To Love for the Sake of Allah

As salaaumu'alaykum,

I thought I had posted on this topic previously, but it seems I have not...although I have not reviewed every post in detail. So bear with me if I’m repeating myself…

What does it mean to love ‘For the Sake of Allah?' For many years people would say this, and I could not fully understand what they meant. That is, until I did come to love for the Sake of Allah myself. I found people in my life, who through my love for them, made me feel closer to Allah. And my love for them is greater than I ever could have possibly imagined. They are an integral part of the signs and links in my life on the Path.

We love people for many reasons…but this is the highest of reasons…but sometimes we are numb to the highest of reasons…we are veiled from it.

Sometimes I think when Muslims use this phrase, it is another way of saying, ‘I love you because you are my Muslim brother or sister, but that is the only reason.’ I get that from time to time, but then it is sometimes hard to tell what people truly mean in what they say. Language and people can be quite mysterious.

And so this is an expression which I can only completely understand through personal experience, and to understand it is one of the best experiences in life. Alhumdulillah.