Comments on: Is This Love I’m Feeling?

By: What Muslim Women Look For In A Husband « SEASONSALI

What Muslim Women Look For In A Husband « SEASONSALI — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 06:07:16 +0000

[...] This is where you need to ask yourself is this really love I’m feeling? [...]

By: Dar

Dar — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:33:18 +0000

May Allah grant you goodness YASMIN MOGAHED.

By: Abdullah

Abdullah — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:30:56 +0000

Honestly, I also wondered this word Hawa meant. It is so important to understand the Arabic language at a deeper level. Previously I understood Hawa to be vain desires, as in lust, or unlawful intimacy of opposite gender but you broaden that understanding. Hawa is more your vain desires that has the ability to further you away from Allah (swt) or even worse completely take you out of your deen. Hawa in so many ways is related to the heart, and attaching yourself to something much more than he/she/it deserves. Hawa bring an uneasiness in the heart and never bring peace and calm. Interesting read. I had to read it twice.

By: True Love or just plain Obsession..? | In pursuit of Peace!

True Love or just plain Obsession..? | In pursuit of Peace! — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 18:17:26 +0000

[...] Source: Is this love I’m feeling – Article by Sister Yasmin Mogahed [...]

By: Anam Shahid

Anam Shahid — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:03:42 +0000

jazaakiLLAHu khairan katheera for the article..

By: Nida

Nida — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 01:10:50 +0000

I wonder, has this writer ever had a crush or been in love ? How did she deal with the heart attacks and feelings when ones infatuation is near.

By: Saad

Saad — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:25:20 +0000

Something we all needed. Thank you Yasmin!

By: As Bob Marley asked… « Eye on ‘Gay Muslims’

As Bob Marley asked… « Eye on ‘Gay Muslims’ — Sun, 08 May 2011 20:49:51 +0000

[...] Is this LOVE that I’m feeling? [...]

By: R

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 18:58:56 +0000

wow Yasmine

You make clear so many complex issues that affect and confuse us all…keep it up, I love your program Serenity x

By: Anas Aljumaily

Anas Aljumaily — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:59:52 +0000

Great article, thank you for posting it.

I’d like to add that the truest and most fulfilling form of love is true love for Allah. Not only is it fulfilling, loving Allah is also important because love is the strongest emotional motivator behind a man or a woman’s action. Human beings are better driven and motivated to action by love than by hate or fear (the opposite). The desire to do something and then accomplishing the task is multiplied when the task is being done to please someone you love. You could argue that such an effect may be the same for actions driven by “hate” but the two (love & hate) clearly diverge, and love takes the advantage, when it comes to the sense of fulfilment one gets after he/she finishes the task and sees the happiness on the loved one’s face.

Say someone loves someone else like a father, a sister or a spouse; the love translates into a goal to satisfy the loved one and to see that you do whatever it takes to make them happy. When it comes to loving Allah, who gave you everything from who you are, to your body, to the air and water keeping you alive, to the clothes you wear, to the house you sleep in, to the car you ride in (I ride a train), to the family you love, to the luxuries you enjoy to the to the! The list goes on I can’t begin to list all of Allah’s wonderful bestowments. So how do you even begin to show your appreciation for someone who gave you so much?! How can we, after receiving all that we are and call our own from Him, not love Allah?

Let’s not forget, Allah gave you that amazing, calming and serene feeling we call LOVE!

Salam