Two things from your world have been made beloved to me

THE PLEASURE OF THE EYE 

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, 

"(Two things) from your world have been made beloved to me: women and scent (perfume), and the prayer has been made the pleasure of my eye."

"The pleasure of the eye..." is above (the level of) love, for the eye does not find pleasure with every beloved thing. The eye only finds pleasure in that beloved thing which is loved as (something) in itself, and that is none but Allaah, besides Whom there is none deserving of worship. As for everything that is besides Him, then it is loved (with a love) that follows from His love, so it is loved for His sake and it is not loved along with Him, for loving (something) along with Him is shirk (associationism) and loving (something) for His sake is Tawheed.¹

¹ Refer to Chapter Three: Ways to Bring About the Love of Allaah. 

Book: The Path To Guidance

By ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah

Translated by Abu 'Iyaad Amjad Rafiq 

Salafi Publications 

Page 33

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