The Ring of the Dove in Affection and Friendship

The Ring of the Dove: Author: Ibn Hazm al-Andalusi Language: Arabic Publication date: 2025 Book format: Paperback Publisher: Dar Nuta Number of pages: 224 About the book: Love - may Allah honor you - begins as jest and ends as seriousness, its meanings are so exalted that they cannot be described, and its true nature can only be understood through suffering. It is not contrary to religion, nor forbidden in Sharia, as hearts are in the hands of Allah, the Almighty. It is passion, infatuation, ardor, obsession, love, secret meetings, affection, infatuation, or madness. People have differed about the nature of love and have spoken at length, but what I believe is that it is a connection between parts of souls divided in this creation, originating from their noble essence. The Ring of the Dove in friendship and bonds, Ibn Hazm al-Andalusi's treatise on the description of love, its meanings, causes, symptoms, and what occurs within it and with it. He limited it to what he knew and experienced from incidents, events, and situations, including valuable advice and benefits distributed across chapters, beginning with the chapter on signs of love and ending with the chapter on chastity. In it, Ibn Hazm addressed the emotion of love in a narrative style from an analytical human perspective, including poetry, news, and stories of lovers as seen or told to him by trustworthy people of his time. One of the most beautiful writings on love, a must-read book in every era, for love has no shame in hearts.