Gardens of the Righteous — Page 86
86. GARDENS OF THE RIGHTEOUS 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). 388. 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). 47. . On the Signs of Allah's Love for His Servants. Allah, the Exalted, has said: 144. Announce: If you love Allah, then follow me, Allah will then love you and forgive you your faults. Allah is Most. Forgiving, Ever Merciful (3. 32). 145. O ye who believe, whoso from among you turns back from his religion, let him remember that in his stead Allah will soon bring a people whom He will love and who will love Him, who will be kind and considerate towards the believers and firm and unyielding towards the disbelievers. . They will strive hard in the cause of Allah and will not at all take to heart the reproaches of the fault-finders. That is. Allah's grace; He bestows it upon whomsoever He pleases. . Allah is the Lord of Vast bounty. All-knowing (5. 55). 389. 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 I 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). 390. 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: I am offended with So and So; and Gabriel is offended with him also. Then he sends a call through to the dwellers of the