THIRD AND FOURTH SIGNS OF PERFECT
IMAN (FAITH)
The third sign is اَحَبَّ لّٰلہ. For example,
if a person loves someone who is a friend of Allah (ولی الّٰلہ) he does so solely out of his love for
Allah with the intention that spending time in that person’s company will bring
them closer to Allah, and not for any material gains. If someone loves somebody
only to seek Allah Ta’alah’s pleasure, then such love is a sign of perfect
Iman. Similarly, all of a person’s other relationships should be subservient to
his relationship with Allah Ta’alah.
The
fourth sign is وَ
ابغَضَ لّٰلہ, meaning that a person’s anger and resentment with anyone
should only be for the sake of Allah Ta’alah. It means the anger is not because
of any hatred for that person, it is anger towards some specific act which is
sinful, and is a source of displeasure from Allah Ta’alah. The easy way to tell
the difference between the two is that if the person stops engaging in that
sin, then the anger should go away. If that is the case, then this anger was
for Allah Ta’alah, and this was an appropriate reason for being angry.
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