Six Rights Of Muslim Over Another

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6 Rights of one Muslim over another:


1) If you meet him, greet him with Salaam.

2) If he invites you, accept the invitation.

3) If he asks for advice, give sincere advice.

4) If he sneezes and praises, say Yarhamuk Allah.

5) If he falls sick, visit him.

6) If he dies, attend his funeral.

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Alhamdulillah for the beauty of Islam.

There is guidance in every aspect of life.

[ardianto]

Assalamualaikum.

You have no right to ask me to greet you with salaam. But I have duty to greet you with salaam when we meet.

So, the correct title is "Six duties of Muslim over another".

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The Six Rights of a Muslim Upon Another Muslim

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178639: The rights of one Muslim over another include those that are obligatory and those that are mustahabb

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We know the hadeeth of the Messenger (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) about the rights of one Muslim over another. My question is: Will we be sinning if we do not fulfil one of these rights towards our Muslim brother? i.e., will we incur a burden of sin thereby?.
Published Date: 2012-07-09

Praise be to Allaah.The rights that one Muslim has over another are many, some of which are individual obligations that are required of each person, and if he fails to do them he is sinning. Others are communal obligations; if some people do them, the burden of sin is waived for the rest. And some are mustahabb (encouraged) but not obligatory, so the Muslim is not sinning if he does not do them.
Al-Bukhaari (1240) and Muslim (2162) narrated that Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) say: “The rights of one Muslim over another are five: returning the greeting of salaam, visiting the sick, attending funerals, accepting invitations, and saying yarhamuk Allah (may Allah have mercy on you) to one who sneezes.”
And Muslim (2162) narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “The rights of one Muslim over another are six.” It was said: What are they, O Messenger of Allaah? He said: “If you meet him, greet him with salaam; if he invites you, accept the invitation; if he asks for advice, give him sincere advice; if he sneezes and praises Allaah, say Yarhamuk Allaah (may Allaah have mercy on you); if he falls sick, visit him; and if he dies, attend his funeral.”
Ash-Shawkaani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: What is meant by the words “The rights of the Muslim” is that they should not be omitted and doing them is either obligatory, or recommended to such an extent that it is very similar to being obligatory and should not be omitted. The word “right” (haqq) may be used in the sense of obligatory, as was mentioned by Ibn al-A‘raabi.
End quote from Nayl al-Awtaar, 4/21
1.
Returning the greeting of salaam is obligatory if the greeting is given to one person. If it is given to a group, then it is obligatory upon the group (fard kifaayah or communal obligation; if one of the group returns the greeting, the obligation as been met). With regard to initiating the greeting, the basic principle is that it is Sunnah. It says in al-Mawsoo‘ah al-Fiqhiyyah (11/314):
Initiating the greeting is Sunnah mu’akkadah (a confirmed Sunnah) because the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “Spread the greeting of salaam amongst yourselves.” It is obligatory to return the greeting if it is given to one person. If the greeting is given to a group, then in their case responding is a fard kifaayah (communal obligation); if one of them responds the sin is waived from the others, but if they all respond, they have all done what is required, Whether they respond all together or one after another. If they all refrain from responding, then they are all sinning because of the report which says: “The rights of one Muslim over another are five: returning (the greeting) of salaam…”
End quote.
2.
Visiting the sick it is a communal obligation. Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen said:
Visiting the sick is a fard kifaayah (communal obligation).
Majmoo‘ Fataawa wa Rasaa’il Ibn ‘Uthaymeen, 13/1085
See also the answer to question no. 71968
3.
Attending funerals is also a fard kifaayah (communal obligation). See the answer to question no. 67576
4.
With regard to accepting invitations, if the invitation is to a wedding feast, then the majority of scholars are of the view that it is obligatory to accept unless there is a legitimate shar‘i reason not to do so. If it is for something other than a wedding feast, the majority are of the view that it is mustahabb. But there are conditions for accepting invitations in general terms. For details of that please see the answer to question no. 22006
5.
With regard to saying Yarhamuk Allah (May Allah have mercy on you) to one who sneezes, there is a difference of opinion concerning the ruling.
It says in al-Mawsoo‘ah al-Fiqhiyyah, 4/22:
This saying Yarhamuk Allah (May Allah have mercy on you) is Sunnah according to the Shaafa‘is.
According to the Hanbalis and the Hanafis, it is obligatory.
The Maalikis said – and it is an opinion among the Hanbalis – that it is a communal obligation. It was narrated from al-Bayaan that the stronger view is that it is an individual obligation (fard ‘ayn), because of the hadeeth: “It is the duty of every Muslim who hears him (the one who sneezes) to say: Yarhamuk Allah (may Allah have mercy on you). End quote
The more correct opinion is that it is obligatory on the one who hears the sneezer praise Allah (by saying “Al-hamdu Lillah”), because of the report narrated by al-Bukhaari (6223) from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) who said: “Allaah likes the act of sneezing and dislikes the act of yawning, so if any one of you sneezes and praises Allaah (says ‘al-hamdu Lillaah’), it is a duty on every Muslim who hears him to say to him, ‘Yarhamuk Allaah (may Allaah have mercy on you).’”
Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: We have quoted above the hadeeth of Abu Hurayrah, in which it says: “if any one of you sneezes and praises Allaah (says ‘al-hamdu Lillaah’), it is a duty (haqq) on every Muslim who hears him to say to him, ‘Yarhamuk Allaah (may Allaah have mercy on you).”. al-Tirmidhi included the hadeeth of Anas under the heading: Chapter on what was narrated about it being obligatory to say Yarhamuk Allah (may Allah have mercy on you) when one who sneezes says Al-hamdu Lillah (Praise be to Allah). This indicates that it is obligatory in his view, and this is the correct view, because of the hadeeths that clearly indicate that it is obligatory and there was nothing to contradict that, and Allah knows best.
One of them is the hadeeth of Abu Hurayrah mentioned above, and another is his other hadeeth, “There are five (rights) that the Muslim has over his brother,” which is also mentioned above. Another is the hadeeth of Saalim ibn ‘Ubayd, in which it says: “Let those who are with him say to him: Yarhamuk Allah (may Allah have mercy on you).” And another is the report narrated by at-Tirmidhi from ‘Ali who said: The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “The Muslim has six (rights) over his fellow-Muslim: he should greet him with salaam when he meets him; he should respond when he invites him; he should say Yarhamuk Allah (may Allah have mercy on you) if he sneezes; he should visit him if he falls sick; he should attend his funeral if he dies; and he should love for him what he loves for himself.” He (at-Tirmidhi) said: This is a hasan hadeeth. It was also narrated via another isnaad from the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him). Some of the scholars spoke negatively about al-Haarith al-A‘war (one of the narrators). In the same chapter it is also narrated from Abu Hurayrah, Abu Ayyoob, al-Bara’ and Abu Mas‘ood. And another of these hadeeths is that which was narrated by at-Tirmidhi from Abu Ayyoob, according to which the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “If one of you sneezes, let him say Al-hamdu Lillah (praise be to Allah); and let him say ‘ala kulli haal (in all circumstances). And let the one who responds to him say: Yarhamuk Allah (may Allah have mercy on you). And let him say: Yahdikum Allahu wa yuslih baalakum (May Allah guide you and set your affairs straight).
There are four kinds of proof in the hadeeth quoted above (“if any one of you sneezes and praises Allaah (says ‘al-hamdu Lillaah’), it is a duty (haqq) on every Muslim who hears him to say to him, ‘Yarhamuk Allaah (may Allaah have mercy on you)”):
(i) there is a clear statement that it is obligatory to say Yarhamuk Allah (may Allah have mercy on you), which cannot be interpreted in any other way;
(ii) it is made obligatory by use of the word haqq (translated above as duty);
(iii) it is made obligatory by use of the word ‘ala (on). This word clearly means that it is obligatory
(iv) it is enjoined. There can be no doubt that there are many duties that are proven to be obligatory on the basis of less evidence than this. And Allah knows best.
End quote from Haashiyat Ibn al-Qayyim ‘ala Sunan Abi Dawood, 13/259
He also said: The apparent meaning of the hadeeth mentioned above is that saying Yarhamuk Allah is an individual obligation upon everyone who hears the one who sneezed say Al-hamdu Lillah; it is not acceptable for just one of them to say it. This is one of the two scholarly opinions, which was favoured by the Maalikis Ibn Abi Zayd and Abu Bakr ibn al-‘Arabi, and it cannot be otherwise.
End quote from Zaad al-Ma‘aad, 2/437
6.
With regard to giving him advice if he asks for it, it is most likely that offering advice is a communal obligation.
Ibn Muflih (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
The apparent meaning of the words of Ahmad and our companions is that it is obligatory to offer advice to the Muslim, even if he does not ask for it, as is the apparent meaning of the reports.
End quote from al-Adaab ash-Shar‘iyyah by Ibn Muflih, 1/307
Al-Mullah ‘Ali al-Qaari (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
“If he asks you for advice” means if he asks you for advice, then give it to him; it is obligatory. It is also obligatory to give advice even if he did not ask for it.
End quote from Mirqaat al-Mafaateeh, 5/213
al-Haafiz Ibn Hajar (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
It is clear that what is meant by “duty” (haqq) here is that it is obligatory. This is different from the words of Ibn Battaal who said that what is meant is the duty of respect and companionship. It seems that what is meant here is that it is a communal obligation.
End quote from Fath al-Baari, 3/113
And Allah knows best.

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[ardianto]

I am sorry if I criticized you in my previous post. But it's because I saw contradiction between the title and the content. In the title you mention "rights" which the content is about "obligations" (duties), in exactly, obigation of Muslims toward another.

I know the hadith that featured in post #5. Yes, Rasulullah shallallahu alayhi wasalam mention "rights". However, "rights" in that hadith is not rights to ask something, but rights to get something without asking, which means obligation of the another toward this person without this person ask for it. This is the explanation that you did not mention in your first post. It could cause confusion for those who haven't read that hadith, or those who don't understand what that hadith meant.

I am sorry if I criticize you. But I hope you understand that I just want to prevent confusion among those who just begun to learn Islam.

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Jazakallahokher

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assalamu alekum
"The rights of the Muslim upon the Muslim are six." It was said, "And what are they Oh Messenger of Allaah?" He replied, "When you meet him, give him the greeting of peace, when he invites you, respond to his invitation, when he seeks your advice, advise him, when he sneezes and praises Allaah, supplicate for mercy upon him, when he becomes ills, visit him, and when he dies follow him (i.e. his funeral)."This hadeeth was reported by Muslim.These six rights, whoever establishes them in dealing with the Muslims, then his establishing things other than them (from the obligations) are even more important (or necessary). And his doing these things results in him fulfilling these obligations and rights, which contain an abundance of good and tremendous reward from Allah.
The First Right:
"When you meet him, give him the greeting of peace." For verily the greeting of peace is a cause of love, which results in producing faith (Al-Eemaan), which results in the person entering the Paradise. This is as Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said,
"By the one in Whose Hand is my soul, you all will not enter into the Paradise until you believe, and you will not believe until you love each other. Shall I not direct you to something that if you do it, you will love each other? Spread the greeting of peace amongst yourselves."
The greeting of peace is from the virtuous characteristics of Islam. For verily each of the two people who meet each other supplicates for the other for safety from evils, and mercy, and blessing that brings about every good. And what follows this is a cheerful face and appropriate words of greeting which result in unity and love, and it removes feelings of estrangement and cold disassociation. Thus, giving the greeting of peace is the right of the Muslim, and it is obligatory upon the person who is greeted to return greeting with a similar greeting or one that is better than it. And the best of the people are those who start the greeting of peace first.
The Second Right:
"When he invites you, respond to his invitation." This means that when he invites you with an invitation to some food and drink, then fulfill the request of your brother who has drawn near to you and honored you with the invitation. Respond to his invitation (i.e. accept it), unless you have an excuse.
The Third Right:
His statement, "And when he seeks your advice, advise him." This means that if he seeks consultation with you regarding some action, as to whether he should do it or not, then advise him with that which you would like for yourself. Thus, if the action is something that is beneficial in all aspects, then encourage him to do that, and if it is something harmful, then warn him against it. And if the action contains both benefit and harm, then explain that to him and weigh the benefits against the harms. Likewise, if he consults with you concerning some dealing with someone among the people, or whether he should marry a woman off to someone, or whether he should marry someone, then extend your pure and sincere advice to him, and deal with him from the view point of what you would do for you own self.
And avoid deceiving him in any matter of these things. For verily whoever deceives the Muslims, then he is not of them, and indeed he has left off the obligation of being sincere and advising. And this sincerity and advising is absolutely obligatory, however it becomes more emphasized when the person seeks your advice and he requests from you that you give him a beneficial opinion. For this reason the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) specifically mentioned it in this important situation. The explanation of the hadeeth, "The religion is sincerity", has already been mentioned previously (in this book) in a manner that suffices without us having to repeat the discussion here.
The Fourth Right:
"And when he sneezes and praises Allaah, then pray for mercy upon him." This is due to the fact that sneezing is a favor from Allaah, in the expelling of this congested air that is blocked in certain parts of the body of the human being. Allaah makes it easy for this air to have a passage out where it can exit, and thus the sneezing person feels relief. Thus, the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) legislated that the person praise Allaah for this favor, and he legislated for his (Muslim) brother to say to him, "May Allaah have mercy upon you." He also commanded the person who sneezed to answer his (Muslim) brother by saying to him, "May Allaah guide you and set right your affairs." Therefore, whoever does not praise Allaah, then he does not deserve for others to pray for mercy upon him, and in this case he cannot blame anyone except himself. For he is the one who has caused himself to lose the two blessings: the blessing of praising Allaah, and the blessing of his brother's supplication for him that is a result of the praising.
The Fifth Right:
His statement, "And when he becomes ill, visit him." Visiting the sick is from the rights of the Muslim, and especially for the person who has a highly stressed and emphasized right upon you, like the relative, and the friend, and so forth. It is from the best of the righteous deeds. And whoever visits his Muslim brother, he remains engulfed in the mercy (of Allah), and when he sits with him the mercy (of Allah) covers him.
And whoever visits the sick Muslim at the beginning of the day, the Angels send prayers of blessing upon him until evening comes, and whoever visits him at the end of the day, the Angels send prayers of blessing upon him until morning comes. It is desired for the person who visits the sick to supplicate for him to be cured and to make him feel at ease. He should ease his worries by giving him glad tidings of well-being and recovery (i.e. be positive). He should remind him of repentance and turning to Allah, and he should give him beneficial admonition. He should not sit with him too long (i.e. over staying his welcome), rather he should only sit with him long enough fulfill the right of visiting, unless the sick person is positively effected by many people coming in to see him and many people coming to sit with him. Thus, for each situation there is a different statement (i.e. advice on how to deal with it).
The Sixth Right:
His statement, "And if he dies, follow him (his funeral)." For verily whoever follows the funeral until the deceased's body is prayed over, then he will receive a Qeeraat of reward. (Translator's note: A Qeeraat is an amount equivalent to the size of the Mountain of Uhud in Madinah.) And if he follows the funeral procession until the body is buried, then he will receive two Qeeraats of reward. And following the funeral procession contains (fulfillment of) a right for Allah, a right for the deceased, and a right for the living relatives of the deceased.
jazakAllah