Understanding Salat — Page 182
Understanding S al A t 182 The Prophet sas replied in the affirmative. The man said, “I have a garden, and I make you a witness that I give it in charity on her behalf. ” ( S a hīh Bukh ā r ī , Book 55, Chapter 26) As our love for someone grows, so does our desire to sacrifice for them. We are willing to sacrifice our time, our wealth, even our life for someone we love. But the most valuable thing we have is the reward we hope to receive from Allah Almighty for our actions. We may find a willingness to sac- rifice our life for many people because we hope for a reward from Allah Almighty for that sacrifice. However, if we look in our heart, we will not find a willingness to sacrifice our reward for anyone. Only when our heart is filled with an overwhelming anguish to somehow express our love for someone, only in the most extreme expression of that love, there we find a willingness, and in fact a desire, to sacrifice our reward for them. When we think of how much we have gained through the Holy Prophet sas , we realize that it is only through him sas that we have learned the ways of loving Allah Almighty. Hadrat Mu s le h Mau‘ ū d ra explained that some people are so exalted in their nearness to Allah Almighty that we can- not truly recognize them until we have recognized Allah Almighty. However, there is a stage higher than that. That stage is where we cannot truly recognize Allah Almighty unless we recognize that person. Rejection of that person