LOVE OF ALLAH

AKHTAR: There are 8 things that bring about the love of Allah. (1) Recitation of the Quran with reflection and with understanding of its meanings, (2) Seeking closeness to Allah by performing voluntary deeds (eg solat sunat) after having performed obligatory ones.

TEGUH: (3) Remembering Allah during every situation, (4) Preferring what He loves to what we love, (5) Having our heart softened as it is worshipping Allah.

MULIA: (6) Being alone with Him in worship (solat tahajjud) when He descends during the last third of the night, (7) Sitting with those who are truthful in their love of Allah, and (8) staying away from all that creates barriers between the heart and Allah.

AKHTAR: Remember! The most blessed of deeds is that which is done consistently, even if it is a minute one. The ones who fear Allah should be our leaders.

FAEZ: I remember a wise man talking about a woman he is going to marry. “I want her to be a virgin who is wise like a married woman, or a married woman who is innocent like a virgin. She should sweet when she is near, splendid when she is at a distance. She should have the manners of the rich and the humility of the poor. When we gather wealth or become poor, we should be as the people of the Hereafter”.

MULIA: “And whoever fears Allah and keeps his duty to Him, He will make a way for him to get out (from every difficulty).” (Quran 65:4).

TEGUH: Imam Shafii was demanded by a group of people to proof for the existence of Allah. Nearby was the mulberry bush, and he plucked a leaf. Then he said “When a silkworm eats its leaf, it comes out of the worm as silk. Yet when the bee does the same, what is produced is honey. Likewise when the deer consumes it, what is produced is musk. One should wonder upon the Creator of such phenomenon, who allows a variety of results to be derived from a single source”.