Ammon – In order to truly and truly love God, you must follow some steps:
Preferring God’s love over self-love and desires. This means that you place love and obedience to God above any personal desires you may have.
The certainty that God’s love is not for anything but Him. You should know that you should not fear or respect anyone or anything as much as you fear and respect God, and that God is in control of everything in the universe.
Complete servitude to God, which means that you obey and submit to God’s will in every detail of your life. Worship and obedience are the way you express your perfect love for God.
Meditate on God’s beautiful names and sublime attributes, because this helps you understand God and strengthen your love and relationship with Him.
Continuing to remember God with the heart and tongue, and to be preserved for the remembrance of God at all times. Whoever attaches his heart to the remembrance of God, God will love him.
Remembrance of God’s blessings, as mentioning God’s blessings increases your love for Him.
Worshiping God in the way that pleases Him, and the Muslim must try to observe God in all his actions, words, movements, and dwellings, and to live with Him, seek His help, and turn to Him in every ordeal.
Take care to avoid everything that can separate you from God, such as sins and disobedience.
Following the Sunnah of the Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, by following his orders and avoiding his prohibitions. The love of God requires following His Messenger.
Do more supererogatory prayers, because God loves them and brings you closer to Him.
More reading the Holy Quran, because it is the word of God and by reading it you communicate with God.
Take care to be alone with God, where you can pray two rak’ahs, supplicate to God and repent to Him at night, and be in this solitude purely for God alone.
The heart is pained and sad when leaving obedience or missing the opportunity to obey.
Showing good morals and being keen on good deeds and doing good, and avoiding everything that is reprehensible.
Keenness to love the prophets and righteous saints whom God loves.
The certainty that the pleasure of this world and enjoying it has no place in the heart of those who love God.
God’s love is not just a saying but a state and an action, and we must strive to achieve it through these steps. Among the fruits of the love of God is contentment with God’s will, constant longing for God, hope for His forgiveness and mercy, self-sufficiency in God, feeling pity for God’s creation, anger for His sake, jealousy over His rights, contentment with Him, love of worship and pleasure in it, racing to please God and avoiding His disobedience.
We are human beings and it may be difficult for us to achieve these steps perfectly, but we must strive, learn and develop in the love of God, and seek God’s help in this pursuit.
