لَا يحبّني إلَّا مؤمن، وَلَا يَبغضني إلَّا منَافق.

Only a believer loves me. And only a munafiq (hypocrite) dislikes me. https://twitter.com/nfghumman/status/1294404895643246593

آية المنافق بغض الأنصار وآية المؤمن حبّ الأنصار.

The sign of a hypocrite is (his) hatred for the Ansar. And the sign of a believer is (his) love for the Ansar.

Explaining this hadith, Imam al Nawawi states:

These ahadith mean that whoever recognizes the status of the Ansar, what they did to serve the Din of Islam, their efforts in proclaiming Islam, their offering refuge to the Muslims,

(how they) flawlessly carried out the Din of Islam’s essential matters, their love for Nabi (saw) and his(saw)love for them, (how) they sacrificed their wealth and lives in his(saw) presence, (how) they, in giving preference to Islam, fought their enemies;

and he (also) recognizes ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib’s (ra) propinquity to Nabi (saw) the Messenger’s (saw) love for him, what he did in support of Islam, and (the fact that) he was of the first to accept Islam;

then whoever recognizes this and then shows love to the Ansar and ‘Ali—because of the above—then, that indicated to the soundness of his iman, and his belief therein.

This is because of his happiness for the manifestation of Islam, and the undertaking of that which pleases Allah(swt) and His Messenger (saw). And whoever dislikes them, it is because of his opposition to this,

and it points towards his hypocrisy and the corruptness of his inner state. And Allah knows best"

Ibn Rajab states:

"Love of the auliya’ is generally (considered) part of (one’s) iman—and in fact one of its highest stages, and disliking them is haram (prohibited). It is actually from the qualities of hypocrisy

because it is usually something that is not displayed outwardly. Therefore, if someone exposes this hatred, he is, in fact exposing his hypocrisy. In reality, this is worse than a person who conceals and (attempts to) hide it.

Whoever is more privileged in Din, either on account of his suhbah (companionship to Nabi saw), or on account of his familial relationships with Nabi (saw)

or because of his service (to Islam), then such a person should be shown more love and less hatred. Even the forerunners to Islam such as the first Muhajirin, they are also more deserving (of the above), like ‘Ali (ra)."

Al Mubarakpuri states:

The hadith, “Only a believer loves you,” means “He, i.e. the believer loves you in such a way that is lawful (and) in conformity to reality, no more, no less.”

This will assure that both the Nusayri and Khariji are excluded. Therefore, who loves him, i.e. ‘Ali and dislikes the Sheikhayn (Abu Bakr and ‘Umar radiya Llahu ‘anhuma), then he too has not expressed his love in a lawful manner.

The remainder, “and only a munafiq dislikes you.” either means he is an actual (haqiqatan) munafiq, or under the precepts (hukman) of a munafiq"

This thread is basically done to explain the hadith