How love is related to Islam?

In the name of Allah, The most Gracious, The most merciful
    
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When the word love is mentioned, the human soul feels refreshed and quivers, enjoying noble emotions, and wafts of sweet perfume.

The word ‘Lover’ also raises the soul of man above the sky, cleansing him with purified water, joining his beloved inside the circle of this perfume, and flying as if within a soft cloud.

As our forefathers said: “Whoever tastes love knows its value.”There are people in this age of materialism, who interpret love as a matter consisting of a lover and a bed. They have forgotten that there are other types of love such types of love such as love of Allah, which is preferred above all material wealth. They have forgotten the types that are chaste and instead they chase after prohibited love that leads to adultery, either in brothels or in any open space like the promiscuous generations of today, who know neither modesty nor decency.

“So when they forgot (the warnings) with which they had been reminded, We opened for them the gates of every (pleasant) thing, until in the midst of their enjoyment in that which they were given, all of a sudden, We took themto punishment, and lo! They were plunged into destruction with deep regrets and sorrow” (Al-Anam: 44:45)

Backbiting, calumny, defamation, cursing, and blasphemy have become dominant. Although we repeated the teachings in our sessions, seminars and speech, we forgot them or ignored them in our everyday lives.

I wish I knew how to remedy this awful situation! How can our brothers of today regain purity.

Hence, the importance of this article, which is to explain the Qur'anic and Prophetic texts concerning brotherhood and love for the sake of Allah. The writer disliked and resented the romantic and unchaste forms of love ex-pounded and described by foolish renowned poets as Nazar.It is my hope that in the next edition, there will be quotations taken from Islamic Poets. He has quoted some Islamic poems to distinguish between the poet who directs his expression towards Islamic morality as opposed to those who base their writings on unchaste love. 

We are in dire need to feel revel in and experience the lawful love ordained for mankind and to take a breath of fresh air from the farce of materialism, promiscuity and indecency. This article is quite long enough to write in a single one therefore I prefer to break into two or three articles discussed later on.

Whatever I have written that is true is from Allah alone while anything that is false is from myself and shaytan. Subhanaka Allahummah wa bihamdika, ash hadu an la illaha illa anta, astaghfiruka wa atuboo ilayk

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Source: Kalamullah.com, Forward By Prof. Abdullah Tantaawy