Gardens of the Righteous

by Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan

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Gardens of the Righteous — Page 270

270. GARDENS OF THE RIGHTEOUS 382. Blame attaches only to those who wrong others and transgress in the earth without justification. For them there is a painful chastisement (42. 43). 1594. Ayadh ibn Himar relates that the Holy Prophet said: Allah has revealed to me that you should be humble, so that no one transgresses against another, no one holds himself above another. (Muslim). 1595. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: When a person says: People are ruined; it is he who ruins them (Muslim). 278. . On Prohibition of Boycott. Allah, the Exalted, has said: 383. All believers are brothers, so make peace between your brothers (49. 11). 384. Assist not one another in sin and transgression (5. 3). 1596. This hadith is the same as No. 1572. 1597. Abu Ayesha relates that the Holy Prophet said: It is not permissible for a Muslim that he should keep away from his brother for more than three days so that when they meet they should turn away from each other. . The better of them is he who is the first to greet the other (Bokhari and. Muslim). 1598. This hadith is the same as No. 1573. 1599. Jabir relates that he heard the Holy Prophet say: Satan has despaired that the Muslims would worship him in the Arabian Peninsula, so he tries to bring about cessation of intercourse between them (Muslim). 1600. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: It is not permissible for a Muslim to keep away from his brother for more than three days. He who keeps away from his brother for more than three days and dies in that condition will enter hell (Abu Daud). 1601. Abu Khirash Hadrad relates that he heard the Holy Prophet say:. He who keeps away from his brother for a year is as if he had slain him (Abu. Daud). 1602. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: It is not permissible for a believer to keep away from a believer for more than three days. After the lapse of this period, he should go and meet him and salute him. If he returns the salutation they will be sharers in the merit of reconciliation. If he does not return the salutation he will be guilty of sin and the former will be acquitted of the responsibility for the separation between them (Abu Daud).