Sayings (Hadiths) of Prophet Muhammad
About Signs of Allah’s Love
- Narrated Abu-Huraira: ‘Allah’s Messenger said: “Allah said: ‘I will declare war against him who shows hostility to a pious worshipper of Mine. And the most beloved things with which my slave draws near to Me is what I have enjoined upon him. My slave keeps on coming closer to Me through performing the optional acts of worship [in addition to what is obligatory] until I love him. When I love him, I become the sense of hearing with which he hears, the sense of sight with which he sees, the hand with which he grips, and the leg with which he walks; and if he asks Me [for anything], I will give him, and if he asks for My protection [refuge], I will protect him; and I do not hesitate to do anything as I hesitate to take the soul of the believer, for he hates death, and I hate to disappoint him’."
(Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Book 76: To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq), Number 509)
Narrated abu-Huraira: ‘The Prophet said: “If Allah loves a person, He calls out to Gabriel saying: ‘Allah loves so and so. O Gabriel! Love him.’ Gabriel would love him and make an announcement to the inhabitants of the Heaven: ‘Allah loves so and so, therefore you should love him also.’ And so, all the inhabitants of the Heaven would love him, and he is then granted the pleasures of the people on the earth’."
(Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Book 54: Beginning of Creation, Number 431)
