I was thinking today of what my goal was in my life and it boiled down to pain and pleasure. I then thought of what other goal is there that is different to pain and pleasure. Then a thought hit me.
Mind you am not Muslim, although I believe am religious in a sense. I thought of Islam and Muslims. Some religious Muslims also live their life with pain and pleasure in mind. They pray, give out zakat, fast so as they go to Jannah and avoid hell. Of course, they go to Jannah on Allah’s mercy haha. But then there are some people that exist out there that do all that out of LOVE of Allah. I believe love and pleasure is different even though they are related at times. The key point is that you can love someone or something without expecting any reward or anything basically.
So I have two questions: Does love also boil down to pleasure? And if you are a true muslim, Do you do Ibaadah for pain and pleasure or for the love of Allah?
Mind you am not Muslim, although I believe am religious in a sense. I thought of Islam and Muslims. Some religious Muslims also live their life with pain and pleasure in mind. They pray, give out zakat, fast so as they go to Jannah and avoid hell. Of course, they go to Jannah on Allah’s mercy haha. But then there are some people that exist out there that do all that out of LOVE of Allah. I believe love and pleasure is different even though they are related at times. The key point is that you can love someone or something without expecting any reward or anything basically.
So I have two questions: Does love also boil down to pleasure? And if you are a true muslim, Do you do Ibaadah for pain and pleasure or for the love of Allah?