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Praise be to Allah, the Lord of Creations, and Peace and
blessings be upon our prophet Muhammad, the faithful and the
honest.
Oh, Allah, we know nothing but what You teach us. You are
the All- Knower, the Wise. Oh Allah, teach us what is good for us,
and benefit us from what You taught us, and increase our knowledge.
Show us the righteous things as righteous and help us to do them,
and show us the bad things as bad and help us to keep away from
them.
O Allah our Lord, lead us out from the depths of darkness
and illusion, unto the lights of erudition and knowledge, and from the
muddy shallows of lusts unto the heavens of Your Vicinity.
Fraternity in Faith:
Dear brothers, we are tackling a new topic
in the series “Ways of access and signs of acceptance”, and it is about
“Fraternity in faith”, Allah the Almighty says (telling us what Jesus
PBUH said):
"And has enjoined on me Salat (prayer), and Zakat."
[Maryam, 31]
The human being moves (through actions) towards his/her Creator
"and has enjoined on me Salat (prayer)"
One should know his creator, His method, he
should worship Him, connect with Him, approach Him, and should gain
happiness through drawing closer to Him, and this is how the human
being moves towards his/her creator.
"and has enjoined on me Salat (prayer)"
On the other hand, human being should move also towards creatures
" and Zakat"
One should be a benefactor, upright, and generous
"and has enjoined on me Salat (prayer), and Zakat."
Fraternity in faith falls within the second
kind of movement (actions towards creatures), namely, your connection
with people around you, Allah says:
"So fear Allah and adjust all matters of difference among you,"
[Al-Anfal, 1]
This means your connection with your fellow
brother in humanity. You should adjust your connection with people
around you, above you and beneath you.
Hence, this matter falls within your connection with creatures, and
the most important connection of which is with your brother, but what
does brother mean in the first place"
Senses of Fraternity:
1- Kinship brotherhood:
First meaning of brotherhood is a blood relation brotherhood, Allah says:
"If the deceased left brothers or (sisters), the mother has a sixth."
[An-Nisa’, 11]
This kind of brotherhood is in a blood
kinship, namely, your biological brother (a brother from the same
parents, half brother from the mother only, or half brother from the
father only).
2- Kindred brotherhood:
The second meaning: is the brother in kindred or tribe:
"And to 'Ad (people We sent) their brother Hud"
[Hud, 50]
This brother is from the bigger circle,
namely, if one is from a big family, any person of this family is a
brother to him, and he will be the brother in this big family, the
brother in kindred, the brother in tribe, and the brother in native
land.
3- Fraternity in the religion:
There is a brother in religion
"So that, by His Grace, you became brethren (in Islamic Faith)"
[Aal-‘Imran, 103]
This brotherhood is in faith, and it might be the strongest among all kinds of brotherhood at all.
4-Fraternity in affection and mercy:
There is brotherhood in affection and mercy
"And We shall remove from their breasts any sense of
injury (that they may have), (So they will be like) brothers facing each
other on thrones. "
[Al-Hijr, 47]
This is the brotherhood in affection and mercy, namely, someone you like, will be a brother to you
5-Fraternity of companionship:
There is also the companion or the friend
"Verily, this my brother (in religion) has ninety nine ewes, while I have (only) one ewe"
[Saad, 23]
This is brotherhood in companionship.
Again there is a brother in kinship, in kindred, in religion, in affection and mercy, and a brother in companionship.
Scientific interpretations about affection:
When do we have a deep brotherhood"
Every human being has attributes, and every
group of which constitute a character, so whenever two people have much
in common in their attributes and characters, they both will have
affection and love between them.
If we ask someone a thousand questions to
know his personal attributes, like the way he likes to spend his day
off" The believer and the disbeliever have different attributes, either
through the relation with relatives, with those in lower class, with
those in higher classes, and with people of the same class as his.
Love exists when two people have much in common (of these attributes and characters).
Accordingly, one of the scientific
interpretations of love between the married couple is: they have much
in common (in their attributes and characters).
Also one of the scientific interpretations
of love between friends is: they both have much in common (in their
attributes and characters).
Love and affection prevail between brothers in faith:
Dear brothers, the first fact in this blessed meeting lies in the following Ayah:
"The believers are nothing else than brothers (in Islamic religion)."
[Al-Hujuraat, 10]
There is a serious deduction from this Ayah, for it says:
"The believers are nothing else than brothers (in Islamic religion)."
Unless your belonging is to the group of believers, you won’t be a believer.
When you belong to small bubbles and limited
groups associated with partisanship, enmity, loathsome, and disunity,
this kind of orientation is rejected in Islam.
"Verily, those who divide their religion and break up
into sects (all kinds of religious sects), you (O Muhammad) have no
concern in them in the least."
[Al-An’am, 159]
Unless your belonging is to the group of believers, you won’t be a believer.
Belonging to small bubbles (groups), in
order to fulfill your interests, will not be Islamic, for interests’
orientation is not part of Islam.
Hence, disunity is the greatest problem that
Muslims are suffering from. Being in sects, against one another, is a
stigma in this nation.
Unless your belonging is to the group of believers, then there is a defect and weakness in your faith, for Allah says:
"The believers are nothing else than brothers (in Islamic religion)."
Affection and love should imprint the relation between brothers in faith, hence:
"So make reconciliation between your brothers"
[Al-Hujuraat, 10]
((Beware of the worst of enmity, as it is ruinous))
[Trimizi, by Abu Hurairah]
Scattering, disunity, enmity, throwing accusations back and forth are Muslims’ greatest calamity.
Each one claims Laila’s love
And Lailah does not admit her love to anyone
This is the first fact.
Collaboration is ordained in the noble Quran:
The second fact:
"And hold fast, all of you together, to the Rope of Allah (i.e. this Qur'an)"
[Aal-‘Imran, 103]
What does bring you together" Unless you
hold on to the rope of Allah, there will be disunity. Namely, when we
abandon holding fast to the Rope of Allah, disunity will be a natural
result therein.
The human being is born with innate
disposition and a divine assignment, and as you all know, innate tends
to contradict with the assignment, for the innate is of individual
nature, whereas assignment is of collaborated nature.
Namely, as much as you obey Allah, you
collaborate with your fellow brother, and on the other hand, as much as
you sin, you tend to be self-consumed. Accordingly, a society which
idolizes individuality would be religiously backward, a society in
which every individual tends to fulfill his/her own interests, and
builds his/her own triumph on others’ ruins, and that is because Allah
the Almighty says in the noble Quran:
"Help you one another "
[Al-Ma’idah, 2]
Collaboration (helping one another) is a
clear order in the noble Quran, and the enforcement of Quran’s orders is
one of faith’s admissible facts.
"Help you one another in Al-Birr and At-Taqwa (virtue, righteousness and piety)"
[Al-Ma’idah, 2]
It has been said that through Birr
(dutifulness) you will prosper in worldly life, and through Takwah
(piousness) you will prosper in the hereafter.
True fraternity comes from hanging on to what is worthy:
Unless we have something to hold fast to, we will be in disunity.
"And hold fast, all of you together, to the Rope of Allah (i.e. this Qur'an)"
[Aal-‘Imran, 103]
We should hold fast to the rope of Allah, the divine method, the Aqidah (creed), the values, and the behavior.
"And hold fast, all of you together, to the Rope of
Allah (i.e. this Qur'an), and be not divided among yourselves, and
remember Allah's Favour on you, for you were enemies one to another but
He joined your hearts together, so that, by His Grace, you became
brethren (in Islamic Faith)"
[Aal-‘Imran, 103]
By the grace of this noble Quran, and this noble prophet PBUH:
"And you were on the brink of a pit of Fire, and He
saved you from it. Thus Allah makes His Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses,
lessons, signs, revelations, etc.,) clear to you, that you may be
guided."
[Aal-‘Imran, 103]
The second meaning is: There won’t be any
true fraternity in faith unless we hold fast to something (worthy), for
religion brings all of us together, and worldly life breaks us apart.
Brotherhood for the sake of Allah is one of the greatest graces:
Who among you believes that the grace of
brotherhood (for the sake of Allah) is one of the greatest graces" The
absolute meaning of brotherhood is a great grace from Allah to us, Allah
says:
"And We bestowed on him his brother Harun (Aaron), (also) a Prophet "
[Maryam, 53]
Our master Assiddeeq went to buy our master
Bilal, who happened to be owned by Umaya Ibn Khalaf as a slave, so
after buying our master Bilal from Umaya, the latter wanted to humiliate
Bilal so he said addressing Assiddeeq: By Allah if you paid only one
Dirham, I would have sold him to you, to which Assiddeeq answered: By
Allah if you asked 100 thousand Dirhams as a price for him, I would have
paid it, then he put his hand under Bilal’s armpit and said: This is my
real brother.
Upon the arrival of our master Bilal to
Madeenah once, our master Umar (the giant of Islam, the Caliph of
Muslims, and the prince of the believers) got out to welcome him. Also
whenever the companions mentioned Assiddeeq they used to say: He is our
Master and he freed our Master (i.e Bilal).
This is the how Islamic community should be, for it should be one class with no discrimination within.
"The believers are nothing else than brothers (in Islamic religion)."
Take the example of the doorkeeper of the
manager of the biggest company, if he is a believer, then they are the
same in the sight of Allah, and the manager should treat his doorkeeper
as a brother in the sake of Allah.
Whatsoever weakens fraternity among believers is forbidden:
Allah meant for us to be brothers in faith,
for that He forewarned us to put an end to anything that might weaken
the relation between us and our brother in faith.
"O you who believe! Avoid much suspicions"
[Al-Hujuraat, 12]
You should avoid any suspicion in your
brother, for your fellow believing brother fears Allah like you do, and
is pious like you are. Let me draw your attention to the loathsome
nature of suspicion without any evidence, not to mention that it is one
of devil’s tricks (to entrap you). Don’t say I don’t trust him, and you
should ask yourself: Did he wrong me in any way"
"O you who believe! Avoid much suspicions, indeed some suspicions are sins"
[Al-Hujuraat, 12]
But some of it is not a sin:
((Ward off bad people by suspicion))
[Tabarani, by Anas Ibn Malek]
The impeccability of your judgment is
guarded by suspicion (and that is against bad people or people you don’t
know), however, your brother in faith is dutiful to you religiously,
and there is not a shred of evidence against him, so why should you
suspect him"
"O you who believe! Avoid much suspicions, indeed some suspicions are sins. And spy not"
[Al-Hujuraat, 12]
Spying on bad news.
"Neither backbite one another. Would one of you like
to eat the flesh of his dead brother" You would hate it (so hate
backbiting). And fear Allah. Verily, Allah is the One Who accepts
repentance, Most Merciful."
[Al-Hujuraat, 12]
Hence, Allah forbade us from doing anything that might weaken the relation between us and our brothers in faith.
"And spy not, neither backbite one another."
((Beware of suspicion (zann).))
[Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawood, Tirmizi, and Malek by Abu Huraira]
Subtle meanings of Fraternity:
However, you should pay attention to the
subtle meanings of fraternity, either in faith or in kinship, for
fraternity doesn’t mean, in any way, to abandon your responsibilities.
"Say: If your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your
wives, your kindred, the wealth that you have gained, the commerce in
which you fear a decline, and the dwellings in which you delight... are
dearer to you than Allah and His Messenger, and striving hard and
fighting in His Cause, then wait until Allah brings about His Decision
(torment). And Allah guides not the people who are Al-Fasiqun (the
rebellious, disobedient to Allah). "
[At-Taubah, 24]
If you disobey Allah in order to satisfy
your brother or your wife, then you should know, beyond doubt, that the
path to Allah is blocked.
"Then wait until Allah brings about His Decision
(torment). And Allah guides not the people who are Al-Fasiqun (the
rebellious, disobedient to Allah). "
By Allah this Ayah breaks one’s back.
If your relation with your father, son,
brother, wife, and kindred stands in your way to obey Allah, then this
relation is worthless, for he, who prefers this kind of brotherhood to
the obedience of Allah, is a loser. Namely, there are limits to
brotherhood by which you shouldn’t disobey Allah in order to satisfy
your brother, should not you" For, in that case, your relation with your
brother is more worthy to you than your relation with Allah.
((There is no obedience to anyone in disobedience to Allah))
[Tabarani and Ahmad, by Umran Ibn Husain]
Loyalty and renouncement:
In respect of loyalty and renouncement,
believers shouldn’t be loyal to the people of Kufr (atheism), Fosooq
(corruption) and Usyan (sinfulness), even if those people are their
fathers or brothers.
"O you who believe! Take not for Auliya' (supporters
and helpers) your fathers and your brothers if they prefer disbelief to
Belief. And whoever of you does so, then he is one of the Zalimun
(wrong-doers, etc.)."
[At-Taubah, 23]
This is a serious matter, for it shows you when to consider brotherhood in faith (and when you don’t), the second Ayah is:
"O you who believe! Al-Qisas (the Law of Equality in
punishment) is prescribed for you in case of murder: the free for the
free, the slave for the slave, and the female for the female. But if the
killer is forgiven by the brother (or the relatives, etc.) of the
killed against blood money, then adhering to it with fairness and
payment of the blood money, to the heir should be made in fairness. This
is an alleviation and a mercy from your Lord. So after this whoever
transgresses the limits (i.e. kills the killer after taking the blood
money), he shall have a painful torment."
[Al-Baqarah, 178]
Namely, you should be keen on your
brother’s rights, and even if he forgives you, you shouldn’t accept his
forgiveness unless you give him something in return. Take for example
someone who is engaged to a woman, then he changed his mind and found
this marriage not in his best interest, and he thereby broke up with
her, in this case, and if they forgave him (for breaking up), he should
be cultured enough in this situation.
"But if the killer is forgiven by the brother (or the
relatives, etc.) of the killed against blood money, then adhering to it
with fairness and payment of the blood money, to the heir should be made
in fairness."
Allah desiderated for the believer to be
forgiving, and desiderated for the one who has been forgiven to be
cultured and pay something in return for this forgiveness.
Take the example of engagement which I have
mentioned earlier, if the family of the fiancé forgave you to pay the
dower (after you broke up with her), then you should give her a present
in return, like a piece of jewelry. You were her fiancé for two months,
and you sat with her, hence, when you broke up and were forgiven by them
from paying the dower, then you should be cultured. Pay attention to
the meaning in this Ayah:
"But if the killer is forgiven by
the brother (or the relatives, etc.) of the killed against blood money,
then adhering to it with fairness and payment of the blood money, to
the heir should be made in fairness."
Pay something in return.
Either you are a brother to believers or to the devils:
Dear brothers, we seek refuge with Allah to be the devils’ brothers, Allah says:
"Verily, spendthrifts are brothers of the Shayatin (devils), and the Shaitan (Devil - Satan) is ever ungrateful to his Lord. "
[Al-Isra’, 27]
Either you are a brother to the believers and you are one of them following their path, or you are a brother to the devils.
Again let us go back to the concept of loyalty and renouncement, Allah says:
"You (O Muhammad) will not find any people who believe
in Allah and the Last Day, making friendship with those who oppose Allah
and His Messenger (Muhammad), even though they were their fathers, or
their sons, or their brothers, or their kindred (people). "
[Al-Mujadilah, 22]
Brotherhood is the greatest relation meant to be by Allah:
Now:
"And those who came after them say: "Our Lord!
Forgive us and our brethren who have preceded us in Faith, and put not
in our hearts any hatred against those who have believed. Our Lord! You
are indeed full of kindness, Most Merciful. "
[Al-Hashr, 10]
Namely, your faith is marked by your
heart’s pureness towards your brothers, however, cunning, deceiving,
loathing, and taking advantage of your brother are the manners of
Munafikeen (hypocrites) and Osat (sinful).
Believer’s conducts are full of affection and cordiality, for the believer is tenderly affectionate towards his fellow believer.
We don’t lack mosques, libraries, and conferences; however, we lack
the affection that existed between the companions. Only affection will
bring us together as one nation.
My heart anticipates a great future when I see the affection of all honorable brothers towards what is happening in Gaza.
As long as we have affection and tears towards what we see and hear, then we are fine (as a nation).
On the other hand, there are people who say:
“we have nothing to do with what is going on”, or say: “leave me
alone”. Allah makes brotherhood the most transcendent relation at all,
He says:
"And they ask you concerning orphans. Say: "The best
thing is to work honestly in their property, and if you mix your affairs
with theirs, "
[Al-Baqarah, 220]
In materialistic transactions:
"Then they are your brothers"
[Al-Baqarah, 220]
Hence, scholars deducted from this Ayah
that if you want to invest the money of an orphan, or you are the
guardian of an orphan’s wealth, and you were wealthy yourself, then you
should waive your wages and profits in that investment, and instead,
give all the profits to the orphan because he is your brother (in
faith). On the other hand, if you were poor, Allah says:
"But if he is poor, let him have for himself what is just and reasonable (according to his work)."
[An-Nisa’, 6]
Ma’roof (just and reasonable) means to take
from the profits your need only, or to take the wage of someone in your
position (the lower wage of both). This is the meaning of “to have for
himself what is just and reasonable”.
Namely, your relation with an orphan’s
money is a brotherhood relation, and this denotes that brotherhood
relation is the most transcendent relation to which Allah meant for
believers.
We get closer to Allah through fraternity in faith:
Dear brothers:
((A man headed to another village to visit a
brother of his, so Allah puts an angel on his way, and upon passing by
he said to him: Where are you headed" To which he answered: I intend to
visit a brother of mine in this village. The angel said: Have youdone
him a favor and you want him to pay you back" He said: No, but I love
him for the sake of Allah, so the angel said: I am the messenger of
Allah to you to tell you that Allah loves you because you loved your
brother for His sake))
[Muslim, through Abu Huraira]
It seems that brotherhood for the sake of
Allah draws us all closer to Him. The prophet PBUH fraternized between
Abdulrahman Ibn Aof and Sa’ed Ibn Arrabe’e, so what did Sa’ed say to
Abdulrahman" He wanted him to have half his wealth, so he said: Take
half my money, but what was the response of Abdulrahman Ibn Aof" He
said: May Allah bless your money, however, please show me to the market.
It was affirmed that Ansar ("Helpers." The
Muslim converts in Medina who helped the Muslims from Mecca after the
Hijrah.) offered half of their money to Muhajereen (The first Muslims
that accompanied Muhammad PBUH when he traveled to Medina), but it was
never been reported that even one Muhajer took any offer, instead they
said like what Abdulrahman said: May Allah bless your money, just show
me to the market, and for that the prophet PBUH said:
((Your smile for your brother is charity))
[Ibn Hayyan by Abu Thar]
Muslims should stay away from dispersing matters:
One more thing, by Allah this following hadith is splendid, as the prophet PBUH said:
((Avoid much suspicion (zann), for suspicion is the worse lies.. And neither spy, nor backbite each other))
[Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawood, Tirmizi and Malek by Abu Huraira]
Tajassus: is to eavesdrop or to ask
around in order to get news, like who is employed in this company, and
what is his salary"
((Do not eavesdrop ! Do not spy on one another! Do
not practice An-Nashaj (trying to sell a commodity at a price higher
than its real value)!))
Namely, you (as a buyer in conspiracy
with the seller) make the price higher in order to make the costumer
interested in buying the commodity (for higher price).
((Do not eavesdrop ! Do not spy on one another! Do
not emulate one another! Do not envy one another! Do not practice
An-Nashaj (trying to sell a commodity at a price higher than its real
value)! Do not hate one another! Do not turn your backs to one another!
Be brother slaves of Allah! A Muslim is another Muslim’s brother: he
does not do wrong (or injustice) to him; he is not untruthful to him;
and he does not disdain him. Piety is right here (he repeated that three
times pointing to his holy breast). It is evil enough for someone to
disdain his Muslim brother. A Muslim is all unlawful for another Muslim:
his blood, his wealth and his honor. Allah does not judge according to
your bodies and appearances but He scans your hearts and looks into your
deeds))
[Muslim, through Abu Huraira]
Dear brothers, there is more to cover on this topic next time, if Allah wills.
Translation : Noura Al-Sharabi
Edited by : Ghada Homad
Source
http://www.nabulsi.com/en/art.php?art=11733&id=150&sid=775&ssid=776&sssid=777&w=
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