Question:

Does God punish those who love a person, who is in hellfire?

Answer:

Al-Husain Ibn Aban reported that Imam Al-Baqir (a.) said: “If a person loved someone for God, then God would reward him for his love for Him, even if the loved one is among the inhabitants of the fire in the knowledge of God, and if a person hated someone for God, then God would reward him for his hatred for him, even if the hated one is among the inhabitants of Paradise in the knowledge of God.” [Wasa’il-ush-Shi’ah of Al-Hurr Al-Amili, Volume 16 page 184 Hadith 29]

وعنهم، عن أحمد، عن أبي علي الواسطي، عن الحسين بن أبان، عمن ذكره، عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام قال: لو أن رجلا أحب رجلا لله لاثابه الله على حبه إياه، وإن كان المحبوب في علم الله من أهل النار، ولو أن رجلا أبغض رجلا لله لاثابه الله على بغضه وإن كان المبغض في علم الله من اهل الجنة