As soon as someone becomes Muslim, he or she is given rights\neven if they are in remote areas at ends of the world. These rights are given\nwithout discussion and in fact we will all be asked about these, as if these were\nobligatory rights, we will get asked by Allah SWT if we fulfilled them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We will be asked did we fulfil these rights to its full\nextent. Dear brothers and sisters, its rights such as these ones in today\u2019s\nreminder that is the fabric of our society, our ummah. This is because that\nthrough these rights, we are kept together, as when a part of your body is in\npain, the entire body is in pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first ayat mentioned is ayat 10 from Sura Al-Hujarat:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The believers are but brothers,\nso make settlement between your brothers. And fear Allah that you may receive\nmercy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And ayat 71 from Surat Tuaba which is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The believing men and believing\nwomen are allies of one another. They enjoin what is right and forbid what is\nwrong and establish prayer and give zakah and obey Allah and His Messenger.\nThose – Allah will have mercy upon them. Indeed, Allah is Exalted in Might and\nWise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And as the Prophet SAWS said: None of you will believe unless he loves to his brother as he\nloves for himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dear brothers and\nsisters, this is important because we are guilty of losing sight of this when\nwe live amongst people who do not have these rights for one another. Look again\nat our history as Muslims and recall that the first act that the Prophet\npeace and blessings be upon him did after his immigration was to make the\nimmigrants from Mecca brothers to the residents of Madina, and this was prior\nto building of a Masjid, as we can not have a community without the\nbrotherhood, as any other dealings are for worldly, and this relationship can\nturn sour very quickly once the benefit from each other diminishes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Practically,\nthe duties we have towards one another come in the form of advice that we\nreceived from our blessed teacher, the best of all creation. Six duties are\nmentioned in this next hadith which, at the very least, should be strongly\nrecommended for us to do. It is translated to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cA Muslim has six duties towards\nother Muslims: When you meet him, you should salute him; when he invites you,\naccept his invitation; when he asks for your advice, give it to him; when he\nsneezes and praises Allah, say May Allah have mercy on you; when he is ill,\nvisit him; and when he dies follow his funeral.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another hadith speaks of a single important practical tip of\ngiving salaam to each other. It is translated to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You shall not enter Paradise so\nlong as you do not affirm belief (in all those things which are the articles of\nfaith) and you will not believe as long as you do not love one another. Should\nI not direct you to a thing which, if you do, will foster love amongst you: (i.\ne.) give currency to (the practice of paying salutation to one another by\nsaying) as-salamu alaikum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a different hadith, we are told this salaam is applied to\nthose we know and those we don\u2019t know. Dear brothers and sisters, it\u2019s not\ndifficult to spot the Muslim when we are out and about. Especially areas near\nhere, in Rusholme, Longsight etc. Do we make an effort to say salaam to each\nother when passing or in shops? Or are we guilty of not following this important\nadvice of the Prophet SAWS?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another hadith states the importance of how we deal with\neach other as Muslims. It\u2019s translated to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Muslim is the brother of a\nfellow-Muslim. He should neither commit oppression upon him nor ruin him, and\nhe who meets the need of a brother, Allah would meet big needs, and he who\nrelieved a Muslim from hardship Allah would relieve him from the hardships to\nwhich he would be put on the Day of Resurrection, and he who did not expose\n(the sins of a Muslim) Allah would conceal his sins on the Day of Resurrection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dear brothers and sisters, if we think about this, our\ndirect account with Allah SWT depends on how we interact with our brothers and\nsisters in this life. There is a direct correlation between the love and mercy\nwe show to one another and the love and mercy Allah SWT will show us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Further to this advice, the Prophet gave deeper advice on\nour interaction with each other. He said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Muslim is a brother to a\nMuslim. He should neither deceive him nor lie to him, nor leave him without\nassistance. Everything belonging to a Muslim is sacred for a Muslim; his\nhonour, his blood and property. Piety is here (and he pointed out to his chest\nthrice). It is enough for a Muslim to commit evil by despising his Muslim\nbrother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And the last practical advice this week is a practice which\nis forgotten about but one that I guarantee each of us will wish we have done\nfor us. The hadith translates to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Whoever accompanies the funeral\n(the dead body) until he performs the funeral prayer will have a reward equal\nto (one Qirat), and whoever accompanies the burial procession, will be doubly\nawarded (two Qirat).\u201d They then asked, \u2018What is meant by the two Qirat?\u2019 He\nreplied (\ufdfa)\n\u201cLike two huge mountains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dear brothers, following the janaza or the Muslim who has died\nis a duty on each of us. Some are guilty of only doing this for the famous or\nimportant but this is a duty on each of us for all Muslims, regardless of their\nstatus in this world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And with that this reminder concludes. In a world that is\nmore divided that ever, it is our duty as Muslims to establish ties with one\nanother. Today\u2019s reminder has just provided the reason and ways in which we can do that. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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