The Series "The Caliphate and Imamate in Islamic Thought" - By the writer and thinker Thaer Salama - Abu Malek - Part 18

The Concept of Sovereignty

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July 17, 2025

The Series "The Caliphate and Imamate in Islamic Thought" - By the writer and thinker Thaer Salama - Abu Malek - Part 18

The Series "The Caliphate and Imamate in Islamic Thought"

By the writer and thinker Thaer Salama – Abu Malek

Episode Eighteen: Legislation is the Right of God Alone, and its Relationship to the Obligation of the Caliphate

The Concept of Sovereignty

Some people argue that governance in the state must be according to human-made laws, and according to secular, democratic, and liberal systems. We argue with them that there is no rule but God's, and that humans are not fit to be legislators, otherwise, we would have opened the doors wide to human desires, contradictions, the interests of their groups, and so on, which would bring injustice, tyranny, and legislative chaos, so the establishment of right and justice would cease, and people would not abide by the correct system. That is why this research is in this section of the book! We will study the issue from two perspectives: a legal perspective, which is the first section of this topic, and a rational perspective by judging the ability of humans to legislate, and its disastrous consequences for humanity, which is the second section of this topic. May God Almighty grant success, so on to the first section:

Section One: The Legal Aspect of the Research:

We will study this important issue, sovereignty and the ruler, and their relationship to the state through three joints,

First: the joint of who is the ruler, the owner of the right to legislate,

Second: the joint of applying these legislations through a state to achieve the purposes of the legislation,

Third: the joint of achieving this practically through the establishment of the state by the Most Honorable Messenger ﷺ, explaining to us the totality of the Qur’an and detailing the method of its application and implementation on reality.

The First Joint:

A joint related to the fact that God Almighty is the Judge, the King, the Manager, the Legislator, the Commander, the Forbidder, the Knower of what is good for people and what improves them, who will hold people accountable for following His command, and refraining from His prohibition, so He alone has the right to legislate:

By extrapolating the concept of the ruler in Islam, (i.e., who has the right to legislate), we found that God Almighty in the Holy Book:

Confined the right to legislate to Himself alone, it is limited to Him, may He be glorified, by virtue of His Lordship, as sovereignty is one of the characteristics of Lordship by God's exclusive right to legislate, and one of the characteristics of divinity by singling out God Almighty for worship by adhering to what He legislated and not taking others as lords who legislate from the religion what God has not permitted, or change His rulings ﴿THE COMMAND IS FOR NONE BUT ALLAH. HE HAS COMMANDED THAT YOU WORSHIP NONE BUT HIM; THAT IS THE STRAIGHT RELIGION, BUT MOST MEN KNOW NOT.﴾ [Yusuf: 40]. This verse combines the right of obedience and the right of worship, so it is the right of the servants to obey God in what He commands, and to worship Him, so Lordship is one of its characteristics and one of its requirements is legislative sovereignty, and whoever rules by other than what God has revealed, then he rejects God's Lordship and its characteristics on one hand, and claims for himself the right of Lordship and its characteristics on the other.

By extrapolating the Holy Qur’an and the purified Sunnah:

We will find that God Almighty has confined the right to legislate to Himself alone, and judgment in the language is prevention, and from it the judiciary was called judgment because it prevents from other than what is judged, and therefore God alone has the right to prevent those who are ruled from acting except in accordance with His law¹, so legislation establishes the meaning of servitude to God!
He rules as He wills, and this is His right as a Lord, a God, a Creator, a King, an Owner, a Manager, Wise, Knowing, Subtle, Aware, ﴿THE COMMAND IS FOR NONE BUT ALLAH﴾ [Al-An'am: 57], [Yusuf: 40], [Yusuf: 67], ﴿VERILY, ALLAH DOES WHAT HE WILLS﴾ [Al-Ma'idah: 1], ﴿AND ALLAH JUDGES, THERE IS NONE TO PUT BACK HIS JUDGMENT﴾ [Ar-Ra'd: 41], ﴿AND WHO IS BETTER THAN ALLAH TO JUDGE FOR A PEOPLE WHO HAVE FIRM FAITH?﴾ [Al-Ma'idah: 50], ﴿AND HIS IS THE JUDGMENT, AND TO HIM YOU SHALL BE RETURNED﴾ [Al-Qasas: 70]. ﴿THEN THEY ARE SENT BACK TO ALLAH, THEIR RIGHTFUL LORD. SURELY, HIS IS THE JUDGMENT AND HE IS THE QUICKEST IN TAKING ACCOUNT﴾ [Al-An'am: 62], ﴿VERILY, HIS IS THE CREATION AND COMMAND﴾ [Al-A'raf: 54].

From the totality of the implications of these verses - and many others - the concept of sovereignty becomes clear;

It means: The supreme sovereignty of God in running this entire universe, setting its laws, managing its affairs, and carrying out His command, for God judges, there is no returning His judgment.
It means: That God, Master of the Day of Judgment, is the one who decides between people in what they differed in and judges between them, and your Lord does not wrong anyone.
It means: That God is the one who legislates for His servants, and He is the one who explains to them - glory be to Him - the right from the wrong, the truth from the falsehood, the good from the evil, the beautiful from the ugly, and the faith from the disbelief, so there is no judgment except for Him, glory be to Him².
So He sent down the legislation as a book and Sunnah, which He revealed to His Prophet ﷺ,
And considered other than it from the rulings as Taghut and ignorance, ﴿DO THEY THEN SEEK THE JUDGMENT OF (THE DAYS OF) IGNORANCE? AND WHO IS BETTER THAN ALLAH TO JUDGE FOR A PEOPLE WHO HAVE FIRM FAITH.۝﴾ [Al-Ma'idah: 50], ﴿THEY DESIRE TO SEEK JUDGMENT (IN THEIR DISPUTES) WITH THE TAUGHUT (FALSE JUDGES) WHILE THEY HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO DENY THEM.﴾ [An-Nisa: 60].
And judging according to whims, He forbade it and prohibited it most severely! ﴿THEN WE HAVE SET YOU ON A SHARIAH (WAY) OF COMMAND; SO FOLLOW IT, AND FOLLOW NOT THE DESIRES OF THOSE WHO KNOW NOT.﴾ [Al-Jathiyah: 18]. ﴿AND JUDGE BETWEEN THEM BY THAT WHICH ALLAH HAS REVEALED, AND FOLLOW NOT THEIR DESIRES, BUT BEWARE OF THEM LEST THEY SEDUCE YOU FROM SOME OF THAT WHICH ALLAH HAS SENT DOWN TO YOU. AND IF THEY TURN AWAY, THEN KNOW THAT ALLAH’S WILL IS TO PUNISH THEM FOR SOME OF THEIR SINS. AND TRULY, MOST OF MEN ARE FAASIQUN (REBELLIOUS AND DISOBEDIENT TO ALLAH).﴾ [Al-Ma'idah: 49].
And we will find that His law alone
Establishes the truth, ﴿THAT HE MIGHT ESTABLISH THE TRUTH AND NULLIFY THE FALSEHOOD, EVEN THOUGH THE MUMINUN (DISBELIEVERS, POLYTHEISTS, CRIMINALS) HATED IT.﴾ [Al-Anfal: 8], ﴿AND WE TASK NOT ANY PERSON BEYOND HIS SCOPE, AND WITH US IS A BOOK WHICH SPEAKS THE TRUTH, AND THEY WILL NOT BE DEALT WITH UNJUSTLY.﴾ [Al-Mu'minun: 62],
And improves people's livelihood, with what improves them in their living and their hereafter ﴿VERILY, MAN IS IN LOSS, EXCEPT THOSE WHO BELIEVE (IN ISLAMIC MONOTHEISM) AND DO RIGHTEOUS GOOD DEEDS, AND RECOMMEND ONE ANOTHER TO THE TRUTH [I.E. ORDER ONE ANOTHER TO PERFORM ALL KINDS OF GOOD DEEDS (AL-MA`RUF)WHICH ALLAH HAS ORDAINED, ENJOIN ONE ANOTHER TO BE PATIENT (WHICH ALLAH HAS ORDAINED).﴾ [Al-'Asr: 2-3]
And it is valid for every time, place and condition ﴿IN ORDER THAT MANKIND SHOULD HAVE NO PLEA AGAINST ALLAH AFTER THE MESSENGERS.﴾ [An-Nisa: 165].
And it improves their deeds, ﴿HE WILL DIRECT YOU TO DO RIGHT GOOD DEEDS AND WILL FORGIVE YOU YOUR SINS. AND WHOSOEVER OBEYS ALLAH AND HIS MESSENGER, HE HAS INDEED ACHIEVED A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT (I.E. HE WILL BE SAVED FROM THE HELL-FIRE AND WILL BE ADMITTED TO PARADISE).﴾ [Al-Ahzab: 71].
And we will find that God Almighty alone knows
The nature of what He created ﴿SHOULD HE NOT KNOW HE WHO HAS CREATED? AND HE IS THE MOST KIND (AND COURTEOUS), WELL-ACQUAINTED WITH ALL THINGS.﴾ [Al-Mulk: 14],
And what is good for people and what improves them, ﴿ALLAH KNOWS, AND YOU KNOW NOT.﴾ [Al-Baqarah: 216], [Al-Baqarah: 232], [Aal Imran: 66], [An-Nur: 19].
And what the creation can bear and what they cannot bear, ﴿ALLAH BURDENS NOT A PERSON BEYOND HIS SCOPE. HE GETS REWARD FOR THAT (GOOD) WHICH HE HAS EARNED, AND HE IS PUNISHED FOR THAT (EVIL) WHICH HE HAS EARNED.﴾ [Al-Baqarah: 286]
And what is lifting of difficulty and hardship from them ﴿AND HAS CHOSEN YOU AND HAS NOT LAID UPON YOU IN RELIGION ANY HARDSHIP﴾ [Al-Hajj: 78], ﴿ALLAH INTENDS FOR YOU EASE, AND HE DOES NOT WANT TO MAKE THINGS DIFFICULT FOR YOU.﴾ [Al-Baqarah: 185].
And we will find that God Almighty commanded justice, and forbade injustice
So He forbade injustice on Himself, ﴿AND YOUR LORD IS NOT AT ALL UNJUST TO (HIS) SLAVES.﴾ [Fussilat: 46].
And He established the dominion of the heavens and the earth on the basis of justice and fairness and the prevention of injustice, ﴿THESE ARE THE VERSES OF ALLAH: WE RECITE THEM TO YOU IN TRUTH, AND ALLAH WILLS NO INJUSTICE TO (ANY OF) THE 'ALAMIN (MANKIND, JINN, AND ALL THAT EXISTS).﴾ [Aal Imran: 108]
And He sent down the Book and the system that guarantees the achievement of justice, and the people's upholding of fairness, ﴿INDEED, WE HAVE SENT OUR MESSENGERS WITH CLEAR PROOFS, AND REVEALED WITH THEM THE SCRIPTURE AND THE BALANCE THAT MANKIND MAY MAINTAIN [THEIR AFFAIRS] WITH JUSTICE.﴾ [Al-Hadid: 25],
So His law alone achieves justice. ﴿VERILY! ALLAH COMMANDS THAT YOU SHOULD RENDER BACK THE TRUSTS TO THOSE, TO WHOM THEY ARE DUE; AND THAT WHEN YOU JUDGE BETWEEN MEN, YOU JUDGE WITH JUSTICE. VERILY, HOW EXCELLENT IS THE TEACHING WHICH HE (ALLAH) GIVES YOU! TRULY, ALLAH IS EVER ALL-HEARING, ALL-SEEING.﴾ [An-Nisa: 58],
And prevents injustice ﴿VERILY, ALLAH ENJOINS AL-'ADL (I.E. JUSTICE AND FAIRNESS IN ALL MATTERS) AND AL-IHSAN [I.E. TO BE KIND AND GENEROUS, TO CARRY OUT ALL DUTIES PERFECTLY (BOTH ISLAMIC MONOTHEISM, AND GOOD DEEDS IN ACCORDANCE TO ALLAH’S ORDERS].AND GIVING (HELP) TO RELATIVES , AND FORBIDS AL-FAHSHA' (I.E. ALL EVIL DEEDS, E.G. ILLEGAL SEXUAL ACTS, DISOBEDIENCE OF PARENTS, ALL KINDS OF CRIMES, ETC.), AND AL-MUNKAR (I.E. ALL THAT IS PROHIBITED BY ISLAMIC LAW: POLYTHEISM OF EVERY KIND, AND EVERY KIND OF EVIL DEEDS, ETC.), AND AL-BAGHY (I.E. ALL KINDS OF OPPRESSION), HE ADMONISHES YOU, THAT YOU MAY TAKE HEED.﴾ [An-Nahl: 90],
And we will find that God Almighty did not leave it to the people to legislate, ﴿AND IN WHATSOEVER YOU DIFFER, THE DECISION THEREOF IS WITH ALLAH (HE IS THE RULER).﴾ [Ash-Shura: 10].
Their rulings that are based on man-made laws are following whims, ﴿SO JUDGE BETWEEN THEM BY WHAT ALLAH HAS REVEALED, AND FOLLOW NOT THEIR VAIN DESIRES, DIVERTING AWAY FROM THE TRUTH THAT HAS COME TO YOU.﴾ [Al-Ma'idah: 48].
And corruption for the heavens and the earth, ﴿AND IF THE TRUTH HAD BEEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR DESIRES, VERILY, THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH, AND ALL THAT IS THEREIN WOULD HAVE BEEN CORRUPTED! NAY, WE HAVE BROUGHT THEM THEIR REMEMBRANCE, BUT THEY TURN AWAY FROM THEIR REMEMBRANCE.﴾ [Al-Mu'minun: 71].
And the entrenchment of injustice that the laws were sent down to eradicate,
And the enslavement of one another, which contradicts that people were created free, but they were created as servants of God! ﴿THEY (JEWS AND CHRISTIANS) TOOK THEIR RABBIS AND THEIR MONKS AS LORDS BESIDES ALLAH (BY OBEYING THEM IN THINGS WHICH THEY MADE LAWFUL OR UNLAWFUL ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN DESIRES WITHOUT BEING ORDERED BY ALLAH),﴾ [At-Tawbah: 31].
And an infringement on God Almighty's right to legislate and judge ﴿AND HIS IS THE JUDGMENT, AND TO HIM YOU SHALL BE RETURNED﴾ [Al-Qasas: 70].
And we will find that God Almighty:
Commanded to judge by what He has revealed, otherwise it is disbelief, immorality, or injustice! ﴿AND WHOEVER DOES NOT JUDGE BY WHAT ALLAH HAS REVEALED, SUCH ARE THE KAFIRUN (I.E. DISBELIEVERS - OF A LESSER DEGREE AS THEY DO NOT ACT ON ALL OF ALLAH'S LAWS).﴾ [Al-Ma'idah: 44], ﴿THE ZALIMUN (I.E. WRONG-DOERS)﴾ [Al-Ma'idah: 45], ﴿THE FASIQUN (I.E. REBELLIOUS, DISOBEDIENT TO ALLAH).﴾ [Al-Ma'idah: 47].
And commanded to refer disputes and conflicts to the Book and the Sunnah, i.e., to His law, otherwise faith is just a claim! ﴿HAVE YOU (O MUHAMMAD ﷺ) NOT SEEN THOSE (HYPOCRITES) WHO CLAIM THAT THEY BELIEVE IN WHAT HAS BEEN SENT DOWN TO YOU, AND WHAT WAS SENT DOWN BEFORE YOU, AND THEY WISH TO GO FOR JUDGMENT (IN THEIR DISPUTES) TO THE TAUGHUT (FALSE JUDGES) WHILE THEY HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO DENY THEM. BUT SHAITAN (SATAN) WISHES TO LEAD THEM FAR ASTRAY.﴾ [An-Nisa: 60],
And He negated the realization of faith when not resorting to judgment, satisfaction, and submission to what the Qur’an and Sunnah have ruled: ﴿BUT NO, BY YOUR LORD, THEY CAN HAVE NO FAITH, UNTIL THEY MAKE YOU (O MUHAMMAD SAW) JUDGE IN ALL DISPUTES BETWEEN THEM, AND FIND IN THEMSELVES NO RESISTANCE AGAINST YOUR DECISIONS, AND ACCEPT (THEM) WITH FULL SUBMISSION.﴾ [An-Nisa: 65]
And we will find that the Lawmaker gave authority to the people³:
So He ordered people to apply the rulings (as for the rulings entrusted to individuals, they apply them, and as for others, their application is for the state),
And commanded them to pledge allegiance to a caliph who applies these rulings to them "The Children of Israel were governed by the prophets, every time a prophet perished, a prophet succeeded him, and there is no prophet after me, and there will be caliphs who will be many." They said, "What do you command us?" He said: "Fulfill the pledge of allegiance to the first, then the first, and give them their due, for God will ask them about what they were entrusted with." Agreed upon,
And made the matter for those in authority, so he is responsible for his flock, and responsible for applying the rulings to them "The prince who is over the people is a shepherd and is responsible for them" (Bukhari).
And made obedience to the ruler (the Caliph) in that is from obedience to God Almighty and His Messenger ﷺ. ﴿O YOU WHO BELIEVE! OBEY ALLAH AND OBEY THE MESSENGER (MUHAMMAD SAW), AND THOSE OF YOU (MUSLIMS) WHO ARE IN AUTHORITY. IF YOU DIFFER IN ANYTHING AMONG YOURSELVES, REFER IT TO ALLAH AND HIS MESSENGER SAW, IF YOU BELIEVE IN ALLAH AND IN THE LAST DAY.﴾ [An-Nisa: 59].
And forbade rebelling against him unless he rules by disbelief or tries to show it in society "And that we do not dispute the matter with its people, except if you see clear disbelief for which you have proof from God." Bukhari.
And we will find that God Almighty will hold people accountable for adhering to His commands and refraining from His prohibitions, i.e., He will hold them accountable for an atom's weight of their deeds, i.e., for their good following or bad following of what He commanded. ﴿SO WHOSOEVER DOES GOOD EQUAL TO THE WEIGHT OF AN ATOM, SHALL SEE IT. AND WHOSOEVER DOES EVIL EQUAL TO THE WEIGHT OF AN ATOM, SHALL SEE IT.﴾ [Az-Zalzalah: 7-8].
And we will find that God Almighty
Placed a caliph on earth, ﴿AND (REMEMBER) WHEN YOUR LORD SAID TO THE ANGELS: "VERILY, I AM GOING TO PLACE (Mankind) GENERATIONS AFTER GENERATIONS ON EARTH."﴾ [Al-Baqarah: 30.
And made some of His prophets as caliphs ﴿O DAWOOD (DAVID)! VERILY! WE HAVE PLACED YOU AS A SUCCESSOR ON EARTH, SO JUDGE YOU BETWEEN MEN WITH TRUTH (JUSTICE) AND FOLLOW NOT YOUR DESIRE, FOR IT WILL MISLEAD YOU FROM THE PATH OF ALLAH.﴾ [Sad: 26],
And made the caliphate system after Prophethood an extension of it in the responsibility of applying the rulings, from the Prophet ﷺ, who said: "The Children of Israel were governed by the prophets, every time a prophet perished, a prophet succeeded him, and there is no prophet after me, and there will be caliphs who will be many." They

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Prepared by Professor Muhammad Ahmad Al-Nadi

Episode Fifteen

Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds, and prayers and peace be upon the Imam of the pious, the Master of the Messengers, sent as a mercy to the worlds, our master Muhammad and all his family and companions. Make us with them, and gather us in their company, by your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful.

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Peace, mercy, and blessings of God be upon you. In this episode, we continue our reflections on the book: "Elements of the Islamic Psyche." In order to build the Islamic personality, with attention to the Islamic mentality and the Islamic psyche, we say, with God's help:

O Muslims:

We said in the last episode: It is also Sunnah for a Muslim to supplicate for his brother behind his back, just as it is Sunnah for him to ask his brother to supplicate for him. It is Sunnah for him to visit him, sit with him, keep in touch with him, and share with him for the sake of God after loving him. It is recommended for a Muslim to meet his brother with what he likes to please him with that. We add in this episode and say: It is recommended for a Muslim to give gifts to his brother, according to the hadith of Abu Hurairah, which was reported by Bukhari in Al-Adab Al-Mufrad, Abu Ya'la in his Musnad, Al-Nasa'i in Al-Kuna, and Ibn Abd Al-Barr in Al-Tamhid. Al-Iraqi said: The chain of narrators is good, and Ibn Hajar said in Al-Talkhis Al-Habir: Its chain of narrators is good, he said: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: "Exchange gifts, you will love one another."

It is also recommended for him to accept his gift and reward him for it, according to the hadith of Aisha in Bukhari, who said: "The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, used to accept gifts and reward for them."

And the hadith of Ibn Umar in Ahmad, Abu Dawood, and Al-Nasa'i, who said: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: "Whoever seeks refuge in God, grant him refuge, and whoever asks you in the name of God, give him, and whoever seeks protection in God, protect him, and whoever does you a favor, reward him, and if you do not find anything, then supplicate for him until you know that you have rewarded him."

This is between brothers, and it has nothing to do with the gifts of the subjects to the rulers, as they are like bribery, which is forbidden. And one of the rewards is to say: May God reward you with good.

Al-Tirmidhi narrated from Usama bin Zaid, may God be pleased with them both, and said it is good and authentic, he said: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: "Whoever has a favor done to him and says to the one who did it: "May God reward you with good," then he has exaggerated in the praise." And praise is gratitude, i.e., reward, especially from someone who finds nothing else, as Ibn Hibban narrated in his Sahih from Jabir bin Abdullah, who said: I heard the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, say: "Whoever is given a favor and does not find anything better than praise for it, then he has thanked him, and whoever conceals it has disbelieved, and whoever adorns himself with falsehood is like one who wears two garments of falsehood." And with a good chain of narrators, Al-Tirmidhi narrated from Jabir bin Abdullah, who said: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: "Whoever is given a gift and finds something to repay it with, let him repay it, and if he does not find anything, let him praise it, for whoever praises it has thanked him, and whoever conceals it has disbelieved, and whoever adorns himself with what he has not been given is like one who wears two garments of falsehood." And disbelieving in the gift means concealing and covering it up.

With an authentic chain of narrators, Abu Dawood and Al-Nasa'i narrated from Anas, who said: "The Muhajirun said, "O Messenger of God, the Ansar have taken all the reward, we have not seen a people who are better at giving a lot, nor better at consoling in a little than them, and they have spared us the burden," he said: "Do you not praise them for it and supplicate for them?" They said: "Yes," he said: "That is for that."

A Muslim should be grateful for the little as he is grateful for the much, and be grateful to the people who do him good, as Abdullah bin Ahmad narrated in his additions with a good chain of narrators from Al-Nu'man bin Bashir, who said: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: "Whoever is not grateful for the little, is not grateful for the much, and whoever is not grateful to the people, is not grateful to God, and talking about God's blessings is gratitude, and leaving it is disbelief, and the group is mercy, and division is torment."

It is Sunnah to intercede for one's brother for a benefit of righteousness or to facilitate a difficulty, as Al-Bukhari narrated from Abu Musa, who said: "The Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, was sitting when a man came asking, or seeking a need, he turned his face to us and said, "Intercede, so that you may be rewarded, and God will decree on the tongue of His Prophet what He wills."

And as Muslim narrated from Ibn Umar from the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, who said: "Whoever is a connection for his Muslim brother to a person of authority for a benefit of righteousness or to facilitate a difficulty, will be helped to cross the Path on the day when feet slip."

It is also recommended for a Muslim to defend the honor of his brother behind his back, as Al-Tirmidhi narrated and said this is a good hadith from Abu Al-Darda' from the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, who said: "Whoever defends the honor of his brother, God will ward off the fire from his face on the Day of Resurrection." This hadith of Abu Al-Darda' was narrated by Ahmad, and he said its chain of narrators is good, and Al-Haythami said the same.

And what Ishaq bin Rahwayh narrated from Asma bint Yazid, who said: I heard the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, say: "Whoever defends the honor of his brother behind his back, it is a right upon God to free him from the Fire."

Al-Quda'i narrated in Musnad al-Shihab from Anas, who said: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: "Whoever supports his brother behind his back, God will support him in this world and the hereafter." Al-Quda'i also narrated it from Imran bin Hussein with the addition: "And he is able to support him." And as Abu Dawood and Al-Bukhari narrated in Al-Adab Al-Mufrad, and Al-Zain Al-Iraqi said: Its chain of narrators is good from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: "The believer is the mirror of the believer, and the believer is the brother of the believer, from wherever he meets him, he protects him from his loss and surrounds him from behind."

O Muslims:

You have learned from the noble Prophetic hadiths mentioned in this episode and the previous episode that it is Sunnah for whoever loves a brother for the sake of God to inform him and let him know that he loves him. It is also Sunnah for a Muslim to supplicate for his brother behind his back. It is also Sunnah for him to ask his brother to supplicate for him. It is Sunnah for him to visit him, sit with him, keep in touch with him, and share with him for the sake of God after loving him. It is recommended for a Muslim to meet his brother with what he likes to please him with that. It is recommended for a Muslim to give gifts to his brother. It is also recommended for him to accept his gift and reward him for it.

A Muslim should be grateful to the people who do him good. It is Sunnah to intercede for one's brother for a benefit of righteousness or to facilitate a difficulty. It is also recommended for him to defend the honor of his brother behind his back. So why don't we adhere to these Sharia rulings and all the rulings of Islam, so that we may be as our Lord loves and is pleased with, so that He may change what is within us, improve our conditions, and we may win the best of this world and the hereafter?!

Dear listeners: Listeners of the Media Office Radio of Hizb ut-Tahrir:

We will suffice with this amount in this episode, with the understanding that we will complete our reflections in the coming episodes, God willing. Until that time and until we meet you, we leave you in God's care, protection, and security. We thank you for your kind listening, and peace, mercy, and blessings of God be upon you.

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Episode 15

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