Is Not Feeling Deep Love For the Prophet Muhammad Disbelief?
Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Question
What if I don’t know much about the Prophet Muhammad, so I don’t feel love inside my heart towardو him? Of course, I don’t hate him at all. He is the best human ever. But I just don’t know much about him. So I don’t feel like I love him with all my heart.
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful and Compassionate.
I hope you’re doing well, insha’Allah.
This isn’t disbelief. As a Muslim, you have accepted the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) as your Prophet and Messenger.
This “choice” is a type of rational love. But as believers, we have been commanded and encouraged to love the Messenger of Allah (peace & blessings be upon him) intensely–with rational, spiritual, and emotional love.
The sense of shortcoming with respect to not knowing enough about the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) that you feel is from faith–and it is an invitation to learn more about him.
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And Allah is the giver of success and facilitation.
[Shaykh] Faraz Rabbani
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani spent ten years studying with some of the leading scholars of recent times, first in Damascus and then in Amman, Jordan. His teachers include the foremost theologian of recent times in Damascus, the late Shaykh Adib al-Kallas (may Allah have mercy on him), and his student Shaykh Hassan al-Hindi, one of the leading Hanafi fuqaha of the present age. He returned to Canada in 2007, where he founded SeekersGuidance to meet the urgent need to spread Islamic knowledge–both online and on the ground–in a reliable, relevant, inspiring, and accessible manner. He is the author of “Absolute Essentials of Islam: Faith, Prayer, and the Path of Salvation According to the Hanafi School (White Thread Press, 2004).” Since 2011, the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center has named Shaykh Faraz one of the 500 most influential Muslims.
