Hadith 13
On the authority of Abu Hamzah Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) — the servant of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) — that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: None of you [truly] believes until he loves for his brother that which he loves for himself. [Al-Bukhari] [Muslim]
Lessons from the Hadith
- It urges Muslims to love one another.
- It promotes true Islamic brotherhood.
- It teaches that Islam discourages perpetration of evils against other Muslims.
- Islam discourages greed and selfishness.
- Islam demands love and peaceful co-existence from among the believers.
- One should not be indifferent to other Muslims’ affairs.
- A true believer is he who loves for others what he loves for himself.
Section A: Concept questions
Complete each of the Following sentences with the appropriate word or phrase.
- ___________ was referred to as Abu Hamzah in Hadith Thirteen of An-Nawawi’s collections.
- The servant of Allah’s messenger referred to in Hadith Thirteen of An-Nawawi’s collections was ______________.
Section B: Multiple-choice questions
- The expresson, ‘La yu’minu ahadukum’ simply means __________.(a) ‘None of you isa Muslim’ (b) ‘AII of you are not believers’ (c) ‘None of you isa true believer’ (d) ‘Until he loves for his brother’ (e) ‘What he loves for himself
- ‘Hatta yuhibba li akhihi ma yuhibbu linafsihi’ simply means ________. (a) ‘Until he loves his brother’ (b) ‘Until he does not keep malice with his brother’ (c) ‘Until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself” (d) ‘Until he wishes for himself what he wishes for his brother’ (e) ‘Part of excellence of man’s Islam’
- __________related Hadith Thirteen of An-Nawawi collections. (a) Bukhari Dawud and Muslim (b) Abu Dawud and Tirmidhi (c) Ahmad and Ibu Majah (d) Abu Dawud and Ibu Majah (e) Muslimand Tirmidhi
- The expression, ‘La yu’minu ahadukum hatta yuhibba li akhihi’ is followed by _________. (a) ‘ma yuhibbu linafsihi’ (b) ‘min husni islamil-mar’i’ (c) ‘taba’an lima ji’tu bihi’ (d) ‘mithlumalinafsihi’ (e) ‘malaya’nihi’
- Hadith Thirteen of An-Nawawi’s collections was narrated by (a) Abu Hurayrah (b) Mu’adh bn Jabal (c) Anas bn Malik (d) Abdullah bn Abbas (e) Umar bn Khattab
- The Hadith, ‘ma yuhibbu linafsihi’ is preceded by (a) ‘kullunafsin ala nafsin’ (b) ‘tarkuhu mala ya’nihy’ (c) ‘layu’minu ahadukum hatta yuhibba li akhihi’ (d) ‘ittaqillaha haythuma kunta’ (e) ‘la yuminu ahadukum hatta yakuna hawahu’
7, The Hadith, ‘None of you is a true believer until he loves for his brother’ is followed by ____________.
(a) ‘what he loves for himself’
(b) ‘to be richer than him’
(c) ‘what he loves for himself’
(d) ‘how to be a true believer’
(e) ‘how to respect other Muslims’
- The expression, ‘what he loves for himself’ is preceded by ______. (a) ‘leave that which makes you doubt’ (b) ‘all of you will not be a believer’ (c) ‘none of you isa true believer until he loves for his brother’ (d) ‘none of you is a Muslim until he loves for his friend’ (e) ‘for that which does not make you doubt’
- The main lesson of Hadith Thirteen of An-Nawawi’s collections is ___. (a) true belief (b) love among couples(c) piety (d) sacredness of Muslim’s blood (e) Islamic brotherhood
- According to Hadith Thirteen of An-Nawawi, a Muslim should love his brother___. (a) like himself (b) more than he loves himself (c) like his wife (d) like his parents (e) like his teacher