Loving our Lord is mandatory upon each of His slaves since the Prophet informed us that it is a characteristic of belief and a sign of enjoying the sweetness of faith. Anas ibn Malik narrated that the Prophet said: “One who attains the following three things will taste the sweetness of faith: To make Allah and His Messenger more beloved to himself than anything else; to love a person for no other reason except for the sake of Allah; and to hate to return to disbelief just as much as he would hate to be thrown into fire.” [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

First: Humble towards the believers; merciful and compassionate with them, just as the Prophet was in his leniency, mercy and compassion with the believers.

• To do good: {"And do good. Truly, Allah loves the good-doers."} [Quran, 2: 195]
• To repent and purify themselves: {"Truly, Allah loves those who turn unto Him in repentance and loves those who purify themselves"} [Quran, 2: 222].
• To be are pious: {"Yes, whoever fulfils his pledge and fears Allah much; verily, then Allah loves those who are the pious"} [Quran, 3: 76].
• To be patient: {"But they never lost heart for that which did befall them in Allah's way, nor did they weaken nor degrade themselves. And Allah loves the patient"} [Quran, 3: 146]
• To rely on Allah: {"Then when you have taken a decision, rely on Allah, certainly, Allah loves those who rely on Him."} [Quran 3: 159]
• To be just: {"And if you judge, judge with justice between them. Verily, Allah loves those who act justly."} [Quran, 3: 42].
• To be sincere in Jihad: {"Verily Allah loves those who fight in His Cause in rows (ranks) as if they were a solid structure."} [Quran, 61: 4].

Ibn Al-Qayyim mentioned some actions that inspire the love of Allah The Almighty:

• Reciting the Quran with attentiveness and pondering over its meanings.
• Performing optional acts of worship after fulfilling the obligatory ones.
• Always remembering Allah The Almighty in the heart, by the tongue and deeds, because one will benefit proportional to the amount that he remembers Allah.
• Favoring His love over any other love, particularly when your desires become strong.
• Striving hard to reach that which He loves.
• Learning and pondering over His qualities and attributes, because the one who learns and ponders over the qualities and attributes of Allah will certainly love Him due to this.
• Thinking about His apparent and concealed favors and kindness.
• Supplicating and appealing to Him during the last third of every night, reciting His Book, standing with full servitude before Him and begging for His forgiveness.
• Being around righteous people who sincerely love Allah and learning the best of what they say.