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October 30, 2025

With the Hadith - Partnership in Islam

With the Hadith

Partnership in Islam

We greet you all, dear listeners everywhere, in a new episode of your program "With the Hadith." We begin with the best greeting: Peace, mercy, and blessings of God be upon you.

Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Allah says: I am the third of two partners as long as one of them does not betray the other, but when he betrays him, I leave them." Narrated by Abu Dawood and authenticated by Al-Hakim

The author of 'Aun Al-Ma'bood, in explaining Sunan Abi Dawood, said: "(I am the third of two partners)", meaning: with them by preservation and blessing, I preserve their money, give them sustenance and goodness in their dealings.

"(I leave them)" meaning: the blessing disappears by removing the protection from them.

Razin added, "and the devil comes," meaning he enters between them and becomes their third.

Al-Tibi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Partnership is an expression of mixing the money of some with others in a way that it cannot be distinguished, and Allah's partnership with them is by way of metaphor, as if He Almighty has made the blessing, bounty and profit in the place of mixed money, so He called Himself their third, and made the devil's betrayal and obliteration of blessing in the place of the mixed, and made him their third, and His saying "I leave them" is a candidate of metaphor.

And in it is the desirability of partnership, for the blessing is poured out from God Almighty in it, unlike when it is alone, because each of the two partners seeks the happiness of his companion,...

Dear listeners:

Partnership in language is mixing two or more shares in a way that one is not distinguished from the other. Legally, partnership is a contract between two or more people who agree to carry out a financial business with the intention of profit. The partnership contract requires the existence of offer and acceptance together, like all contracts. The offer is that one of them says to the other: I have made you a partner in such and such, and the other says: I accept. However, the aforementioned wording is not necessary, but rather the meaning, that is, it must be realized in the offer and acceptance a meaning that indicates that one of them addressed the other, orally or in writing, with partnership on something and the other accepts that. Agreement on mere participation is not considered a contract, and agreement on paying money for participation is not considered a contract, but rather the contract must include the meaning of participation on something, and a condition for the validity of the partnership contract is that the subject of the contract is a disposition, and that this disposition that is the subject of the partnership contract is capable of agency so that what is benefited by the disposition is shared between them.

Partnership is permissible because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was sent and people were dealing with it, so the Messenger approved them for it, so his approval, peace be upon him, of people's dealings with it was a legal evidence of its permissibility. Al-Bukhari narrated through Sulaiman bin Abi Muslim that he said: I asked Abu Al-Minhal about currency exchange hand to hand, and he said: I and a partner of mine bought something hand to hand and on credit, and Al-Bara' bin Azib came to us and we asked him, and he said: I and my partner Zaid bin Arqam did it, and we asked the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, about that, and he said: (Whatever is hand to hand, take it, and whatever is on credit, return it). This indicates that the Muslims were dealing with partnership, and the Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, approved them for it.

Partnership is permissible between Muslims with each other, between Dhimmis with each other, and between Muslims and Dhimmis. It is permissible for a Muslim to partner with a Christian, a Magian, and others from the Dhimmis. Muslim narrated from Abdullah bin Umar, he said: "The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, dealt with them, and they were Jews, for half of what comes out of it from fruit or crops." And "The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, bought food from a Jew and pawned his shield to him," narrated by Al-Bukhari. Al-Tirmidhi narrated from Ibn Abbas, he said: "The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, died and his shield was pawned for twenty Sa'a of food that he took for his family," and for this reason, the partnership of Jews, Christians, and others from the Dhimmis is permissible because dealing with them is permissible. However, it is not permissible for the Dhimmis to sell wine and pork while they are in partnership with a Muslim, but what they sold of wine and pork before their partnership with the Muslim, its price is permissible in the company. The partnership is not valid except from someone who is allowed to dispose because it is a contract on the disposition of money, so it is not valid from someone who is not allowed to dispose of money, and therefore the partnership of the sequestered person and the partnership of everyone whose disposition is not permissible is not permissible.

Dear listeners, until we meet you with another prophetic hadith, we leave you in God's care, and peace, mercy, and blessings of God be upon you.

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With the Hadith - Do you know who is bankrupt?

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Do you know who is bankrupt?

May Allah greet you, our dear listeners, listeners of the radio of the Central Media Office of Hizb ut-Tahrir. We meet you again with our program "With the Hadith," and the best way to start our episode is with the greeting of Islam, so peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah be upon you.

It is mentioned in Musnad Ahmad - Remainder of the Musnad of the Prolific Narrators - that the bankrupt of my nation is the one who comes on the Day of Resurrection with fasting, prayer, and charity, but he comes having insulted this person, slandered this person, and consumed the wealth of this person.

Narrated 'Abd al-Rahman from Zuhair from al-'Ala' from his father from Abu Hurairah from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: "Do you know who is bankrupt?" They said: "The bankrupt among us, O Messenger of Allah, is the one who has no dirham or goods." He said: "Indeed, the bankrupt of my nation is the one who comes on the Day of Resurrection with fasting, prayer, and charity, but he comes having insulted this person, slandered this person, and consumed the wealth of this person. So he will sit, and this one will take from his good deeds, and that one will take from his good deeds, and if his good deeds are exhausted before he settles what is owed to him of sins, their sins will be taken and cast upon him, then he will be thrown into the Fire."

This hadith, like other important hadiths, must be understood and realized. Some people are bankrupt despite their prayers, fasting, and zakat, because they insulted this person, slandered this person, consumed the wealth of this person, shed the blood of this person, and beat this person.

His bankruptcy is that his good deeds, which are his capital, are taken and given to this one and used to pay off that one for the price of his slander, insult, and beating. After his good deeds are exhausted before he settles what is owed, their sins are taken and cast upon him, then he is thrown into the Fire.

When the Prophet, peace be upon him, asked his companions, "Do you know who is bankrupt?" "Do you know" means knowledge and awareness of the inner workings of things. "Do you know" means "Do you really know who is bankrupt?" This confirms the saying of our master Ali, may Allah honor his face: "Wealth and poverty are after the presentation to Allah." When they were asked this question, they answered based on their experiences: "The bankrupt among us is the one who has no dirham or goods." This is the bankrupt in the eyes of the companions of the Messenger of Allah. So he, peace and blessings be upon him, said: No... HE SAID: "INDEED, THE BANKRUPT OF MY NATION IS THE ONE WHO COMES ON THE DAY OF RESURRECTION WITH FASTING, PRAYER, AND CHARITY..."

This confirms the saying of our master Umar: "Whoever wishes may fast, and whoever wishes may pray, but it is righteousness," because prayer, fasting, Hajj, and zakat are acts of worship that a person may do with sincerity, or he may do them hypocritically, but the center of gravity is to adhere to the command of Allah.

We ask Allah to keep us steadfast on the truth, and make us of His righteous servants, and replace our bad deeds with good deeds, and not disgrace us on the Day of Presentation to Him, O Allah, Amen.

Our dear listeners, until we meet you with another prophetic hadith, we entrust you to Allah, whose deposits are never lost. Peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah be upon you.

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November 10, 2025

With the Hadith - The Hypocrites and Their Evil Deeds

With the Hadith

The Hypocrites and Their Evil Deeds

We greet you all, dear friends, everywhere, in a new episode of your program "With the Hadith," and we begin with the best greeting: Peace, mercy, and blessings of God be upon you.

It was narrated from Buraidah, may God be pleased with him, who said: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: "Do not call a hypocrite 'Sayyid' (master), for if he is a master, then you have angered your Lord, the Almighty and Sublime." Narrated by Abu Dawood with a Sahih (authentic) chain of narration.

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Indeed, the best of speech is the word of God Almighty, and the best guidance is the guidance of His Prophet Muhammad bin Abdullah, peace and blessings be upon him. Now then,

This noble Hadith guides us on how to deal with the hypocrites we know. The Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace, was the only one who knew all the hypocrites by their names, but we can recognize some of them by their characteristics, such as those mentioned in the Quran who perform their obligatory duties lazily and grudgingly, and those who plot against Islam and Muslims, encourage strife, spread corruption on earth, and love to spread immorality by calling for it, protecting it, and nurturing it, and those who tell lies about Islam and Muslims... and others who are characterized by hypocrisy.

Therefore, we must understand what the Sharia (Islamic law) has deemed good and what it has deemed bad, so that we can distinguish the hypocrite from the sincere, and take appropriate action towards them. We should not trust those who do what contradicts the Sharia while pretending to do what they do out of concern for Islam and Muslims. We should not follow them or support them, or even less than that, by describing them as "Sayyid," otherwise God Almighty will be angry with us.

We Muslims must be the most keen people on Islam and Muslims, and not allow any hypocrite an entry point into our religion and our families, as they are among the most dangerous things we may face these days due to their abundance and the multiplicity of their faces. We must use the Sharia scale to measure the actions of those who claim to be Muslims, for Islam protects us from such evildoers.

We ask God to protect our nation from such criminals, and to guide us to the straight path and the correct scale by which we measure people's behavior, so that we stay away from those whom God does not love. Amen.

Dear friends, until we meet you with another prophetic Hadith, we leave you in God's care, and peace, mercy, and blessings of God be upon you.

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