1.         Being thankful to Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ for His blessings and pondering over His blessings are sources of attaining the love of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ.

2.         Love for Allah’s bondsmen is a means of attaining the love of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ.

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب           صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ has narrated that the Beloved and Blessed Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated, ‘Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ has said, ‘Whoever has enmity towards a Wali [friend] of Mine, I declare war on him. Of all things through which My bondman seeks nearness to Me, the Faraaid [obligatory acts] are most beloved to Me. And he continues to gain nearness to Me by means of Nawafil [supererogatory Salah], until I make him My beloved. If he asks Me for anything, I will surely bestow that thing upon him, and if he seeks refuge, I will surely grant him refuge.’ (Sahih Bukhari, vol. 4, pp. 248, Hadees 6502)

Commenting on the abovementioned Hadees, Hakeem-ul-Ummah Mufti Ahmad Yar Khan Na’eemi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has stated on page 308, volume 3 of Mirat-ul-Manajeeh: ‘It means that a Muslim continues offering Nawafil along with the Fard (obligatory) deeds to the extent that he becomes Allah’s beloved because he becomes exemplary of offering both Faraaid and Nawafil. It does not mean that a person should leave Faraaid and just offer Nawafil.’

It is stated on page 674, part 4, volume 1 of Bahar-e-Shari’at, published by Maktaba-tul-Madinah, a publication department of Dawat-e-Islami: ‘There are many Nawafil. One can offer as many Nawafil as he wishes except during the time when it is not permissible to offer Salah.

The greater the hardships one suffers in this worldly life, the greater the reward he will receive in the Afterlife.

The Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated, ‘Greater rewards become due for greater hardships. When Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ likes some community, He makes them suffer (calamities), then whoever remains contented (with calamities)