Love for one's brother
الحب للأخ
That the believer loves for his brother, and for people, what he loves for himself of good; in Anas ibn Malik's hadith 'none of you believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself' — Muslim's wording 'for his neighbour or his brother' — and in Ibn Hibban's version 'no servant reaches the reality of iman until he loves for people what he loves for himself of good'; Ibn Rajab explains that this addition clarifies that the negation of iman is a negation of attaining its reality and perfection rather than of its root, iman being often negated for the absence of some of its pillars and duties — loving good for one's brother, neighbour and people among them; Abu Amr ibn al-Salah reports from Abu Muhammad ibn Abi Zayd that 'the believer loves for his brother what he loves for himself' is one of the four hadiths from which all the conduct of goodness branches.
At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Global / Diaspora
- Review
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Connections
- Based on
- Arba'un 13 — loving for one's brother
- Part of
- Iman (faith)
- Basis for
- Nasiha (sincere counsel)
People and things also explored
Iman (faith)Arba'un 13 — loving for one's brotherProphetic adab (proper conduct)Ihsan (excellence in worship)Istiqama (steadfast uprightness)Islam (the religion and the term)Nasiha (sincere counsel)Arba'un 2 — the hadith of Jibril
Sources
- Jami' al-Ulum wal-Hikam — Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali
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islam.museum contributors. “Love for one's brother”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/hubb/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.