TEN FACTORS WHICH BRING ABOUT THE LOVE OF ALLAH الحمد لله رب العالمين، وصلى الله وسلم على نبينا محمد وعلى آله وأصحابه أجمعين، أما بعد Imam Ibn al-Qayyim al-Hanbali رحمه الله writes: The factors which bring about love of Allah سبحانه وتعالى are ten: #TheFirst: Recitation of the Qur’an together with reflection and comprehension of its meanings and that which is intended by it. #TheSecond: Drawing close to Allah سبحانه وتعالى, by way of the supererogatory (deeds) after the obligatory ones. #TheThird: Perpetuance in remembrance of Him in every situation, with the tongue and the heart, and through action and circumstance. Consequently his portion of love is in proportion to this. #TheFourth: Giving preference to that which He loves over that which you love at the time of the predominance of desires. #TheFifth: The hearts conducting a careful study of His Names and Attributes, and observation of them, and his roving (in his own way) in the garden of this understanding and its domains. #TheSixth: Observation of His Kindness and His Beneficence and His Bounties that are hidden and apparent. #TheSeventh: And it is the most remarkable of them; the (humbled pious) despondency of the heart before Him. #TheEighth: Seclusion at the time of the divine descent (third part of the night) and to recite His Book, then to seal that with seeking forgiveness and repentance. #TheNinth: Sitting with the beloved and the truthful ones, and collecting the best parts of the fruits of their speech, and that you do not speak except when the advantageous benefit for speech is outweighing, and you know that in it is a furtherance of your circumstance as well as a benefit for other than you. #TheTenth: To stay away from every factor that would bring deflection between the heart and Allahﷻ. So by way of these ten factors, the beloved ones will reach the levels of love, and they will enter upon The Beloved. (مدارج السالكين 3/18-19). May Allah grant us all strength to act upon it and grant us His divine Muhabbah and cure for our diseased...