Mutual Co-operation, Unity and Social Work
SAYINGS OF THE MESSENGER
(SallAllaahu
‘Alayhi wa ‘Aalihii Wasallam)
238. Sayyidina
Nu’maan bin Basheer (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
The Believers
in their mutual pity, love and affection are like one body. When an organ is in
pain the whole body has fever and becomes restless. (Bukhari, Muslim)
239. Sayyidina
Anas (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
Help your brother
whether he is an oppressor or an oppressed. Someone asked, “Messenger of Allah,
I will help the oppressed surely; but, how may I help the oppressor?” The
Prophet (Peace Be upon Him) said: Stop him from oppressing someone. That in
itself is helping him. (Bukhari, Tirmizi)
240. Sayyidina
Jabir and Abu Talhah (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ha)
If a Muslim
deserts another Muslim at a time when he is being disgraced and humiliated then
Allah will leave him helpless at a time when he is in need of help. But, as for
one who helps a Muslim when he is being disgraced and humiliated, Allah will
help him at a time when he is in need of help. (Abu Dawood, Jama’ al-Fawaa’id)
241. Sayyidina
Abu Darda (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
He who defends
the honour of his brother will have Allah remove the Fire from his face on the
day of Resurrection. (Tirmizi,
Jama’ al-Fawaa’id)
242. Sayyidina
‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
A Muslim is the
brother of another Muslim. He does not tyrannize him nor does he hand him over
to his enemy. As for him, who looks after the needs of his brother, Allah will
look after his needs. If anyone removes an anxiety of a Muslim, Allah will
remove an anxiety from his anxieties on the day of Resurrection. If anyone keeps
the secret of a Muslim then Allah will conceal his faults on the day of
Resurrection. (Abu Dawood, Jama’
al-Fawaa’id)
243. Sayyidina
‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
If anyone
recompenses an oppressed to get him his rights, Allah will keep him steadfast
on the bridge Siraat when many steps would waver. (Bukhari, Muslim, Tirmizi)
244. Sayyidina Abu Hurayrah (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
Each one of you
is a mirror for his brother. Therefore, if anyone finds a stain on it, he
should remove that stain. (Tirmizi, Jama’
al-Fawaa’id)
245. Sayyidina
Abu Zarr (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
Let not anyone
of you think little of any pious deed. If he cannot do anything let him at
least meet his brother with good cheer. When you buy meat or cook something,
dilute it and send something of it to your neighbor. (Tirmizi, Jama’ al-Fawaa’id)
246. Sayyidina Abu Hurayrah (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
When anyone
invites people to follow guidance he gets as many rewards as earned by those people
who listen to him and follow his advice without anything being deducted from
the reward of those people. But, when someone prompts others to do evil then he
will get the sin of all those people who have followed his advice while nothing
will be lessened from their sin. (Bukhari,
Muslim)
Social Work
268. Sayyidina
Tameen ad-Daari (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
Surely, religion is the name of goodwill.
The narrator said,” We asked him for whom?”
He answered: For Allah, for His book, for His Messenger,
for the leaders of the Muslims and for their common people. (Muslim, Abu Dawood)
269. Sayyidina
Abu Sa’eed Khudri (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
If anyone of
you sees another doing an evil then he should stop it with his hand, but if he
does not have that ability, then he should stop the evil with his tongue by
mentioning it. However, if he does not have that ability too then (at least)
let him have it in his heart that it is an evil and this is the weakest form
of faith. (Muslim, Jama’
al-Fawaa’id)
270. Sayyidina
Abu Bakr (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
When people see
the tyrant (being oppressive) and do not seize his hands then it cannot be
ruled out that Allah will let His punishment descend on all of them. (Abu Dawood, Tirmizi)
271. Sayyidina
Abu Sa’eed (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
It is also the
most supreme jihad that just words be spoken before a tyrant. (Abu Dawood, Tirmizi, Jama’ al-Fawaa’id)
272. Sayyidah
Umm Salmah (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ha)
He whose advice
is sought is a trustee. (If he gives an advice which he does not himself
consider correct then he is being mistrustful.) (Tirmizi, Jama’ al-Fawaa’id)
273. Sayyidina Abu Hurayrah (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
Faith has more
than seventy branches. The most excellent of these is to affirm the kalimah
(Laa ‘ilaaha ‘illAallah, there is no god but Allah). The least excellent is
to remove something harmful from the road. And, modesty is also a branch of
faith. (Bukhari, Muslim, Mishkat)
274. Sayyidina
Abu Sa’eed (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
Avoid sitting
on the thoroughfare. If you must sit then give it its right.
The Companions
(Radi-ALLAHO-An-hum) asked: “O Messenger
of Allah! What is the right of the thoroughfare?”
The
Prophet (Peace Be upon Him) said, “Keep your gaze down. Remove(1) what is
harmful. Respond to the greetings. Enjoin piety, and forbid evil. (In another
version, i.e. are told also) Help the oppressed and guide him who has lost his
directions.” (Bukhari, Muslim)
(1). The words of the Hadith allow for two
renderings: Remove filth, or Remove what is injurious.
275. Sayyidina Abu Hurayrah (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
If anyone helps
someone in hardship making things easy for him, Allah will make it easy for him
in this world and the next. If anyone keeps the secret of a Muslim, Allah will
conceal his faults in this world and the next. And, as long as a slave (of
Allah) is occupied in helping his brother, Allah goes on aiding him. (Muslim, Jama’ al-Fawaa’id)
276. Sayyidina
‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
Allah has
created some of His creatures in order that they may fulfill the needs of
people. When people face any difficulty they get worried and turn to them. Such
people are protected from the punishment of Allah. (Tabarani, Jama’ al-Fawaa’id)
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