Gems of Light- Yahya Rhodus

Session 6 (RIS Retreat)
-notes by Br.Suleyman

Kitabul Arbaeen Al Asad by Imam Al ghazali

Love is one of the best inward qualities of a human being. Rasulullah has been given the title of Habeeballah.

Imam al Ghazali says that loving Allah is the highest station anyone can reach

The other stations that are lower and lead up to the stations of love are Tawbah, Shukr, Sabr and Taqwa. (repentance, gratefulness, patience,fear of Allah)

Many people associate justice with Islam but not really love. Christianity is more known for love than Islam is. It is important to note that Islam has a perfect balance between its spiritual aspect and its judicial aspect.

In a Hadith-ul Qudsi, the Prophet SAW has said “that the people that will drawn near to Me (Allah) will come near to Me (Allah) by performing incumbent acts as well as the nawafil (voluntary acts)”

You don’t have to be a scholar to attain the rank of being beloved to Allah

Chapter of Muhabbah

This chapter will cover:

-Why people love
-The ways of increasing love
-Gaining knowledge of Allah
-Why humans cant have true knowledge of Allah
-What it means for Allah to love a servant
-Signs of when a servant loves his lord

The Quran says “He loves them, and they love him. They are merciful towards the believers and stern in the path of the non-believer”

Allah says that if your fathers, brothers, mothers, wives etc. are more beloved to you then Allah and his messenger then you are among the fasiqeen.

“Love the prophet for the love of Allah”

So when you love the prophet, you love Allah.

To love Allah, is to follow this commands.

There is no way to sense Allah. You can’t rationalize the essence of Allah, Allah is above anything that you imagine of him.

The Prophet SAW said that his love in this dunya was women, musk and the coolness of his eyes was the salaah.

Everything that is pleasurable to humans are beloved to them.

Before Human’s love something they have to have knowledge and understanding of it.

Two types of human perceptions are outward perceptions and inward perceptions

Outward are the 5 senses. For the eye, the pleasure is beautiful forms. Ears like rhythmically balanced sounds, smell and test like things like food and musk. People like to feel soft things. The self inclines towards all of these things

The inward sense is the 6th sense which is through the heart. When the Prophet said that the coolness of his eyes is the prayer, he means through the sense of his heart.