Treat others the way you want to be treated
بـسـم الله والحـمـد لله والـصلاة والـسـلام عــلى رسـول الله، وبـعـد
[Sharh Riyaadh al-Saaliheen, pg. 2/590]
Shaikh al-`Uthaymeen رحمه الله said:
It is a must that you – O Muslim brother – nurture
yourself to love for your brothers what you love for yourself till you become
upright in faith. And in an authentic narration the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم
said:
من أحب أن يزحزح عن النار ويدخل الجنة فلتأته منيته وهو
يؤمن بالله واليوم الآخر، ويحب أن يأتي إلى الناس ما يؤتى إليه
“Whoever wishes to be delivered
from the Fire and enter the Garden should die with faith in Allaah and the Last
Day and should treat the people as he wishes to be treated by them.”
[1]
The first part (of the Hadeeth) is about the rights of
Allaah (Haqq-ullaah), and the second part is the rights of the servants (Haqq
al-`ibaad). “Death approaches you while you believe (firmly) in Allaah and the
Last Day.” We ask Allaah that He تعالى makes us and you like
that; and that you love to treat your brother in the same way you wish to be
treated.
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[1] It has been narrated on the authority of
`Abdul Rahmaan ibn Abdu Rabb al-Ka'ba who said: I entered the mosque when `Abdullaah
ibn `Amr
ibn al-`Aas was sitting in the shade of the Ka`bah and the people had gathered
around him. I betook myself to them and sat near him. (Now) `Abdullaah said: I
accompanied the Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم on a journey. We halted at a place. Some of
us began to erect their tents, others began to compete with one another in
shooting, and others began to graze their beasts, when an announcer of the
Messenger of Allaah صلى
الله عليه وسلم
announced that the people should gather together for prayer. So we gathered
around the Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم. He said: “It
was the duty of every Prophet that has gone before me to guide his followers to
what he knew was good for them and warn them against what he knew was bad for
them. However, this Ummah of yours has its days of peace and (security) at the
beginning of its career, and in the last phase of its existence it will be
afflicted with trials and with things disagreeable to you. (In this phase of
the Ummah), there will be tremendous trials, one after the other, each making
the previous one dwindle into insignificance. When they are afflicted with a
trial, the believer will say: This is going to bring about my destruction. When
(the trial) is over, they will be afflicted with another trial and the believer
will say: This surely is going to be my end. Whoever wishes to be delivered
from the Fire and enter the Garden should die with faith in Allaah and the Last
Day and should treat the people as he wishes to be treated by them. He who
swears allegiance to a Caliph should give him the pledge of his hand and the
sincerity of his heart (i.e. submit to him both outwardly as well as inwardly).
He should obey him to the best of his capacity. If another man comes forward
(as a claimant to Caliphate), disputing his authority, they (the Muslims)
should behead the latter.” The narrator says: I came close to him
(`Abdullaah ibn `Amr ibn al-`Aas) and said to him: Can you say on oath that you
heard it from the Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم? He pointed with his hands to his ears and
his heart and said: My ears heard it and my mind retained it. I said to him:
This cousin of yours, Mu`aawiyah, orders us to consume our wealth unjustly
among ourselves and to kill one another, while Allaah says: {O you who believe, do not consume your wealth among
yourselves unjustly, unless it be trade based on mutual agreement, and do not
kill yourselves. Verily, Allaah is Merciful to you} [Surah al-Nisaa
(4):29]. The narrator says that (on hearing this) `Abdullaah ibn `Amr ibn
al-`Aas kept quiet for a while and then said: “Obey him in so far as he is
obedient to Allaah; and disobey him in matters involving disobedience to
Allaah.” [Saheeh Muslim (3437)]
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