Will Allah forgive the shirk of love for someone ignorant of it, knowing that Ibn al-Qayyim said that Allah will not forgive it?
The polytheism of love, like other major forms of polytheism ( akbar), is unforgivable if its perpetrator dies upon it. However, repentance before death is accepted. Ibn al-Qayyim explicitly stated that the polytheism of love is the root of unforgivable polytheism, and that love is the essence of worship and the aim of monotheism. He indicated that whoever associates anyone with Allah in special love has committed a polytheism that Allah will not forgive, because it is the love that entails humility, submission, and perfect obedience. This love is the very purpose of creation and command, the first call of the Messengers, and the last words of a believing servant.
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