happiness of others.^[1]

Sayyidunā Sahl bin ꜤAbdullāh Tustarī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه said: Having love for Allah is to love the Quran; the sign of love for Allah and the Quran is to love the Sunnah of the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم ; and the sign of love for the Sunnah is to love the Hereafter.^[2]

2.Another sign of loving Allah is to perform voluntary act of worship along with the obligatory acts. This is the deed which makes the lover a beloved and favoured servant of Allah Almighty.

Source of Divine closeness

Sayyidunā Abū Hurayrah رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ narrated that the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said: Allah Almighty stated, ‘Whoever bears enmity to a Walī [saint] of mine, I declare war against him. My servant does not attain My closeness as much he attains it through the obligatory acts. My servant continuously attains closeness through voluntary acts until I love him.^[3]

3.A sign of Divine love is to remain engaged in the remembrance of Allah Almighty. This is also a means of attaining Divine love. Allah Almighty has stated:

یٰۤاَیُّهَا الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوا اذْكُرُوا اللّٰهَ ذِكْرًا كَثِیْرًاۙ(۴۱)وَّ سَبِّحُوْهُ بُكْرَةً وَّ اَصِیْلًا(۴۲)

O you who believe! Remember Allah with much remembrance. And glorify Him morning and evening.^[4]

The Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said: ‘مَنْ اَحَبَّ شَیْأً اَکْثَرَ ذِکْرَہٗ’ Whoever loves something, mentions it most often.^[5]

Sayyidunā Abū al-Ḥassan Zanjānī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه said: Worship is based on 3 things: the eyes, heart and tongue. The eyes should be for reflection and admonition, the heart for contemplation, and the tongue should be the centre of truth and for the remembrance of Allah  and Tasbīḥ.^[6]

Sayyidunā Sarī Saqaṭī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه said: I saw ground Sattu with Sayyidunā Shaykh Jurjānī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه and asked: ‘Why don’t you eat anything except Sattū?’ (a traditional food commonly used in South Asia, made from roasted and coarsely ground grains or pulses, most often barley, wheat, or chickpeas, and drunk with water and sugar). He رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه replied: ‘I have calculated that the time spent chewing and drinking Sattū us equivalent to reciting 70 Tasbīḥāt. In fact, I have not eaten bread for 40 years so that no time is wasted, and I can devote it to these Tasbīḥāt.^[7]

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                                صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد