Explaining Hadith 13: Loving for Your Brother What You Love for Yourself
In this commentary on the thirteenth Hadith of Imam al-Nawawi, the speaker explains the statement of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ on loving for one's brother what they love for themselves. The lecture highlights how this principle connects to the core of faith, touching upon Al-Wala' wal-Bara' as well as practical manners like removing envy to rectify society.
He (RH) said:
The thirteenth Hadith: On the authority of Abu Hamzah, Anas bin Malik (RA),
the servant of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ,
from the Prophet ﷺ, who said:
“None of you believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself.”
Narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim.
Yes, this Hadith is the saying of the Prophet ﷺ: “None of you believes
until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself.”
The Prophet ﷺ explained that
a condition for the validity and completeness of faith
is that a person loves for others,
and this involves two rulings and two universal principles:
one related to the fundamentals of the religion,
and the other related to its branches and manners.
As for the one related to the fundamentals, it establishes
the great principle of Al-Wala' wal-Bara' between the believers,
The believer loves other believers according to their faith,
and hates people according to the evil and distance from religion in them,
whether it is wickedness or abandoning religion entirely.
This is a fundamental principle of religion, without any doubt.
As for the branches, indeed, when a Muslim wishes good for his brother,
he extends to him good manners, wealth, character, and kindness,
and the removal of grudges and envy, which rectifies a person in himself,
rectifies his brother, and rectifies society as a whole.
Yes. I ask Allah [goodness] for you.