40 Hadith #55: Brotherhood and Piety (2)

Read by our brother Abu Arwa Ali

Summary

  • Recap of previous lesson on envy
  • The Prophet (ﷺ) said “A Muslim is the brother of a Muslim: he neither oppresses him nor does he fail him”
  • The evil of those who slander, belittle or backbite the scholars

Currently on Hadith 35: Brotherhood and Piety

  • From Abū Hurayrah (raḍiyallāhu ʿanhu) who said: The Messenger of Allāh (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wasallam) said, “Do not envy one another; do not inflate prices one to another; do not hate one another; do not turn away from one another; and do not undercut one another, but be you, O servants of Allāh, brothers. A Muslim is the brother of a Muslim: he neither oppresses him nor does he fail him, he neither lies to him nor does he hold him in contempt. Piety (taqwā) is right here – and he pointed to his breast three times. It is evil enough for a man to hold his brother muslim in contempt. The whole of a Muslim for another Muslim is inviolable: his blood, his property, and his honor.” [Related by Muslim]
  • The explanation of this hadith is split into 4 part
  • Recap of previous lesson:
    • What is envy?
      • Envy generally occurs between contemporaries
      • The envier only tortures himself with his envy
    • What does it mean to artificially inflate prices?
    • The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said do not hate one another, what does this mean?
      • One should not embark on or pursue a path towards Hatred
      • How can one counter hatred?
      • What about the people of innovation
    • What does it mean to turn away from one another? Are there exceptions
    • What does it mean to undercut one another?

Part 2:  The second part of the statement of the Messenger of Allah ()

  • This concerns the statement of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) “ but be you, O servants of Allāh, brothers. A Muslim is the brother of a Muslim: he neither oppresses him nor does he fail him, he neither lies to him nor does he hold him in contempt.”
  • The Prophet (ﷺ) “but be you, O servants of Allāh, brothers”:
    • He ﷺ then emphasised this by adding “A Muslim is the brother of a Muslim”
    • Our Family are dear to us, however the brotherhood and sisterhood in Islam lasts forever and it carries on in the afterlife
    • What has Allah said in the Qur’an about this?
  • The Prophet (ﷺ) then said “he neither oppresses him nor does he fail him”
    • How does one betray his brother?
    • What is an example of this?
    • The evil of those who slander, belittle or backbite the scholars

Questions: 

  • What about those (e.g. Yasir Qadhi) who say that Muslims who live in the west should not turn to the scholars living in the east as those scholars who live in east “do not know” how we live

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