I love you for the sake of Allah, not for any other reasons :)

That is what I really wanted to tell you, my dear sister in Islam.. :)

Innamal mu'minuuna ikhwah.. we are sisters in Islam..

Laa tadkhulul jannata hattaa tu'minuu.. you will not enter jannah until you believe.. Wa laa tu'minuu hatta tuhaabbuu.. and you are not a believer until you love each other.. (because of La ilaaha illallah..)

Syaithan does not want us to come together.. and that's why we should work harder to come together..

In order for us to come together.. we have to forgive each other.. and when we forgive, we also forget..

We have to find excuses for our brothers and sisters when they make mistakes.. for we ourselves make mistakes also..

Those who forgive will be amongst the people of Jannah..

Allah subhanahu wataala mentioned the characteristics of the people in Jannah..,

Alladziina yunfiquuna fis sarraa-i wad dharraa-i wal kaadzimiina wal ghaizha wal 'aafiina 'anin-naas (3:134)..

Those who spend (in the cause of Allah) during ease and harship, and those who hold back their anger, and those who forgive others...

Ask ourselves..

Do I want Jannah, or do I want to keep that grudge in my heart..

Do I want Jannah, or do I want to still be angry at him/her...

Do I want Jannah, or do I want to hate my brother/sister..

Think about it..

I love you for the sake of Allah.. :)

We are all from the ummah of Prophet Muhammad Shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam..

We are all worshipping the same Lord..

We are all following the deen of peace, the religion of Islam..

Thus we should love each other.. at least love for your brother/sister what you love for yourself..

Rasulullah shallallahu alaihi wasallam once said, Laa yu'minu ahadukum hatta yuhibba li akhiihi ma yuhibbu li nafsihi.. None of you truly believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself..

This is the minimum requirement for every muslims..said Imam an-Nawawi rahimahullah..

Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala praises the Anshar,

Wa yu2tsiruuna 'ala anfusihim wa lau kaana bihim khashaashah.. and they prefer others over themselves even though they are in need of it. (59:9)

That's where we have to reach, we have to love our brothers/sisters even more than ourselves, when they are muslims, when they say Laa ilaaha illallah..

Why?

Because when you love your brother/sister more than you love yourself, whatever you give to him/her, whatever you help him/her, whatever you provide for him/her, ALLAH will give you much more than that..

and when you do it, you do it for the sake of Allah.. you dont do it because you want something in return.. You have to love your brother/sister because of La ilaaha illallah..because he/she is from the ummah of Muhammad shallallahu alaihi wa sallam..

We want to enter Jannah....

Allah subhanahu wataala describes the hearts of the people in Jannah.. nobody enters jannah.. illa man ata-llaha bi qalbin saleem.. (26:89) except for those who come with a healthy heart..

no jealousy, no hatred, but with La ilaha illallah muhammad rasulullah.. loving each other for the sake of Allah..

~An excerpt from Syaikh Abdulbary Yahya's khutbah