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Solidarity and Mercy between believers | Riyadus Saliheen | Sheikh Ibrahim Nuhu

Hadith in focus #222: Go back to the Qur’an and Sunnah to be united

Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ) said, “The relationship of the believer with another believer is like (the bricks of) a building, each strengthens the other.” He (PBUH) illustrated this by interlacing the fingers of both his hands.

If one side of the building gets destroyed, the other side, even if it’s not destroyed, becomes weak. This is the same with regard to the attitude of a believer. In Islam, you can’t support somebody who’s an enemy to a believer just because you don’t like the believer. Imaan combines us; it brings us together despite the differences in understandings, hatred or dunya-related matters.

Reverence Towards the Sanctity of the Muslims | Riyadus Saliheen | Sheikh Ibrahim Nuhu

This is the introduction to the 27th Riyadhus-Saliheen chapter which talks about respecting fellow Muslims. It’ll also talk about the right of a believer upon another believer and why we must show mercy to the believers.

Dealing with fellow believers:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ ) said: “The rights of one Muslim over another are five: returning the greeting of salaam, visiting the sick, attending funerals, accepting invitations, and saying yarhamuk Allah (may Allah have mercy on you) to one who sneezes.” (Bukhari, Muslim)

Moreover, you aren’t to stay away from a believer more than three days:

The Prophet ﷺ said: “It is not permissible for a man to forsake his Muslim brother for more than three days, each of them turning away from the other when they meet. The better of them is the one who gives the greeting of salaam first.” (Bukhari, Muslim)

If a believer has done evil to you, you have three days. But just because you have this right, doesn’t mean you should observe it. It’s only if you feel like you can’t forgive him/her. Anyway, after the three days, you have to convey the salaam to each other. If the other doesn’t respond, then it doesn’t matter as your side is cleared with Allah.

Accountability on our Wealth | Riyadus Saliheen | Sheikh Ibrahim Nuhu

Khaulah bint `Thamir (May Allah be pleased with her) reported: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ ) said, “Many people misappropriate (acquire wrongfully) Allah’s Property (meaning Muslims’ property). These people will be cast in Hell on to the Day of Resurrection”.
Sahih Bukhari

This is general i.e. we’re not talking about ONE person who is in-charge of taking care of the wealth of the ummah. The Prophet ﷺ is not talking about leaders alone, he’s talking about anybody who has to take care of wealth but didn’t put it in the proper place.

Wealth in general belongs to Allah. So, if the money is in your pocket, it means you’re a caretaker or somebody who’s monitoring it and meant to put it in the right place.

If you have money, you have to realise there’s two questions related to it:
1. How did you get it?
2. How are you spending it?

For example, a man is getting married and he wants to prove he’s rich. He gets so much food, the remaining of which ends up getting thrown…he’ll be questioned about it. So what do you think of one who’s wasting wealth?

Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The poor Muslims will enter Paradise before the rich by half of a day, the length of which is five hundred years.” (Sunan al-Tirmidhī)

What’s this half a day? 500 years! Why are the rich ones left behind? It doesn’t mean the rich ones will go to hell. Wealth can take you to a position higher than the fuqara if you utilise it properly. On the Day of Judgement, Allah will ask you about every single ringgit; how did you get and how did you spend it.

Rights of the Road | Riyadus Saliheen | Sheikh Ibrahim Nuhu

During Sheikh Ibrahim’s Riyadhus Saliheen class (26/10/18) he mentions how the below hadith in particular demonstrates the comprehensiveness of Islam. There are a lot of different lessons that can be learnt from it:

𝐇𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Beware! Avoid sitting on the roads (ways).” The people said, “There is no way out of it as these are our sitting places where we have talks.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “If you must sit there, then observe the rights of the way.” They asked, “What are the rights of the way?” He said, “They are the lowering of your gazes (on seeing what is illegal to look at), refraining from harming people, returning greetings, advocating good and forbidding evil.”
Hadith 190, Chapter 23, Riyadhus Saliheen

He (ﷺ) warns us from sitting on the side of the road but if you insist on disagreeing with him, then give the right of the road, i.e. give precedence to the rights to people passing you.