The path of love: the simplest act that becomes the most beloved.
Ustad Abdini explains that the highest path of the soul - the path of love (Maslak-e Hubbi) - is not only for the elite. This is a training ground that God has placed right in our homes.
The example of eating together:
Look at the simplest and most mundane act: a family sitting around the table and eating a meal together. It seems like the most normal thing in the world. But the narrator says that when a family sits together to eat, God finds nothing more beloved to Him than that.
The Prophet (Sawa) said:
"There is no person who gathers his family, then takes out his food and says one name. And they say the name of God at the beginning of their meal, and praise Him at the end, the mighty and the majestic, and this is taken away. "A table until they are forgiven. ".
"There is no man who gathers his family, then lays down his food, and he mentions the name of Allah and they mention the name of Allah at the beginning of their meal, and they praise Him at the end, except that the table is raised while they have forgiven them. ".
This simple meal - this basic human need - becomes a sacred act. It is an outward expression of a united core family. How practical and accessible the way of love is. You don't have to retreat to the mountain; You just have to sit with your family and eat with love.
—. November 10, 2026.
Practical Islam - Said Samer Hakim.