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MohammedSP
Is Islam only limited to self practice? I mean should we only worry about ourself only and not our fellow Muslims? It should not be our business/concern to guide them to the right path of Islam if one is breaking islamic laws?
What does Prophet Mohamme PBUH says about that? What about Islam?
Asalaamu Alaikum, jazakallahu khayran for your question.
The Messenger of Allah said: “None of you truly believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself.”
[al-Bukhari, Muslim]
‘Ali bin Abi Talib said: “A man who desires that even the straps of his shoes are better than those of his friend enters into those mentioned in this verse: {“
And this is the abode of the Hereafter: We prepare it for those who do not seek high status or mischief in the land.“}
[al-Qasas; 83].” [at-Tabari in 'Jami' al-Bayan'; 20/122]
al-Fudayl bin ‘Iyad said: “If you love for the people to have exactly what you have (and nothing more), then you have not been true to your Lord. So, how is it when you secretly wish for them to have less than what you have?”
['Jami' al-'Ulum wal-Hikam'; 1/309]
Therefore we should live everyday of our lives wanting for our Muslim brothers what we want for ourselves. If our Muslim brothers are committing sin then we would not want them to be destroyed so we would try and stop them in a beautiful manner using wisdom and tact to try and deter them from the wrong path.
Would you allow your own son or daughter to stray on the wrong path? Then why would you allow other Muslim brothers to stray?
Therefore let us want for our brothers and sisters what we want for ourselves.
In regards to enjoing good and forbidding evil:
Allah the Most High said: Let there be among you a community who enjoin good and forbid evil; it is they that shall be successful,
[3:104] and: You are the best community that has ever been brought forth for mankind: you enjoin good and forbid evil, and you believe in God,
[3:110] and: Those who repent, those who worship, those who praise, those who persevere, those who bow down, those who prostrate, and those who enjoin good and forbid evil,
[9:112] and: Those of the Israelites who were unbelievers have already been cursed on the tongue of David and Jesus, son of Mary, for they were disobedient, and transgressed. They did not forbid one another from committing the evil that they wrought. What they used to do was foul indeed.
[5:79] The Qur'an is full of passages which treat of this subject.
Muslim relates on the authority of Abu Sa`id (radhiallahu `anhu) that the Prophet sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam said, "Whoever sees something evil should change it with his hand. If he cannot, then with his tongue; and if he cannot do even that, then in his heart. That is the weakest degree of faith."
He also relates on the authority of Ibn Mas`ud that the Prophet (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) said, "There was not a single Prophet among those who were sent before me who did not have apostles and companions and followed his Sunna and obeyed his commands. But afterwards other generations came whose words belied their deeds, and whose deeds were not in accordance with what they commanded others to do. Whoever struggles against the with his hand is a believer. Whoever struggles against them with his tongue is a believer. And whoever struggles against them with his heart is a believer. But when none of these things are done, then not a single mustard's seed weight of faith is present."
Bukhari and Muslim relate that Zaynab (radhiallahu `anha), the wife of the Prophet (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) said, "The Prophet (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) once awoke, and his face was dark, as he said three times, 'There is no deity worthy of worship but Allah! Woe betide the Arabs, because of an evil which will soon come! Today, the barrier of Juj and Ma`juj has been breached by so much,' and he made a circle with his thumb and forefinger." And Zaynab remarked, "I said, 'O Messenger of Allah! Even when the righteous still dwell amongst us?' and he said, 'Yes, when khubth (moral degradation) becomes widespread.'"
Malik ibn Dinar once recited the verse, There were in the city nine men who caused corruption in the earth, and would not cause reform,
[27:48] and said, "Nowadays, there are people in every clan and district who cause corruption in the earth, and do not cause reform."
He also said, "We have become accustomed to loving the world, so that we do not enjoin good or forbid evil to one another. Allah the Most High will certainly not permit us to continue doing this, but would that I knew what kind of punishment shall befall us!"
`Umar ibn `Abdul `Aziz said, "It used to be that Allah the Most High does not punish the common people for the sins of the elite; but when the evil is done openly, and they do not repudiate it, they all become deserving of His punishment."
Source: http://www.islaam.com/Article.aspx?id=345
The Messenger of Allah (saw) also said, "The believers, in their love, mutual kindness, and close ties, are like one body; when any part complains, the whole body responds to it with wakefulness and fever." [Muslim], "The faithful are like one man: if his eyes suffers, his whole body suffers." [Muslim], "An Arab is no better than a non-Arab. In return, a non-Arab is no better than an Arab. A red raced man was not better than a black one except in piety. Mankind are all Adam's children and Adam was created out of clay." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim, on the authority of Abu Musa]
Meaning that the Muslims, whether they are of Chinese, African, European or Asian origin, are one Ummah and they cannot be separated from each other.
No tribalistic ties should ever break their unity. The Messenger of Allah (saw) said, "The Faithful are to one another like [parts of] a building - each part strengthening the others" and "Every Muslim is a brother to a Muslim, neither wronging him nor allowing him to be wronged. And if anyone helps his brother in need, Allah will help him in his own need; and if anyone removes a calamity from [another] Muslim, Allah will remove from him some of the calamities of the Day of Resurrection; and if anyone shields [another] Muslim from disgrace, Allah will shield him from the disgrace on the Day of Resurrection." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim, on the authority of `Abd Allah ibn `Umar].
Source: http://www.islamic-world.net/islamic-state/evidence.htm
Finally:
“Whoever guides anyone to goodness, his reward shall be the same as those who follow his guidance without lessening a bit of their reward. And whoever guides anyone astray, his sin shall be the same as the sin of the person who follows him without lessening a single bit of their sin.”
[Muslim]
May Allah make us want the best for our brothers and sisters and to enjoin good and forbid evil and unite us as we are all one Ummah and one body! Ameen