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We begin by praising Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and bearing witness that none has the right to be worshipped or unconditionally obeyed except for him, and we bear witness that Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is his final messenger, we ask Allah to send his peace and blessings upon him.

The prophets and messengers that came before him, his family and companions that served alongside him and those that followed his blessed path until the day of judgment, and we ask Allah to make us amongst them.

The brothers and sisters, last week as we spoke about this concept of Hosn of 1 in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, expecting good from Allah.

Even as you fear your sins, we talked about how it's actually important to embrace that tension that the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam mentioned, Arabic that I hope the best from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and I at the same time fear my sins, I fear the effect of my sins.

And subhanahu alayhi wa sallam, you see that one of the beauties of Tasqiya, one of the beauties of spirituality as it's defined in Islam, is that it doesn't leave these concepts open-ended for the mind to define it, for our hewa, for our desires to define it as we see fit.

I love Allah, therefore I'm good, I have no obligations upon me, no one can tell me that what I'm doing is wrong, I have nothing to worry about because I love Allah and I expect well from Allah, I know in my heart that he's going to forgive me, you can't do that, there is an obligation, there is a structure, a framework for Hussain of 1 in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for expecting good in Allah, and as we said, that is when you are doing good that you expect good from Allah.

So after your sin, when you are repenting, you expect Allah's forgiveness, when you're in hardship and you make du'at, you expect Allah's answer to your du'at, and after you seek to remedy yourself, of those sins, you expect Allah's forgiveness, and you expect His jannah, and you wish for the best from Him as you are doing the best that you possibly can do.

Now when it comes to the concept of loving Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, it's a heavy claim, and I came across something from Ahmed bin Asul, the Allah wa ta'ala on him, that's narrated to him, and is narrated to several people as they were passing away from the salaf, from the pious predecessors, and it sparks an interesting discussion.

In his last moment says he's passing away, his final du'at, he says Allah ma inni o'hibbuk wa inn kuintu a'aseek.

O Allah, you know that I love you, I love you, even though I used to disobey you, well as to Azeez and fa'am plusir, wa'la baritin fa'atether, I'm not in any position of strength to support anyone else or help anyone else, I'm not innocent to seek forgiveness on behalf of someone else.

I am completely in need of you in these moments, and I know that I love you, and so as he makes this admission, I love you, even though I disobeyed you, wa'la kinni a'shadu wa'la ilaha illa ant wahtakara shariqa la ku'anna Muhammad al-Abduqa Rasulukh.

I bear witness that you are one, and that you have no partner in that Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, is your slave and your messenger.

This beautiful statement that is attributed to him, and as we'll see many others, actually brings forth a very interesting moment of introspection that a striving person would have even as they are leaving this world.

Now when we talk about the love of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, it is connected constantly, and in fact, we've had khutvas about it, constantly to the obedience of Allah.

So just as Hussan al-Dhan in Allah, expecting good from Allah, is connected to doing good for Allah, do you love Allah, is connected to do you obey Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

It's throughout the Qur'an and throughout the Sunnah and throughout the statements of the Salaf.

In fact, we find Hussan al-Bassir Rahimahullah said, Za'am al-Kaumun, that they love Allah, that a group of people made the claim that we love Allah.

Fabat al-Ahum, by this verse, Allah tested them with a verse.

Say that if you truly love Allah, then follow the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and Allah will love you back.

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