Categories of Love

The Categories of Love are four

 

1)                  Love in Worship:  It is to love Allaah and to love what is loved by Allaah.

  

Allaah, the Most High, said:

           

                   “…But those who believe, love Allaah more…”

                                                            [Soorah Al- Baqarah 2:165]

    

 

2)                  Shirk of Love:  It is to love something or someone other than Allaah as one loves Allaah or greater.

  

 Allaah, the Most High, said:

 

“ And of mankind are some who take (for worship) others besides Allaah. They love them as they love Allaah.”

                                                [Soorah Al- Baqarah 2:165]

 

 

3)                  Love in Disobedience:  Such as loving the Haraam and the innovations (bid’ah) and such as loving the people of sinning and innovation and desires and other than that from the loving which opposes the Legislation of Allaah.

 

 

4)         The Natural Love:  Such as loving the children and the family and the soul and the wealth and other than that from the ‘Mubaahaat’ (permissible matters) however it most be natural love. But if it distracts a person from obedience to Allaah and he leaves some of the obligatory things then it is the Love of Disobedience. And if it overtakes his life and his heart and he loves them as he loves Allaah or greater, then that is shirk of love.

This was taking from the book titled “ Beneficial Speech in Establishing the Evidences of Tawheed” By Shaykh Muhammad Bin Abdil- Wahhaab Al- Wasaabee

Foreword by the Noble Scholar, Al- Allaamah, Ash- Shaykh Muqbil Bin Haadee Al-Waadi’ee ( Died 1422 AH, May Allaah’s mercy be upon him)