lovers of the awliyaa
hadith on loving the prophet ﷺ
عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُ أَحَدُكُمْ حَتَّى أَكُونَ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ وَلَدِهِ وَوَالِدِهِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ
Anas ibn Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “None of you have faith until I am more beloved to him than his children, his father, and all of the people.” (muslim)
كُنَّا مع النَّبيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عليه وسلَّمَ وهو آخِذٌ بيَدِ عُمَرَ بنِ الخَطَّابِ، فَقالَ له عُمَرُ: يا رَسولَ اللَّهِ، لَأَنْتَ أحَبُّ إلَيَّ مِن كُلِّ شَيْءٍ إلَّا مِن نَفْسِي، فَقالَ النَّبيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عليه وسلَّمَ: لَا، والَّذي نَفْسِي بيَدِهِ، حتَّى أكُونَ أحَبَّ إلَيْكَ مِن نَفْسِكَ، فَقالَ له عُمَرُ: فإنَّه الآنَ، واللَّهِ، لَأَنْتَ أحَبُّ إلَيَّ مِن نَفْسِي، فَقالَ النَّبيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عليه وسلَّمَ: الآنَ يا عُمَرُ
“We were with the Prophet ﷺ, and he was holding the hand of Umar ibn Al-Khattab. Umar said to him, ‘O Rasulullah ﷺ, you are more beloved to me than everything except my own self.’ The Prophet ﷺ replied, ‘No, by the One in whose hand is my soul (Allah), not until I am more beloved to you than your own self.’ Umar then said, ‘Now, by Allah, you are more beloved to me than my own self.’ The Prophet ﷺ responded, ‘Now, O Umar (you have complete faith).’” (bukhari)
وَمَنْ أَحْيَا سُنَّتِي فَقَدْ أَحَبَّنِي. وَمَنْ أَحَبَّنِي كَانَ مَعِي فِي الْجَنَّةِ
“Whoever enlivens my Sunnah, then he has loved me. And whoever loves me shall be with me in Paradise.” (tirmidhi)
