1) Shaykh Abu Bakr Shibli was asked, “What is muhabbah?” He replied:
Love is a fire that ignites when it is truly realized within the senses, and captivates the entire being within itself.
2) Hadrat Bayazid Bustami has said:
Muhabbah is to know that one’s abundant qualities are actually minute, whereas the beloved’s insignificant qualities are actually abundant. For example, Allah loves His creation, He showers them with countless blessings and mercies daily, yet Allah Himself stated in His Book that these blessings are few.
Say: Short is the enjoyment of this world (4:77)
On the other hand, the believers perform an insufficient amount of dhikr (remembrance of Allah) but Allah refers to this as abundant.
Men and women who engage much in Allah’s praise (33:35)
A poet expressed his passion thus:
However minute the reward it is still abundantWhatever thanks I can give it is still minute.
3) Hadrat Junaid Baghdadi said:
Muhabbah grows to the extent that the beloved’s characteristics transfer into the lover and the two become indistinguishable.
When a light bulb is lit, one can only the main light source can be seen from afar, and not the surrounding glass. In the same way, the lover loses and forgets himself in the beloved. In the translation of a hadith we are told that the Messenger of Allah said, “If there would be a Prophet after me, it would be Umar.” It is evident from Islamic teachings and history that Hadrat Abu Bakr was in fact much closer to the Prophet. However, our scholars have written that Hadrat Abu Bakr lost himself in the Prophet to such a degree that the two became indistinguishable, and so if a Companion (Sahabi) were to attain the status of a prophet after the Messenger of Allah, it would have been Hadrat Umar.
Majnun’s love for Layla reached a peak and in this state someone said to him, “Layla is coming!” Majnun jumped up and said, “I myself am Layla!” This is the lover completely losing himself in his beloved.
Love and lover are erased and only the beloved remains.
4) Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani said:
Muhabbah is a veil between lover and beloved, and the lover becomes successful in his muhabbah when he loses himself in the beloved (fana). When a lover starts on this road of muhabbah he must sacrifice both body and soul in order to achieve his goal. He must sacrifice both character and attributes for his beloved.
5) Hadrat Husain bin Mansur Hallaj stated:
The reality of muhabbah is to abandon one’s qualities to become one with the beloved.
6) Imam Siri Shakti said that true muhabbah does not exist between two people until they say, “I am yours and you are mine.” Allah will become ours if we surrender our wills to Him, leaving everything, including our futures and hopes, to Him.
7) Hadrat Abu Abdullah Qarshi said:
The reality of muhabbah is to surrender all of oneself to the beloved, leaving nothing for oneself.
8) Hadrat Abu ‘Ali Rudbari said:
Muhabbah is to acquire submission and to leave one’s wants.
9) Hadrat Rohim explained muhabbah as drawing closer to the beloved in every state and situation, whether the beloved is attentive to the lover or not.
10) Shaykh Abu Bakr Kasani said:
Muhabbah is to leave everything for the sake of achieving the goal, which is the beloved.
11) Imam Khwaja Yahya Ma’az said:
The reality of muhabbah is that it does not decrease with the non-responsiveness of the beloved. Likewise, it does not increase any more with the close attention of the beloved.
12) Shaykh Shibli was imprisoned because people considered him insane. Once some people came to visit him and he asked “Who are you?” They replied, “Your friends.” At this he started throwing stones at them and so they ran. Shaykh Shibli said to them;
If you were really my friends and well wishers you would not run from my punishment.
A true friend wants only good fortune and to run from good fortune is stupidity.
13) A pious elder is known to have said:
Only he whose cup of love is filled can see the Beloved.
Imam Wisal Shirazi is quoted as saying, “My friend, do whatever you will with me, but I will not leave you.”
14) Hadrat Shibli further commented that muhabbah means to love everything that the beloved likes, even if the lover himself dislikes it, and to dislike whatever the beloved dislikes, even if the lover himself likes it.
The lover loves only for the sake of the beloved and hates for the same. The lover should negate everything, even himself, and acknowledge only the beloved. Muhabbah is restlessness that does not end until the lover is connected with the beloved; it is a fire that does not cool until the lover realizes his objective.
15) According to a Faqir, muhabbah is an extreme anxiety that does not diminish even after the object of love is attained. Muhabbah is a fire that does not cool even after witnessing the beloved. A lover cried out “Fire!” and all the townspeople gathered around, but saw no fire. They asked where the fire was and this lover replied:
(It is) the Fire of Allah kindled (to a blaze), that which does mount to the heart (104: 6-7)
I drank and drank from the wine of loveNeither is the wine finished nor my thirst quenched.
The heart of a lover (True lover of God) constantly burns with the fire of love, so much so that whatever intrudes upon its sanctity is burnt to ashes.
Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin chishty (RA)
Love is a fire that ignites when it is truly realized within the senses, and captivates the entire being within itself.
2) Hadrat Bayazid Bustami has said:
Muhabbah is to know that one’s abundant qualities are actually minute, whereas the beloved’s insignificant qualities are actually abundant. For example, Allah loves His creation, He showers them with countless blessings and mercies daily, yet Allah Himself stated in His Book that these blessings are few.
Say: Short is the enjoyment of this world (4:77)
On the other hand, the believers perform an insufficient amount of dhikr (remembrance of Allah) but Allah refers to this as abundant.
Men and women who engage much in Allah’s praise (33:35)
A poet expressed his passion thus:
However minute the reward it is still abundantWhatever thanks I can give it is still minute.
3) Hadrat Junaid Baghdadi said:
Muhabbah grows to the extent that the beloved’s characteristics transfer into the lover and the two become indistinguishable.
When a light bulb is lit, one can only the main light source can be seen from afar, and not the surrounding glass. In the same way, the lover loses and forgets himself in the beloved. In the translation of a hadith we are told that the Messenger of Allah said, “If there would be a Prophet after me, it would be Umar.” It is evident from Islamic teachings and history that Hadrat Abu Bakr was in fact much closer to the Prophet. However, our scholars have written that Hadrat Abu Bakr lost himself in the Prophet to such a degree that the two became indistinguishable, and so if a Companion (Sahabi) were to attain the status of a prophet after the Messenger of Allah, it would have been Hadrat Umar.
Majnun’s love for Layla reached a peak and in this state someone said to him, “Layla is coming!” Majnun jumped up and said, “I myself am Layla!” This is the lover completely losing himself in his beloved.
Love and lover are erased and only the beloved remains.
4) Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani said:
Muhabbah is a veil between lover and beloved, and the lover becomes successful in his muhabbah when he loses himself in the beloved (fana). When a lover starts on this road of muhabbah he must sacrifice both body and soul in order to achieve his goal. He must sacrifice both character and attributes for his beloved.
5) Hadrat Husain bin Mansur Hallaj stated:
The reality of muhabbah is to abandon one’s qualities to become one with the beloved.
6) Imam Siri Shakti said that true muhabbah does not exist between two people until they say, “I am yours and you are mine.” Allah will become ours if we surrender our wills to Him, leaving everything, including our futures and hopes, to Him.
7) Hadrat Abu Abdullah Qarshi said:
The reality of muhabbah is to surrender all of oneself to the beloved, leaving nothing for oneself.
8) Hadrat Abu ‘Ali Rudbari said:
Muhabbah is to acquire submission and to leave one’s wants.
9) Hadrat Rohim explained muhabbah as drawing closer to the beloved in every state and situation, whether the beloved is attentive to the lover or not.
10) Shaykh Abu Bakr Kasani said:
Muhabbah is to leave everything for the sake of achieving the goal, which is the beloved.
11) Imam Khwaja Yahya Ma’az said:
The reality of muhabbah is that it does not decrease with the non-responsiveness of the beloved. Likewise, it does not increase any more with the close attention of the beloved.
12) Shaykh Shibli was imprisoned because people considered him insane. Once some people came to visit him and he asked “Who are you?” They replied, “Your friends.” At this he started throwing stones at them and so they ran. Shaykh Shibli said to them;
If you were really my friends and well wishers you would not run from my punishment.
A true friend wants only good fortune and to run from good fortune is stupidity.
13) A pious elder is known to have said:
Only he whose cup of love is filled can see the Beloved.
Imam Wisal Shirazi is quoted as saying, “My friend, do whatever you will with me, but I will not leave you.”
14) Hadrat Shibli further commented that muhabbah means to love everything that the beloved likes, even if the lover himself dislikes it, and to dislike whatever the beloved dislikes, even if the lover himself likes it.
The lover loves only for the sake of the beloved and hates for the same. The lover should negate everything, even himself, and acknowledge only the beloved. Muhabbah is restlessness that does not end until the lover is connected with the beloved; it is a fire that does not cool until the lover realizes his objective.
15) According to a Faqir, muhabbah is an extreme anxiety that does not diminish even after the object of love is attained. Muhabbah is a fire that does not cool even after witnessing the beloved. A lover cried out “Fire!” and all the townspeople gathered around, but saw no fire. They asked where the fire was and this lover replied:
(It is) the Fire of Allah kindled (to a blaze), that which does mount to the heart (104: 6-7)
I drank and drank from the wine of loveNeither is the wine finished nor my thirst quenched.
The heart of a lover (True lover of God) constantly burns with the fire of love, so much so that whatever intrudes upon its sanctity is burnt to ashes.
Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin chishty (RA)
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