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— Abu Hurayrah (RA) (Muslim)

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A complete charter for Muslim social ethics. Then: 'Taqwā is here' — pointing to his chest three times.

nawawiDay.extendedExplanation

A complete charter: do not envy, do not bid up prices to deceive, do not hate, do not turn away, do not undercut. Then the positive command: be servants of Allah, brothers. The Muslim does not wrong his brother, abandon him, or look down on him — and three times the Prophet ﷺ pointed to his chest: ‘taqwā is here.’

Ibn Rajab notes: each of the prohibitions destroys brotherhood from a different angle — envy (heart), price-bidding (deceit in trade), hatred (relationship), turning backs (boycott), undercutting (livelihood). A Muslim community survives only if all five are absent.

nawawiDay.fromScholars

"‘Looking down on a Muslim’ — the Prophet ﷺ said it is enough evil for a man to despise his Muslim brother. The heart that despises has lost the brotherhood entirely."

— Ibn Rajab · Jāmi‘ al-‘Ulūm wa al-Ḥikam

"‘Taqwā is here’ — pointing to the chest — establishes that the heart is the seat of taqwā, not the limbs alone. Outward acts without inward taqwā are empty."

— Ibn ‘Uthaymīn

nawawiDay.fiqhRulings

  • •Najsh (bidding up an item without intent to buy, to deceive others) is forbidden — applies to auctions, real estate, online listings.
  • •Boycotting a fellow Muslim beyond three days, except for legitimate religious reason, is forbidden.
  • •Underselling or undercutting a brother’s confirmed transaction (during the negotiation period) is forbidden.
  • •Envy of others’ blessings — wishing them removed — is a major heart sin.

nawawiDay.quranCrossRefs

49:10‘The believers are but brothers — so make peace between your brothers.’
49:11-12‘Do not mock one another, do not insult by nicknames, avoid suspicion, do not spy, do not backbite.’

nawawiDay.keyVocab

تَحَاسَدُواtaḥāsadū

envy each other

تَنَاجَشُواtanājashū

bid up prices to deceive

تَبَاغَضُواtabāghaḍū

hate each other

تَدَابَرُواtadābarū

turn backs on each other

nawawiDay.todaysReflection

Pick one of these prohibitions you struggle with. Work on it this week.

nawawiDay.keyBenefits

  • 1Brotherhood requires action — and inaction in evil.
  • 2Taqwā lives in the heart.

nawawiDay.warnings

  • ⚠Wishing oneself the like of another’s blessing without wishing the other to lose it is ghibṭah — permitted, even praised when about religious good.
  • ⚠Boycotting a brother for personal reasons beyond three days is forbidden — for religious correction (under conditions) it is allowed.

nawawiDay.relatedHadiths

Bukhari — ‘Do not be envious, do not be bidders against each other…’

Muslim — ‘The believers in their mutual love are like one body…’

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