This Is Love is a powerful, spiritually enriching book that guides believers to understand love from an Islamic worldview — love for Allah, love for His Messenger ﷺ, and love for His creation — in a way that reflects mercy, sincerity and true faith.
Authored by Dr. Ali Albarghouthi, the book spans approximately 484 pages, offering a comprehensive treatment of love's meaning, purpose and realization according to the Qur'an and Sunnah.
The Problem It Addresses
In a time when many equate love with sentiment, desire or fleeting emotion — often divorced from spiritual grounding — this book redirects the reader to the Source of all love: Allah.
It collects and explains forty authentic hadith illustrating how believers are commanded to love Allah, His Messenger ﷺ, and the bonds of brotherhood, compassion and justice among people. Through these prophetic teachings, the reader is reminded that Islam is not just a code of laws but a religion of mercy, compassion and deep, purposeful love.
More Than a Collection of Texts
The book does more than quote pious texts — it analyzes the misconceptions that surround the subject, addressing where popular understandings of love diverge from what the Shari'ah actually establishes, and what the consequences of that divergence are in practice.
Why Love Needed Its Own Forty-Hadith Collection
Because love in the Islamic tradition is not treated as sentiment alone — it is treated as something with conditions, objects and consequences. Loving Allah correctly shapes obedience; loving the Prophet ﷺ correctly shapes how his Sunnah is followed; loving creation correctly shapes conduct toward other people.
Who It Is For
Any Muslim wanting a substantial, hadith-grounded treatment of a subject too often left to sentiment. At nearly 500 pages, a genuine commitment rather than a quick read.
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