Is "for what is loved for its sake" intended to mean the permissibility of loving a created being for a quality inherent in them and not for their essence, what is the nature of a person's love for themselves, and what is the ruling on loving a football team for no reason?
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We have discussed the words of Shaykh al-Islam in fatwas numbered 165829 and 165463. And a person's love for themselves is an innate, natural disposition, as we clarified in number 96545. As for the love of a football team, it must have a reason, and this love may be permissible or forbidden. For details, please refer to fatwa number 36356.
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