FOUR KINDS OF LOVE

by Asma bint Shameem

Ibn Al-Qayyim said:

“There are four kinds of love, which we must differentiate between, and those who go astray do so because they do not make this distinction.

💕1. The first of them is love of Allaah, but this alone is not sufficient to save a person from the punishment of Allaah and to earn him His reward. The Mushrikeen, worshippers of the cross, Jews and others all love Allaah.

💕2. The second is love of that which Allaah loves.

This is what brings a person into Islaam and out of disbelief.

The most beloved of people to Allaah is the one who is most correct and most devoted in this kind of love.

💕3. The third kind is love for the sake of Allaah, which is one of the essentials of loving that which Allaah loves.

A person’s love of that which Allaah loves cannot be complete until he also loves for the sake of Allaah.

💕4. The fourth is love for something alongside Allaah, and this love has to do with shirk.

Everyone who loves things alongside Allaah but not for the sake of Allaah has taken that thing as a rival to Allaah.

This is the love of the Mushrikeen.”

(Al-Jawaab al-Kaafi, 1/134)

So love Allaah.

And love that which Allaah loves.

And love for the sake of Allaah.

That’s TRUE love ❤