爱有四种,必须加以区分。凡不能分辨其中差别的人,确实是迷失了方向。第一种是对真主的爱;仅有这种爱,不足以使人免受真主的惩罚,也不足以使人获得真主的回赐,因为多神教徒、崇拜十字架的人(基督徒)和犹太人也都声称爱真主。第二种是爱真主所爱的事物。正是这种爱使人进入伊斯兰,使人脱离多神信仰。真主最喜爱的人,就是把这种爱守护得最好的人。第三种是为了真主而爱,这是爱真主所爱之物的前提条件之一。第四种是把对他人的爱施于真主之外的对象;同时爱真主和其他偶像,这是多神教徒的爱。凡是与真主并列去爱他人,而不是为了真主的缘故,那就是把他们当作真主之外的其他神明。还有第五种爱,不属于我们讨论的范围。这是人对于符合其天性之事物的自然之爱,例如口渴者对水的爱,饥饿者对食物的爱,以及对睡眠、妻子和儿女的爱。这些爱不受指责,除非它们使人分心,忘记记念真主,忘记爱真主。真主说:“信道的人们哪!你们的财产和子女,不要使你们忘记记念真主。”又说:“不被买卖和交易所迷惑而忘记记念真主的人们。”2

There are four types of love, which should be distinguished from eachother, and whosoever is not able to differentiate between them is indeed led astray. First, love for Allah; this alone is not enough to save man from the Punishment of Allah, and to receive His Reward, for the polytheists and those who worship the Cross (the Christians) and the Jews claim to love Allah. Second, to love what Allah ~ loves. It is this type which enters a person into Islam and removes him from polytheism. The dearest of people to Allah are those who observe this kind of love well. Third, to love for Allah's Sake, which ts one of the prerequisites of loving what He ~ loves. Fourth, to direct one ' s love to others besides Allah; loving Allah ~ and other idols at the same time. This is the love of polytheists. Whoever loves others along with Allah , not for the Sake of Allah, then he has taken them as other gods besides Allah. There is another fifth type of love, which is not part of our subject. It is man's natural love for things which are suitable to his nature; such as the love of the thirsty person for water, and the hungry one for food; the love of sleep, one's wife and children. These are types of love which are not criticised, unless they distract a man from remembering Allah ~ . and from loving Him. Allah ~ said: ( 0 you who believe! Let not your properties nor your children divert you from the remembrance of Allah ) 1 and He ~ also said: (Men whom neither sale nor trade diverts from the remembrance of Allah.)2