Part of perfect faith is loving what God loves and hating what God hates.

Third, one’s loves, loyalties, likes and dislikes must be in

accord with what Allah has revealed. This aspect flows from the

heart when the heart is truly filled with the belief in, love of and

adoration for Allah alone. It is a fairly simple concept but it has farreaching

implications. The completeness of faith requires that Allah

is the most beloved in one’s heart—He is the beloved of soul.

When this fact permeates the human, he begins to love what his

beloved loves and dislike what his beloved dislikes. Although this is

commonplace with respect to the relations between humans, this

phenomenon is more intense and comprehensive when found in the

relationship between a human and his Lord. Thus, if Allah is found

to love something, the devoted worshipper and servant also loves that

thing. Conversely, if Allah is found to detest something—although

He has created it and put it in this world as a test for humans and

made it available to them—the devoted worshipper and servant will

also detest that thing.

Of course, the key to all of this is in the

revelation from God Himself. If God states that He loves purity,

sincerity, goodness and charity, for example, then these are beloved

to the Muslim. If God demonstrates or states a dislike for idol

worship, adultery, homosexuality, drinking alcohol and so on, then

the devoted believer immediately develops and has a dislike for all of

these displeasing acts. All of this is part of his believing in Allah as

the only object of worship and adoration.

Although accepting Allah as the only object of worship is the

essential aspect of true monotheism, it is a concept that is not always

understood in its totality n or applied in its proper manner

real loss for humans because it is this aspect of monotheism that is

the key to a “real life”, a life that is sound and proper. Ibn Taimiya

wrote .

You must know that a human’s need for Allah

that he worship Him and not associate any partner

with Him is a need concerning which there is no

comparison that one can make an analogy to. In

some matters, it resembles the need of the body for

food and drink. However, there are many

differences between the two.

The reality of a human being is in his heart and

soul. These cannot be prosperous except through

[their relation] with Allah, concerning whom there

is no other god .

See you in the next blog to complete the book.

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A book for calling people to Islam in English is the book .

"What is Islam?" by Jamal Zarbou