Brotherhood In Islam

Allah says:

إِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ إِخْوَةٌ فَأَصْلِحُوا بَيْنَ أَخَوَيْكُمْ ۚ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ

Allaah, the Most High, stated in his praise of the believers: “The believers are nothing else than brothers. So make reconciliation between your brothers, and fear Allah, that you may receive mercy.” Q49:10. Similar verse includes: Q59:10, 49:12, Q3:103, Q9:71. The rights of a Muslim brother in the hadith include the followings:

1. A Muslim is a brother to another Muslim. So,

* Do not harbour hatred against one another,
* Do not artificially inflate prices against one another,
* Do not be jealous of one another,
* Do not turn desert one another,
* One of you should not enter into a transaction when the other has already entered into it; rather be brothers one to another and servants of Allah.
* A Muslim is a brother to another Muslim;
* He does not wrong him, and
* Does not desert him, nor despise him. Piety is found here [pointing three times to his chest; despising his Muslim brother is enough of an evil for any man to fall into.
* Every Muslim’s blood, property and honour are unlawful to be violated by another Muslim.” Muslim, Bulooghul-Maram 1539

2. You’re not truly believes until..? he loves for his brother what he loves for himself.” al-Bukhari (13) and Muslim (45), Ahmad (12734)

3. Do not outweigh your brother; he should not enter into a transaction when his brother had already entered into but not finalised… Muslim 1412

4. Do not boycott…your brother: It is not lawful for a Muslim to boycott his brother for more than three days. al-Bukhari 5718

5. Example of brothers in their affection, mercy, and compassion for each other is that of a body. When any limb aches, the whole body reacts with sleeplessness and fever. al-Bukhari 5665, Muslim 2586, Shu’ab al-Imān 10379

6. Help your brother

* He who relieves the hardship of a believer in this world, Allah will relieve his hardship on the Day of Judgment.
* He who makes easy what is difficult, Allah will make it easy for him in the world and the Hereafter.
* He who conceals the faults of a Muslim, Allah will conceal his faults in the world and the Hereafter, for Allah helps the servant as long as he helps his brother. Muslim 2699

7. Pray for your brother There is no Muslim servant who supplicates for his brother behind his back except that the angel says: For you the same. Muslim 2732,

8. Six beautiful rights:

* To respond to his sneeze,
* To respond to his invitation,
* To greet him with peace when he meets him,
* To visit him when he is sick,
* To follow his funeral prayer when he dies, and
* To love for him what he loves for himself. Sunan al-Tirmidhī 2736, al-Ādāb al-Shar’īyah 1/290

9. Do not seek out faults…of your brother

* Do not spy on each other,
* Do not seek out faults,
* Beware of suspicion, for suspicion is the most false of speech.
* Do not contend with each other,
* Do not envy each other,
* Do not hate each other, and
* Do not turn away from each other. Rather, be servants of Allah as brothers. al-Bukhari 5719

10. Find something good about your brother instead.
If you hear something from your brother that you reject, then make an excuse for him up to seventy excuses. If you cannot do it, then say: Perhaps he has an excuse I do not know. Shu’ab al-Iman 7853

11. Support your brother (whether oppressor or is being oppressed) al-Bukharī 6552, Sunan al-Tirmidhi 2612.

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May Allaah grant us understanding of His religion