Reflections on the Book: "Elements of the Islamic Psyche" - Episode Thirteen

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, and make us with them, and gather us in their company by Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful.

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November 12, 2025

Reflections on the Book: "Elements of the Islamic Psyche" - Episode Thirteen

Reflections on the Book: "Elements of the Islamic Psyche"

Prepared by Professor Muhammad Ahmad Al-Nadi

Episode Thirteen

My dear listeners, listeners of the media office radio of Hizb ut-Tahrir:

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, and with God's guidance:

Love for God means that you love the servant for God, that is, because of his faith and obedience, and hatred in Him means that you hate the servant because of his disbelief or disobedience, because the word "in" here in this context came for reasoning, as in His saying: {That is the one for whom you blamed me}. (Yusuf 32) That is, because of him, and similarly His saying: {There would have touched you for that into which you entered a great punishment}. (An-Nur 14) And also as in his saying, peace and blessings be upon him, "A woman entered Hell because of a cat," that is, because of it. And loving the obedient believers has a great reward, and the evidence for that is abundant, including:

What Al-Bukhari narrated from Abu Huraira, may God be pleased with him, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: "Seven people will be shaded by God Almighty in His shade on the day when there is no shade but His shade: a just imam, a young man who grew up in the worship of God Almighty, a man whose heart is attached to the mosques, two men who loved each other for God, met for it, and parted for it, a man who was called by a woman of position and beauty and said: I fear God, and a man who gave charity and concealed it until his left hand did not know what his right hand spent, and a man who remembered God alone and his eyes overflowed."

And among the evidence that loving the obedient believers has a great reward is the hadith of Abu Huraira in Muslim who said: The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "God Almighty says on the Day of Resurrection: Where are those who loved each other for My glory? Today I will shade them in My shade on the day when there is no shade but Mine?"

And among the evidence is the hadith of Abu Huraira in Muslim who said: The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "By the One in whose hand is my soul, you will not enter Paradise until you believe, and you will not believe until you love each other. Shall I not guide you to something that if you do, you will love each other? Spread peace among yourselves." And the aspect of reasoning in his saying, peace and blessings be upon him, "and you will not believe until you love each other" is to indicate the great reward of loving each other for God.

And among them is the hadith of Anas in Al-Bukhari who said: The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "None of you will find the sweetness of faith until he loves a person and loves him only for God..."

And among them is the hadith of Muadh in Al-Tirmidhi, who said it is good and authentic, who said: I heard the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, say: "God Almighty said: Those who love each other for My glory will have pulpits of light, which the prophets and martyrs will envy." And the envy of the prophets and martyrs for them is a metaphor for their good condition, that is, they appreciate their conditions, not that they wish for the same condition, because they are in a better condition and a higher degree.

And among them is the hadith of Anas in Ahmad with an authentic chain of narrators who said: "A man came to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and said, O Messenger of God, a man loves a man, and cannot do as he does, so the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "A person is with whom he loves." Anas said: I have never seen the companions of the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, rejoice in anything ever, except that it is Islam, as they rejoiced in this saying of the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him. Anas said: We love the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, and we cannot do as he does, so if we are with him, it is enough for us."

And among them is the hadith of Abu Dharr in Ahmad, Abu Dawood, and Ibn Hibban who said: "I said, O Messenger of God, a man loves a people and cannot do what they do, he said: You, O Abu Dharr, are with whom you love. He said: I said, I love God and His Messenger, and he repeated it once or twice."

And among them is the hadith of Abdullah bin Masoud, which is agreed upon, who said: "A man came to the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, and said: O Messenger of God, what do you say about a man who loves a people and does not join them? The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said: A person is with whom he loves."

And among them is the hadith of Abdullah bin Masoud, which was narrated by Al-Hakim in Al-Mustadrak. Ibn Masoud, may God be pleased with him, said: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said to me: "O Abdullah bin Masoud, I said: "At your service, O Messenger of God" three times. He said: Do you know which of the bonds of faith is the strongest? I said: God and His Messenger know best. He said: The strongest of faith is loyalty to God by loving in Him and hating in Him."

And among them is the hadith that Abu Dawood narrated in his Sunan that Omar Ibn Al-Khattab said: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "Among the servants of God are people who are neither prophets nor martyrs, whom the prophets and martyrs will envy on the Day of Resurrection because of their position with God Almighty." They said, O Messenger of God, tell us who they are. He said: "They are a people who loved each other in the spirit of God without any kinship between them or any money they exchange. By God, their faces are light and they are on light. They do not fear when people fear and they do not grieve when people grieve." And he recited this verse: {Unquestionably, [for] the allies of Allah there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve}."

And among them is the hadith that Al-Tirmidhi narrated in his Sunan from Sahl bin Muadh bin Anas Al-Juhani from his father that the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Whoever gives for God, withholds for God, loves for God, hates for God, and marries for God has perfected his faith." Abu Isa said this is a good hadith.

It is recommended for one who loves a brother for God to inform him and let him know that he loves him, as Abu Dawood and Al-Tirmidhi narrated, and he said it is a good hadith from Al-Miqdad bin Ma'ad Yakrib from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: "If a man loves his brother, let him tell him that he loves him." And what Abu Dawood narrated with an authentic chain of narrators from Anas: "That a man was with the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and a man passed by him, so he said: O Messenger of God, I love this man, so the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said to him: Have you informed him? He said: No, he said: Inform him, so he followed him and said: I love you for God, so he said: May He who you loved me for love you." And what Al-Bazzar narrated with a good chain of narrators from Abdullah bin Amr who said: The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Whoever loves a man for God, and says: I love you for God, and they enter Paradise, the one who is loved will be of a higher status than the other, attached to the one who loved for God."

O Muslims:

After you have heard what you have heard, and known what you have known, and seen what you have seen, of the love of the Companions for God Almighty and for the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, and the love of the Companions for each other for God, may His glory be exalted, wouldn't we be like them in our love for God, His Messenger, and the believers, so that God may be with us as He was with them, and honor us with His victory as He honored them, and so that we may be with them on the Day of Resurrection in the company of the master of the messengers, with the prophets, the truthful, the martyrs, and the righteous, and how excellent those are as companions?!

My dear listeners, listeners of the media office radio of Hizb ut-Tahrir:

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

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November 14, 2025

Reflections on the book: "Elements of the Islamic Psyche" - Episode Fifteen

Reflections on the book: "Elements of the Islamic Psyche"

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.

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

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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November 14, 2025

Know, O Muslims! - Episode 15

Know, O Muslims!

Episode 15

Among the assisting bodies of the Khilafah state are the ministers whom the Caliph appoints to assist him in bearing the burdens of the Khilafah and fulfilling its responsibilities. The multitude of the Khilafah's burdens, especially as the Khilafah state grows and expands, makes it difficult for the Caliph to bear them alone, so he needs someone to help him bear them to fulfill its responsibilities. However, it is not correct to call them ministers without restriction, so that the meaning of the minister in Islam, which is in the sense of an assistant, is not confused with the meaning of the minister in the current man-made systems based on democratic, capitalist, secular, or other systems that we witness in the present era.

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