Sharḥ Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn - Ibn al-'Uthaymin - (3/22)

29 — Chapter: Fulfilling the Needs of the Muslims

Allah the Exalted says: “And do good so that you may prosper.” (Q 22:77)

1/244 — Ibn ʿUmar—may Allah be pleased with them both—reported that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:
“A Muslim is the brother of another Muslim: he neither wrongs him nor hands him over. Whoever is busy with his brother’s need, Allah will be busy with his need; whoever relieves a Muslim of a distress, Allah will relieve him of a distress among the distresses of the Day of Resurrection; and whoever conceals a Muslim’s faults, Allah will conceal his faults on the Day of Resurrection.” Agreed upon.

2/245 — Abū Hurayrah—may Allah be pleased with him—narrated that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said:
“Whoever alleviates a believer’s hardship from the hardships of this world, Allah will alleviate for him a hardship from the hardships of the Day of Resurrection. Whoever eases the difficulty of an insolvent person, Allah will make matters easy for him in this world and the Hereafter. Whoever conceals a Muslim’s faults, Allah will conceal his faults in this world and the Hereafter. Allah continues to aid the servant so long as the servant is aiding his brother. Whoever treads a path seeking knowledge, Allah will make easy for him a path to Paradise. No people gather in one of the houses of Allah, reciting the Book of Allah and studying it among themselves, except that tranquility descends upon them, mercy envelops them, the angels surround them, and Allah mentions them among those with Him. And whoever is slowed by his deeds will not be accelerated by his lineage.” Related by Muslim.

٢٩ ـ باب قضاء حوائج المسلمين قال الله تعالى: (وَافْعَلُوا الْخَيْرَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ) [الحج: ٧٧] . ١/٢٤٤ ـ وعن ابن عمر ﵄، أن رسول الله ﷺ قال: ((المسلم أخو المسلم لا يظلمه ولا يسلمه. من كان في حاجة أخيه؛ كان الله في حاجته، ومن فرج عن مسلم كربة؛ فرج الله عنه بها كربة من كرب يوم القيامة، ومن ستر مسلماً؛ ستره الله يوم القيامة)) متفق عليه. ٢/٢٤٥ وعن أبي هريرة ﵁، عن النبي ﷺ قال: ((من نفّس عن مؤمن كربة من كرب الدنيا؛ نفس الله عنه كربة من كرب يوم القيامة، ومن يسر على معسرٍ؛ يسر الله عليه في الدنيا والآخرة، ومن ستر مسلماً، ستره الله في الدنيا والآخرة. والله في عون العبد ما كان العبد في أخيه، ومن سلك طريقاً يلتمس فيه علماً؛ سهل الله له طريقاً إلى الجنة. وما اجتمع قوم في بيت من بيوت الله تعالى، يتلون كتاب الله، ويتدارسونه بينهم إلا نزلت عليهم السكينة، وغشيتهم الرحمة، وحفتهم الملائكة، وذكرهم الله فيمن عنده، ومن بطأ به عمله؛ لم يسرع به نسبه)) رواه مسلم.