You can't deny the right of others on you!
লিখেছেন লিখেছেন সিরাজ ইবনে মালিক ২৮ জুলাই, ২০১৬, ০৯:২২:৫৫ রাত
The rights of the Muslim over the Muslim:
All due praise is to Allah. I duly praise Him as is befitting to His Majesty and sanctity.
O Servants of Allah, I urge you and myself to be ever conscious and do construct our lives in accordance to what Allah, the Almighty, has ordered us just as He says, “O you who have believed, fear Allah and speak words of appropriate justice. He will [then] amend for you your deeds and forgive you your sins. And whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger has certainly attained a great attainment.” (Al Ahzab: 70-71).
The Prophet Muhammad pbuh said, “The rights of a Muslim on the Muslims are five.” In another version: “six are the rights of a Muslim over another Muslim.”
It was said to him, “and what are these O Messenger of Allah?” He said, “When you meet him, read salam upon him. When he invites you accept his invitation. When he seeks your counsel advise him, and when he sneezes and says, ‘All praise is due to Allah,’ you say Yarhamuka Allah (may Allah have mercy on you). When he is ill visit him, and when he dies follow him (his funeral procession).”
The rights mentioned in this Hadith refer to the type of deeds and rights a Muslim must fulfill in dealing with other people.
The first of these rights is, saying Assalamu Alaykum (peace be upon you-the standard Muslim greeting). Spreading greeting and responding to it cause to promote the meaning of peace amongst individuals. So when someone greets another saying Assalamu Alaykum, he, in fact, pledges him safety and security.
In the following verse, Allah, the Almighty, has urged us to respond to others’ greeting nicely. He says, “And when you are greeted with a greeting, greet [in return] with one better than it or [at least] return it [in a like manner]. Indeed, Allah is ever, over all things, an Accountant.” (Annisaa: 86).
Our Master Muhammad pbuh explained to us that greeting all people is of the good acts that nurtures love and coexistence amongst people. Abdullah Ibn Amru Ibn Alaas (may Allah be pleased with him) said, “a person asked Allah's Apostle: "what (sort of) deeds in or (what qualities of) Islam are good?" He replied, "To feed (the poor) and greet those whom you know and those whom you don't know.”
The second set of rights that, promote community cohesion is to answer the invitations by others, whether the occasion is joyful or sorrowful. Accepting the call of people is advisable because it increases intimacy and deepens friendship between members of the society. In this regard, the Prophet pbuh said, “when he invites you to a feast accept it.”
Our Guide Muhammad pbuh would willingly accept the invitation of whoever had offered it. He said, “I shall accept the invitation even if I were invited to a meal of a sheep's trotter, and I shall accept the gift even if it were an arm or a trotter of a sheep.”
This is an advice for us to positively respond to social invitations from people, irrespective of their status. Our Prophet pbuh also affirmed that we should accept the wedding invitations for the immense pleasure it shall bring to the host. He pbuh said, “If anyone of you is invited to a wedding feast, let him accept.”
The third right that, individuals should observe is offering and accepting advice. Our Prophet pbuh considered offering advice as a right of a Muslim over another Muslim, when he said, “when he seeks your counsel give him.”
Truly, offering advice is a highest form of community cohesion, inviting people to guide each other for performing good deeds. For their part, Muslims’ gatherings should be for advice and counseling. The Prophet pbuh said, “religion (Islam) is Nasiha (means sincerity or giving advice).”
The fourth right is, to say someone who sneezed Yarhamuka Allah (may Allah have mercy on you). It is a way of establishing communication amongst people based on saying prayers. So if someone has sneezed and thanked Allah, then whoever heard him should wish for him Allah’s mercy. To answer Tashmit, one must reply back by praying for him.
As such, Tashmit fosters affection and love between individuals, not to mention it is a right of a Muslim over another Muslim as mentioned by our Prophet Muhammad pbuh. He said, “to wish mercy on him when he sneezes and says, 'Praise be to Allah,'.”
The fifth right is, to visit someone if he is ill whether in his house or in the hospital. This is considered one of the most rewarding deeds. So any patient should feel honoured and cherish the fact that Allah, the Most Exalted, will admonish those who fail to fulfill the right to visit him.
Our Guide Muhammad pub said, “Allah (mighty and sublime be He) will say on the Day of Resurrection, ‘O son of Adam, I fell ill and you visited Me not.’ He will say, ‘O Lord, and how should I visit You when You are the Lord of the worlds?’ He will say, ‘did you not know that My servant So-and-so had fallen ill and you visited him not? Did you not know that had you visited him you would have found Me with him?’”
The sixth right is, Our Prophet Muhammad pbuh said, “when he dies follow his funeral.” Furthermore, He pbuh promised those who perform such deeds will receive great rewards.
In this regard, he said, “whoever accompanies the funeral (the dead body) until he performs the funeral prayer will have a reward equal to (one carat), and whoever accompanies the burial procession, will be doubly awarded (two carats).” They then asked, ‘what is meant by the two carats?’ He pbuh replied: “like two huge mountains.”
Bearing this in mind, O Allah, we seek Your grace to make us amongst those who fulfill rights. We also seek Your help to obey You and those You have ordained upon us to obey pursuant to Your instructions: "O you who have believed, obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority among you." (Annisaa: 59).
May Allah bless you and me with the ability to implement the Holy Quran and the Sunna of His Messenger Muhammad pbuh. I say my words and pray to Allah, the Almighty, to grant us forgiveness. Supplicate to Allah for forgiveness for He is the Most Forgiving and the Most Merciful.
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