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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Four Fundamental Definitions in Islam
By Ali El Hanandeh
إن الحمدَ للهِ, نحمده و نستعينه و نستغفره و نعوذ بالله من شرور أنفسنا و سيّْئات أعمالنا. من يهـده الله فلآ مضل له و من يضلل فلا هـادي له.
و أشـهـد أن لا إله إلا ألله و حـده لا شـريك له, و أشـهـد أن محمّدا عبده و رسوله, بلّغ الرساله و أدّى ألأمانه و نصح ألأمه فَتَركها على المحجَّة البيضاء ليلها كنهارها لا يزيغ عنها إلا هالك. اللهم صلّي و سلم و بارك على سيّدنا محمّد و على آله و صحبه و من سـار على نهجـه.
أمّـا بَعدُ: فإنّ خير الحديث كتـاب الله, و خير الهـدي هدي محَمّـد, و شرّ الأمور مُحدثـاتـهـا و كلّ بدعـة ضلالة.
عباد الله, أوصيكم و نفسي بتقوى الله و طاعته, فقد فاز المتقون.
My dearest brothers and Sisters,
قال رسول الله (_ "):
" الْمُسْلِمُ مَنْ سَلِمَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ مِنْ لِسَانِهِ وَيَدِهِ وَالْمُؤْمِنُ مَنْ أَمِنَهُ النَّاسُ عَلَى أَمْوَالِهِمْ وَأَنْفُسِهِمْ وَالْمُهَاجِرُ مَنْ هَجَرَ الْخَطَايَا وَالذَّنُوبَ وَالْمُجَاهِدُ مَنْ جَاهَدَ نَفْسَهُ فِي طَاعَةِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلّ " - أحمد
Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) said:
“A true Muslim is a person whom other Muslims are safe from the mischief of his tongue and the mischief of his hands.
A true believer is a person whom other people can trust him on their lives and properties.
A true Migrant is a person who keeps himself away from doing evil and committing sin.
A true Mujahid is a person who struggles to keep himself steadfast.”
My beloved brothers and sisters; these beautiful words of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) are full of wisdom. Four simple definitions; easy to understand, easy to remember but are very important in every Muslim’s life.
First Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) gave us the definition of a Muslim, he said:
" الْمُسْلِمُ مَنْ سَلِمَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ مِنْ لِسَانِهِ وَيَدِهِ”
A true Muslim is a person whom other Muslims are safe from the mischief of his hands and the mischief of his tongue”
That is the basic definition of a true Muslim. There is no use of saying “I am a Muslim” when I am harming everyone else. There is no use of saying “I am a Muslim” when I am causing harm and damage to the Muslim community and other Muslims by means of my words and actions.
Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said:
"كُلُّ الْمُسْلِمِ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِ حَرَامٌ دَمُهُ وَمَالُهُ وَعِرْضُهُ" - مسلم
“Every Muslim is fully protected from other Muslims. His blood (life is protected), his property and his honour (are protected)”
Many people, my dearest brothers and sisters, have fallen into the Satan’s trap and they consider abusing or harming other Muslims a trivial matter when it is in fact a serious thing.
Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said:
سِبَابُ الْمُسْلِمِ فُسُوقٌ وَقِتَالُهُ كُفْرٌ - البخاري
“To abuse a Muslim with words is a form of hypocrisy but to fight against him is an act of Kufr (disbelieve)”
So, my beloved brothers and sisters; we have to be careful of how do we deal with others because:
" الْمُسْلِمُ مَنْ سَلِمَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ مِنْ لِسَانِهِ وَيَدِهِ”
“A true Muslim is one who other Muslims are safe from the mischief of his tongue and the mischief of his hands”.
Then, my dearest brothers and sisters, Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) proceeded to give us another beautiful definition of a higher state than a basic Muslim. This time Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) defined the Mu’min a believer, he said:
"وَالْمُؤْمِنُ مَنْ أَمِنَهُ النَّاسُ عَلَى أَمْوَالِهِمْ وَأَنْفُسِهِمْ"
“A true believer is a person who other people can trust on their lives and property”
A true Muslim is a person whom other Muslims are safe from his mischief but a true believer is a person whom all people ( regardless of their religion) are safe his mischief. In other words, my dearest brothers and sisters, a true believer is a person who wishes no harm to anyone. A true believer does good to everyone be it Muslims or non-Muslims.
Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said:
وَاللَّهِ لَا يُؤْمِنُ وَاللَّهِ لَا يُؤْمِنُ وَاللَّهِ لَا يُؤْمِنُ قِيلَ وَمَنْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ الَّذِي لَا يَأْمَنُ جَارُهُ *البخاري
“By Allah! He does not truly believe. By Allah! He is not a true believer. By Allah! He is not a true believer. The companions inquired: who is that O prophet of Allah? Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) replied: A person whose neighbor is not safe from his mischief”
My dearest brothers and sisters, as Muslims we are expected to do good to everybody; Muslims and non-Muslims even the animals.
Allah (swt) says:
َلا يَنْهَاكُمْ اللَّهُ عَنْ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يُقَاتِلُوكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ وَلَمْ يُخْرِجُوكُمْ مِنْ دِيَارِكُمْ أَنْ تَبَرُّوهُمْ وَتُقْسِطُوا إِلَيْهِمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُقْسِطِينَ" – الممتحنه 8”
Allah (swt) says:
“Allah does not forbid you from those who do not fight against your religion nor drive you out of your land that you be good to them and be just for Allah loves those who are just”
My dearest brothers and sisters,
"وَالْمُؤْمِنُ مَنْ أَمِنَهُ النَّاسُ عَلَى أَمْوَالِهِمْ وَأَنْفُسِهِمْ
“A true believer is a person who other people trust him on their lives and property”
Then my beloved brothers and sisters, Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) defined the meaning of Muhajer (a migrant), he said:
وَالْمُهَاجِرُ مَنْ هَجَرَ الْخَطَايَا وَالذَّنُوبَ
“A true migrant is a person who migrates away with himself from doing evil”
In Islam, my dearest brothers and sisters, the status of “hijrah” or “Muhajer” is highly regarded, that Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) himself was very proud to be a Muhajer, he said:
لَوْلا الْهِجْرَةُ لَكُنْتُ امْرَأً مِنَ الانْصَارِ
“Had it not been for the Hijrah, I would have wished to be one of the Ansar”
That is how highly regarded is Hijrah, that Prophet Muhammad was proud of his status as a Muhajer. Yet, brothers and sisters, Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) told us that the true meaning of Hijrah is to keep yourself away from doing evil and committing sin.
It is so important for everyone of us to understand this because as Muslims living among non Muslims, we are viewed as representatives of Islam. What we do in most cases is taken literally by non-Muslims as an Islamic act.
We are all migrants here by the literal meaning of the word, but we also need to act as Muhajer’s who represent the real meaning of the word, as our Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said:
وَالْمُهَاجِرُ مَنْ هَجَرَ الْخَطَايَا وَالذَّنُوبَ
“A true migrant is a person who keeps himself away from doing evil and committing sin”
عباد الله أقول قولي هذا و استغفر الله العظيم لي و لكم فيا فوز المستغفرين و يا نجاة التائبين.
الحمد لله ربّ العالمين, حمد الشاكرين , حمدا كثيرا طيبا كما أمر. و صلى الله و سلم و بارك على سيّدنا محمد و على آله و صحبه.
عباد الله:
Four basic definitions that Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) taught us which we need to fully understand and apply to our lives;
The first is: who is the Muslim.
Prophet Muhammad defined a true Muslim by saying:
" الْمُسْلِمُ مَنْ سَلِمَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ مِنْ لِسَانِهِ وَيَدِهِ”
“A true Muslim is a person whom other Muslims are safe from the mischief of his hands and his tongue”
The second, Prophet Muhammad taught us who is a true believer, he said:
"وَالْمُؤْمِنُ مَنْ أَمِنَهُ النَّاسُ عَلَى أَمْوَالِهِمْ وَأَنْفُسِهِمْ
“A true believer is a person whom others can trust him on their lives and property”
Then Prophet Muhammad taught us who is the Muhajer. He explained:
وَالْمُهَاجِرُ مَنْ هَجَرَ الْخَطَايَا وَالذَّنُوبَ
“A true migrant is a person who keeps himself away from committing evil”
And last but not least Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) defined to us the true meaning of Mujahid he said:
وَالْمُجَاهِدُ مَنْ جَاهَدَ نَفْسَهُ فِي طَاعَةِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلّ
“A true Mujahid is a person who struggles to keep himself stead fast on the path of Allah”
عباد الله:
إن الله العظيم الجليل امركم بامر كريم, بدأ به نفسـه و ثنى بملائكته المسبحة بقدسه و ثلث بكم من إنسه و جنه, فقال و لم يزل قائلا حكيما, تنبيها لنا و تعليما:
"إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ يَاأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا"
لبيك اللهم صلي و سلم و بارك على سيدنا محمد و على آله و صحبه و من إهـتدى بهديه و أقتدى بسنته إلى يوم الدين.