Standard of Love

In this regard, the path [Maslak] of some people is this, the standard of love is obeying and following the beloved because the lover is the follower and obedient of the beloved.

“Surely the lover is loyal and is under the control of the beloved.”

(Ibne Asaakir, vol-32, pg. 469)

It is stated in the Holy Qur’aan: 

Please declare (O Beloved Prophet): “If you love Allaah, you should  follow me (Only then) Allaah will love you.”

(Holy Qur’aan, chapter, Aal-e-Imraan, verse- 31)

Excerpt from the Book ‘Zikr e Jameel’ by Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Shafee Okarvi [Rahmatul Laah Alaieh]