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He also said in the Sahih (1): “I wish I had seen my brothers.”
They asked, “Are we not your brothers, O Messenger of Allah?”
He replied, “No. You are my Companions. My brothers, however, are people who will come after me and believe in me without having seen me.” (2) In other words, you possess a more particular form of brotherhood—namely, companionship—whereas they possess brotherhood without companionship.
Allah Most High has also said, “The believers are but brothers” [Surah al-Hujurāt: 10].
And he—peace and blessings be upon him—said, “Do not sever ties with one another, turn your backs on one another, hate one another, or envy one another. O servants of Allah, be brothers.” It is recorded in the two Sahih collections (3).
He also said, “A Muslim is the brother of another Muslim: he neither wrongs him nor abandons him.” (4)
And he said, “By Him in whose hand is my soul, none of you believes until he loves for his brother the good that he loves for himself.” (5)
(1) (1) N and M read: “He said, and also in the Sahih”; S reads: “He said: and in the Sahih”; and B reads: “And in the Sahih.” The reading I have adopted is probably correct.
(2) This hadith was cited above at 7/77.
(3) This hadith, with variations in wording, is narrated from Anas ibn Mālik—may Allah be pleased with him—in *al-Bukhārī*, 8/19, 21 (Book of Manners, chapter on the prohibition of mutual envy and turning away from one another; chapter on forsaking others and the Messenger of Allah’s statement, “It is not lawful for a man to forsake his brother for more than three days”); *Muslim*, 4/1983 (Book of Virtue, Maintaining Ties, and Manners, chapter on the prohibition of mutual envy and hatred). A hadith with the same meaning is narrated from Abū Hurayra—may Allah be pleased with him—in *al-Bukhārī*, 8/19 (at the location cited above), and *Muslim*, 4/1985–1986 (Book of Virtue, chapter on the prohibition of suspicion and spying). The hadith of Anas—may Allah be pleased with him—is also recorded in *Sunan Abī Dāwūd*, 4/383 (Book of Manners, chapter concerning one who forsakes his Muslim brother), as well as in *al-Tirmidhī*, *Ibn Mājah*, *al-Musnad*, and *al-Muwatta’*.
(4) M reads: “nor does he insult him.” The hadith with this wording is narrated from Abd Allāh ibn Umar—may Allah be pleased with them both—in *al-Bukhārī*, 9/22 (Book of Compulsion, chapter on a man swearing to his companion that he is his brother); *Muslim*, 4/1996 (Book of Virtue, chapter on the prohibition of injustice); *Sunan Abī Dāwūd*, 4/376–377 (Book of Manners, chapter on brotherhood); and *al-Musnad*, al-Ma‘ārif ed., 8/46.
(5) This hadith, with variations in wording, is narrated from Anas ibn Mālik—may Allah be pleased with him—in *al-Bukhārī*, 1/12 (Book of Faith, chapter: “It Is Part of Faith to Love for One’s Brother What One Loves for Oneself”), where it begins: “None of you believes…”; *Muslim*, 1/67–68 (Book of Faith, chapter on the evidence that this is one of the qualities of faith); *Sunan Ibn Mājah*, 1/26 (Introduction, chapter on faith); and *al-Musnad*, al-Halabī ed., 3/176, 206, 251.
وَقَالَ فِي الصَّحِيحِ أَيْضًا
(١)
:
" «وَدِدْتُ أَنْ قَدْ رَأَيْتُ إِخْوَانِي "
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قَالُوا:
أَوَلَسْنَا إِخْوَانَكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟
قَالَ:
" لَا، أَنْتُمْ أَصْحَابِي، وَلَكِنَّ إِخْوَانِي قَوْمٌ يَأْتُونَ مِنْ بَعْدِي يُؤْمِنُونَ بِي وَلَمْ يَرَوْنِي "
(٢)
يَقُولُ: أَنْتُمْ لَكُمْ مِنَ الْأُخُوَّةِ مَا هُوَ أَخَصُّ مِنْهَا، وَهُوَ الصُّحْبَةُ، وَأُولَئِكَ لَهُمْ أُخُوَّةٌ بِلَا صُحْبَةٍ» .
وَقَدْ قَالَ تَعَالَى:
{إِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ إِخْوَةٌ}
[سُورَةُ الْحُجُرَاتِ: ١٠]
وَقَالَ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -:
"
«لَا تَقَاطَعُوا وَلَا تَدَابَرُوا، وَلَا تَبَاغَضُوا وَلَا تَحَاسَدُوا، وَكُونُوا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ إِخْوَانًا»
) أَخْرَجَاهُ فِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ
(٣)
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وَقَالَ:
"
«الْمُسْلِمُ أَخُو الْمُسْلِمِ لَا يَظْلِمُهُ وَلَا يُسْلِمُهُ»
"
(٤)
..
وَقَالَ:
"
«وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ ; لَا يُؤْمِنُ أَحَدُكُمْ حَتَّى يُحِبَّ لِأَخِيهِ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ مَا يُحِبُّ لِنَفْسِهِ»
"
(٥)
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(١) (١) ن، م: قَالَ وَفِي الصَّحِيحِ أَيْضًا، س: قَالَ: وَفِي الصَّحِيحِ، ب: وَفِي الصَّحِيحِ وَلَعَلَّ الصَّوَابَ مَا أَثْبَتُّهُ.
(٢) سَبَقَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ فِيمَا مَضَى ٧/٧٧
(٣) الْحَدِيثُ مَعَ اخْتِلَافٍ فِي الْأَلْفَاظِ - عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فِي الْبُخَارِيِّ ٨/١٩، ٢١ (كِتَابُ الْأَدَبِ، بَابُ مَا يَنْهَى عَنِ التَّحَاسُدِ وَالتَّدَابُرِ، بَابُ الْهِجْرَةِ وَقَوْلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: لَا يَحِلُّ لِرَجُلٍ أَنْ يَهْجُرَ أَخَاهُ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثٍ) . مُسْلِمٌ ٤/١٩٨٣ (كِتَابُ الْبِرِّ وَالصِّلَةِ وَالْآدَابِ، بَابُ تَحْرِيمِ التَّحَاسُدِ وَالتَّبَاغُضِ) ، وَجَاءَ الْحَدِيثُ بِمَعْنَاهُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فِي الْبُخَارِيِّ ٨/١٩ (الْمَوْضِعُ السَّابِقُ مُسْلِمٌ) ٤/١٩٨٥ - ١٩٨٦ (كِتَابُ الْبِرِّ، بَابُ تَحْرِيمِ الظَّنِّ وَالتَّجَسُّسِ) ، وَالْحَدِيثُ عَنْ أَنَسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فِي سُنَنِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ ٤/٣٨٣ (كِتَابُ الْأَدَبِ، بَابٌ فِيمَنْ يَهْجُرُ أَخَاهُ الْمُسْلِمَ) ، وَهُوَ فِي التِّرْمِذِيِّ وَابْنِ مَاجَهْ وَالْمُسْنَدِ وَالْمُوَطَّأِ.
(٤) م: وَلَا يَشْتُمُهُ. وَالْحَدِيثُ بِهَذَا اللَّفْظِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا فِي الْبُخَارِيِّ ٩/٢٢ (كِتَابُ الْإِكْرَاهِ، بَابُ يَمِينِ الرَّجُلِ لِصَاحِبِهِ أَنَّهُ أَخُوهُ) ، مُسْلِمٍ ٤/١٩٩٦ (كِتَابُ الْبِرِّ، بَابُ تَحْرِيمِ الظُّلْمِ) سُنَنِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ ٤/٣٧٦ - ٣٧٧ (كِتَابُ الْأَدَبِ، بَابُ الْمُؤَاخَاةِ) ، الْمُسْنَدِ " ط. الْمَعَارِفِ " ٨/٤٦
(٥) الْحَدِيثُ - مَعَ اخْتِلَافٍ فِي الْأَلْفَاظِ - عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فِي الْبُخَارِيِّ ١/١٢ (كِتَابُ الْإِيمَانِ، بَابُ مِنَ الْإِيمَانِ أَنْ يُحِبَّ لِأَخِيهِ مَا يُحِبُّ لِنَفْسِهِ) ، وَأَوَّلُهُ فِيهِ: " لَا يُؤْمِنُ أَحَدُكُمْ. . . " مُسْلِمٍ ١/٦٧ - ٦٨ (كِتَابُ الْإِيمَانِ، بَابُ الدَّلِيلِ عَلَى أَنَّ مِنْ خِصَالِ الْإِيمَانِ) ، سُنَنِ ابْنِ مَاجَهْ ١/٢٦ (الْمُقَدِّمَةُ، بَابٌ فِي الْإِيمَانِ) ، الْمُسْنَدِ " ط. الْحَلَبِيِّ " ٣/١٧٦، ٢٠٦، ٢٥١