Whoever wants to know if Allah سبحانه و تعالى loves him...

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بسم الله الرحمان الرحيم

السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و براكته

الحمد الله

'AbduLlah bin al-'Abbas رضي الله عنهما once said, "Whoever wants to know if Allah سبحانه و تعالى loves him or not then let him see if he loves to recite the Word of Allah then Allah سبحانه و تعالى loves him but if he neglects then he should know that he is far away from the Love of Allah سبحانه و تعالى."

Lessons to be learnt from this athar:

Loving to recite the Book of Allah سبحانه و تعالى means you Allah سبحانه و تعالى loves you and the opposite is true. We should spend the most of our time reciting the Qur`an specially in the month of Ramadhaan and then keep up with the practise. We should not only recite the Qur`an but also put it into practise by learning its Tafseer, contemplating upon it and asking Allah سبحانه و تعالى to make us understand the ayaat. Like Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله who used to read and study different tafaseer and even if he couldn't understand the meaning and the interpretation of ayaat then he would go out to the open desert and do sajdah in the dirt and make the du'a, "O' the Teacher of Ibrahim عليه سلام, O' the Teacher of Musa عليه سلام teach me the Qur`an!"