In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent,
the Most Merciful.
Abu Hurairah (May
Allah be pleased with him) reported:
The Prophet (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa
sallam) said, "When Allah loves a slave,
calls out Jibril and says: I love so-and-so; so love him. Then Jibril loves
him. After that he (Jibril) announces to the inhabitants of heavens that Allah
loves so-and-so; so love him; and the inhabitants of the heavens (the angels) also
love him and then make people on earth love him."
[Al-Bukhari
and Muslim]
Another narration
of Muslim is: Messenger of Allah, (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) said:
"When Allah loves a slave, He calls Jibril
(Gabriel) and says: I love so-and-so; so love him. And then Jibril loves him.
Then he (Jibril) announces in the heavens saying: Allah loves so-and-so; so
love him; then the inhabitants of the heavens (the angels) also love him; and
then people on earth love him. And when Allah hates a slave, He calls Jibril
and says: I hate so-and-so, so hate him. Then Jibril also hates him. He
(Jibril) then announces amongst the inhabitants of heavens: Verily, Allah hates
so-and-so, so you also hate him. Thus they also start to hate him. Then he
becomes the object of hatred on the earth also."
[Al-Bukhari
and Muslim]
Commentary: This
Hadith mentions the reward of love for the sake of Allah. A person who loves
for the sake of Allah is not only loved by Allah but also by the inhabitants of
the earth as well as the heavens. On the other hand, those who are hated by
Allah are also hated by the inhabitants of the earth and the heavens. It must
be borne in mind that they alone remain popular in this world who are righteous
by nature - who strictly maintain the distinction between the lawful and the
unlawful (Ma`ruf and Munkar). But
those whose nature is defected by constant sins, cease to distinguish between
right and wrong and lose their credibility. They generally hate the pious
persons for the reason that every category of people loves and likes people of
its own kind.
Ref.: Imam
Al-Nawawi's Riyad-us-Saliheen # 387.
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