Forty Gems of Beauty — Page 53
53 upon him to like for his brother what he would like for himself and not to have a double measure, one set for himself and another set for others. In another Hadith, our chief the Holy Prophet (May peace and blessings of Allah be on him), has described Muslims as limbs of one and the same body and as the whole body is in discomfort where a limb pains, so should all Muslims feel ill-at-ease when one Muslim suffers. This is the high place of brotherhood to which the Prophet of Allah (May my soul be devoted to his cause) proposes to elevate us. Would that we value this injunction!