Pearl of Wisdom
'Allah repels [corruption] from those of our followers who do not pray, with those of our followers who do pray, and if they were to all agree to not pray, they would be destroyed. And verily Allah repels [chastisement] from those of our followers who do not pay the alms-tax with those of our followers who do pay the alms-tax. And this is the purport of Allah's verse in the Qur?an: Were it not for Allah's repelling the people by means of one another, the earth would surely have been corrupted.?
Imam Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-Sadiq [as] al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 451, no. 1
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Love for the Sake of Allah |
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He who loves for the sake of Allah is beloved of Allah, and he who is loved for the sake of Allah is also beloved of Allah, since each loves the other for the sake of Allah. The Messenger of Allah said, 'Man is with whom he loves. Whoever loves a bondsman in Allah, loves Allah. No one loves Allah except he whom Allah loves.' And again, 'The best of people after the prophets in this world and the next are those who love each other for Allah.' Every love based on some cause other than Allah brings about enmity except for these two, for they come from the same source. Theirs always increases and never decreases. As Allah said,
The friends shall on that day be enemies to one another except for those who guard against evil, (43:67)
because the root of love is being free of everything except the Beloved.
The Commander of the Faithful said, 'The best thing in the Garden and the sweetest is love of Allah, love in Allah, and praise for Allah.' And Allah has said,
The last of their supplication shall be "Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds", (10:10)
because when they see the blessings that exist in the Garden, love is aroused in their hearts and then they call out, 'Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.'
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