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It is reported in a Sahīh collection that he said:
“A Muslim is the brother of another Muslim: he neither abandons him to harm nor fails to support him.”
It is also reported in a Sahīh collection that he (may Allah Most High bless him and grant him peace) said:
“Help your brother, whether he is an oppressor or is oppressed.” He was asked, “O Messenger of Allah, I can help him when he is oppressed, but how can I help him when he is an oppressor?” He replied, “Prevent him from committing oppression; that is how you help him.”
It is reported in a Sahīh collection that he said:
“A Muslim owes another Muslim five duties: to greet him when he meets him, visit him when he is ill, invoke Allah’s mercy upon him when he sneezes, accept his invitation, and accompany his funeral procession when he dies.”
It is also reported in a Sahīh collection that he (may Allah Most High bless him and grant him peace) said:
“By Him in Whose hand is my soul, none of you truly believes until he loves for his brother the good that he loves for himself.”
These hadiths and others like them convey what Allah and His Messenger have commanded concerning the rights that believers owe one another.
It is reported in the two Sahīh collections that the Prophet (may Allah Most High bless him and grant him peace) said:
“Do not sever ties with one another, turn your backs on one another, hate one another, or envy one another. Be brothers, O servants of Allah.”
It is also reported in the two Sahīh collections that he (may Allah Most High bless him and grant him peace) said:
“Allah is pleased with three things for you: that you worship Him without associating anything with Him; that you all hold firmly to the rope of Allah and do not become divided; and that you offer sincere counsel to those whom Allah has placed in authority over you.”
It is reported in the Sunan collections that he (may Allah Most High bless him and grant him peace) said:
“Shall I tell you of something higher in rank than prayer, fasting, charity, enjoining what is right, and forbidding what is wrong?”
They replied, “Yes, O Messenger of Allah.”
He said, “Maintaining good relations between people, for