Love of Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam)
In a discussion recently with a brother – May Allah bless him with good, my assertion that the pseudo-salafis do not understand the term “love – here we refer to Mahabbah” in reference to the Nabi Muhammad, was clearly manifested. He continued by mentioning “obedience” as well as all the other outward effects of love, yet never mentioned the love of the heart one should have for the Nabi (‘alayhis salam). This, in my view, is the disease found amongst many pseudo-salafis, and why many end-up apostatizing from the religion, or simply having the horrible manners that they have. If one is not taught that internal love for the Prophet Muhammad is a foundation of the faith, and that “love” simply means to “obey”, then the connection with the person of the Nabi ‘alayhis salaam is not solidified within the heart and leads to spiritual diseases of both the internal and external.