Rasulullah Sallallaho alaihe wasallam has said that Allah Ta’ala loves three persons and detests three. Those whom Allah loves are (1) a person who, when a beggar came and begged from some people, none of them being related to him, and was refused by them, got up quietly and gave him something secretly so that only Allah Ta’ala and the beggar knew of it; (2) a person who was one of a party that travelled all night till sleep overtook them, but when all of them went to sleep (for a short while), he got up and engaged in devotions, begging Allah’s favour with importunity and reciting from the Holy Qur’an; and (3) a person who was in a detachment that fought in Jehaad and was defeated but he went straight ahead till he was martyred or granted victory.
 
The three whom Allah Ta’ala detests are an old man who indulges in adultery, a beggar who is proud and a rich man who is oppressive.
 
Note:
There are several different Traditions about the above subject concerning the six types of persons mentioned in this Hadith. At Ayat No. 9 under the Ayat series above, this very Hadith has been mentioned. Some of the Traditions mention only one type of person and some, more than one. One Hadith says that there are three occasions when the prayer (Du’aa) of a person is not rejected, but certainly accepted.