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The question

Will my love for many people, including those who may not be fully religiously committed, expose me to entering Hellfire based on the Hadith "A person is with those whom he loves"?

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The answer

A human being is naturally inclined to love those who do good to them. A person's love for someone who has done them good, or for a relative or colleague, is permissible. The best love is love for the sake of Allah, as it is one of the reasons for the sweetness of faith, and one of the best acts of closeness and worship through which a servant draws near to Allah. Whoever Allah and His Messenger love, and loves a person only for the sake of Allah, and dislikes returning to disbelief, will find the sweetness of faith. Love for the sake of Allah is a reason for entering Paradise. Whoever loves a people will be resurrected with them, even if their deeds fall short of their status. Permissible love for those who are deficient in their deeds does not cause the lover to be joined with them in the Hereafter; rather, their rank will be according to their own deeds and Allah's grace upon them.

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