through to the dwellers of the" heavens: Allah is offended with So and So, do you be offended with him also. Thereafter aversion towards him is spread in the earth. (At-Taubah 5)

Ayesha relates that the Holy Prophet appointed a man in charge of a scouting party who led the Prayers for the party and always concluded his recitation with sura Al-Ikhlas (Chapter 112): Proclaim: He is Allah, the One. When the party returned to Medina they mentioned this to the Holy Prophet who said: Ask him why he does this? He was asked and said: This chapter sets out the attributes of the Rahman and I love to recite it. The Holy Prophet, on being told this, said: Tell him Allah loves him (Bokhari and Muslim). (At-Taubah 5)