The Ring of the Dove by Ali ibn Hazm al-Andalusi ... Love - may Allah protect you - begins as a joke and ends as seriousness. Its meanings are so subtle and majestic that they cannot be described. Its reality can only be grasped through experience. It is neither reprehensible in religion nor prohibited in Sharia, as hearts are in the hand of Allah the Almighty. Passion, then infatuation, then passion, then obsession; love, then whispering, then infatuation, then madness. People have differed about the nature of love and have spoken at length. What I believe is that it is a connection between the parts of the souls divided in this creation at the origin of its sublime element. The Ring of the Dove on Intimacy and Intimacy, a treatise by Ibn Hazm al-Andalusi on the description of love, its meanings, causes, symptoms, and what occurs during and for it. In it, he limited himself to what he knew and experienced of facts, incidents and situations. He included great advice and benefits, which he distributed in chapters, starting with the chapter on signs of love and concluding with the chapter on chastity. In it, Ibn Hazm addresses the emotion of love in a narrative style from a human analytical perspective, including poetry, news, and stories of lovers as witnessed or told to him by trustworthy people of his time. It is one of the most beautiful books ever written about love, a book that must be read at all times. Love is not shy in hearts.