The love of the Beloved...

[Abu Faatimah]

Ibn al‐Qayim رحمه الله said in his (famous) poem:

"The love of the Beloved must be unconditionally returned. If you claim love yet oppose the Beloved, then your love is but a pretence. You love the enemies of your Beloved and still seek love in return. You fight the beloved of your Beloved. Is this Love or the following of shaytan? True devotion is nothing but total submission of body and soul to One Love. We have seen men claim to submit, yet their loyalties are many. They put their trust here, and their hope there, and their love is without consequence..."

Ibn Qayim al‐Jawziyyah, an‐Nooniyyah, Page 158.