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“ Allah loves so and so therefore you should love him also, and so all the inhabitants of the
heaven would love him, and then he is granted the pleasures of the people on the earth.”
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Enjoining what is good and forbidding what is evil
The Prophet Sallallahu alaihe wasallam said: “Allah, the angels, the inhabitants of heaven and
earth, even the ant in its hole and even the fish in the sea, send blessings upon the one who teaches
the people good.”
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Allah, may He be glorified, praises those who follow that path, as He says: “And who is better in
speech than he who [says: ‘My Lord is Allah (believes in His Oneness),’ and then stands firm (acts
upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allah’s (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds,
and says: ‘I am one of the Muslims’”
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“O you who have believed, fear Allah and seek the means [of nearness] to Him and strive in His
cause that you may succeed.”
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“O you who have believed, if you support Allah, He will support you and plant firmly your feet.”
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Give charity for the sake of Allah
It is related by Anas radiallahu anhu that the Messenger of Allah Sallallahu alaihe wasallam said:
“Charity cools down the fire of Allah’s wrath and wards off an evil death”.
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Allah says in the Qur’an, “You will not attain Al-Birr (piety) unless you spend (in Allah’s Cause) of
that which you love”.
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Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim
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Tirmidhi, 2609
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Fussilat 41:33
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Al-Maida 5:35
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Muhammad 47:7
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Tirmidhi 863/40)
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Aal ‘Imran 3:92