Status Updates From The Principle Of Love & Desire

Yeah, you have to read and take your time with this book

Wow, what an introduction. Ilm-ul kalaam could never beat Ibn Taymiyyah.

When love is accompanied with rejecting the things that the loved one hates, then it is complete love.

If one happens upon the sweetness of imän in his heart from believing in Alläh and His oneness, but then he replaces that with what he desires, then he is making his desires his god and he is making the Shaytan and his offspring his allies against Allāh.

What a wretched exchange for the zălimun (oppres- sors)!
This is an alteration of the religion and a change of the fitrah (natural disposition)

disobedience lessens love. This is the meaning of ash-Shibli 's response when he was asked about love-he recited the following poetry:

You disobey the Lord and you claim you love Him; This is inconceivable, a repugnant analogy. If you truly loved Him, you would obey Him; Indeed, a person is obedient to the one they love.

اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي أَحِبُّكَ، وَأُحِبُّ مَلَائِكَتَكَ، وَأَنْيَاءَكَ وَعِبِادَكَ الصَّالِحِينَ اللَّهُمَّ حَبِّنِي إِلَيْكَ وَ إِلَى مَلائِكَتِكَ وَأَنْبِيَائِكَ، وَعِبَادِكَ الصَّالِحِينَ.

O Alläh, make me love You, Your angels, Your prophets, and Your righteous slaves. O Alläh, make me beloved to You, Your angels, Your prophets, and Your righteous slaves.

Love of the Messenger is from the love for Allah, and likewise, all love that is felt for Allāh's sake is love for Allāh
There are three qualities, whoever has them will taste the sweetness of imän: to love Allāh and His Messenger more than anyone else; to love a person only for the sake of Allah; and to hate to return to disbelief after Allāh has saved him from it, as much as he would hate to be thrown into the Fire

How many people are distracted from the destination by the journey?

So every movement and every action in the world is based on love and desire, and every love or desire that is not based on the love for Allah and the desire to see His Face is futile and corrupt.

The possessor of taqwa is the antithesis of the possessor of (corrupt) desires. Allāh, the Most High, said:
"But as for him who feared standing before his Lord, and restrained himself from impure evil desires and lusts-then indeed, Paradise will be his abode."