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Shaykh Ibn Taymiyyah on Al-Walā’ wal Barā’ah December 10, 2007

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Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah (rahīmahullāh) said,

وليس للقلوب سرور ولا لذة تامة الا فى محبة الله والتقرب اليه بما يحبه ولا تمكن محبته الا بالاعراض عن كل محبوب سواه وهذا حقيقة لا إله إلا الله وهى ملة ابراهيم الخليل عليه السلام وسائر الأنبياء والمرسلين صلاة الله وسلامه عليهم أجمعين

كتاب مجموع الفتاوى، الجزء 28، صفحة 32.

“The heart will not find complete happiness except by loving Allāh and by striving towards what is dear to Him. It is not possible to achieve this love except by rejecting all things that compete with it. This is what the words, ‘There is no god but Allāh’, mean; this is the spirit of the Millah of Ibrāhīm “al-Khalīl” (the friend of Allāh), peace be upon him, and of that of every other Prophet, may Allāh’s peace be upon them all.” (Kitāb Majmū’ al-Fatāwa, Vol. 28, p. 32 [Riyādh])

The Shaykh also said,

“The declaration of faith, ‘There is no god but Allāh’, requires you to love only for the sake of Allāh, to hate only for the sake of Allāh, to ally yourself only for the sake of Allāh, to declare enmity only for the sake of Allāh; it requires you to love what Allāh loves and to hate what Allāh hates. It also requires you to ally yourself to the Muslims wherever you find them and to oppose the disbelievers even if they are your closest kin.” (Al-Ihtijaj bi’l-Qadar, p.62)

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