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DAILY POST #53
Imaam Ibn Hajar Al-‘Asqalaani – rahimahullaah – said:
It is reported from Anas radiyallaahu anhu- from the prophet – salallaahu alayhi wasallam – said:
“By him in whose hand my soul is, a slave of Allah does not truly believe until he wishes for his neighbor what he wishes for himself.” Agreed upon.
“By him in whose hand my soul is, a slave of Allah does not truly believe until he wishes for his neighbor what he wishes for himself.” Agreed upon.
Transmitted and recorded by Imaam Bukhaari in his ”Sahih”#13 and Imaam Muslim in his “Sahih “#45.
COMMENTARY
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The hadith shows the importance of the following:
The hadith shows the importance of the following:
1. It indicates that no one will be a true believer until he wishes and loves for his neighbor what he wishes for himself.
2. It shows the rights of a neighbor to his neighbor.
3. The word “Neighbor” in the hadith include both a Muslim and a Kaafir as explained by the Ulamaa . And also it was transmitted and recorded by Imam Bukhaari in his Adabul Mufrad that Abdullah Ibn Umar slaughtered a sheep and gave it to his Jewish neighbor as a gift in order to invite him into Islam.
4.It indicates that Islam is a mercy for every mankind. And that is why we are commanded in the Quran to invite others with wisdom. Allah says
in Suratul-Nahl, Verse 125:
Call to the way of your Lord with wisdom and goodly exhortation, and have disputations with them in the best manner; surely your Lord best knows those who go astray from His path, and He knows best those who follow the right way.
Allaahu A’alam!
Baarakallaahu feekum!
