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Unity of the Muslim community

وحدة الأمة الإسلامية

Ahmad Umar Hashim holds that unity is the basis of every good in this world and the next, and division the gravest affliction. He draws on the Qur'anic call to hold fast to God's rope and on a hadith in Sahih Muslim, presents the Aws and Khazraj reconciliation as a narrated episode, and treats congregational worship and pilgrimage as practical unity. His view that divide-and-rule weakened the Muslim nations is the author's own (pp. 114-119).

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Reconciliation and unity efforts

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Ahmad 'Umar Hashim holds unity the basis of every good in this world and the next, and division among the gravest afflictions — citing the verse of holding fast to God's rope and Abu Hurayra (may God be pleased with him)'s hadith on what God first approves for Muslims 1 2 3. He recounts — in the formula "it is said" — the long enmity of Aws and Khazraj reconciled by Islam 2. The communal worships — congregational and 'Id prayers, hajj, fasting, zakat — are unity put into practice.

People and things also explored

The division of the community (al-iftiraq al-ummah)· General kinship among peoples· The covenant of the prophets (confirming and supporting each messenger)· Umma· Common origin of the message of the prophets· The Prophet's address to the Ansar at al-Ji'rana· Letters between Ali and Muawiya after the Camel· Ali's pledge of allegiance to Abu Bakr

Sources

  1. This Is Islam — a group of Azhar scholars , p. 114
  2. This Is Islam — a group of Azhar scholars , p. 115
  3. This Is Islam — a group of Azhar scholars , p. 116
  • Sahih Muslim
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islam.museum contributors. “Unity of the Muslim community”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/unity-of-the-muslim-community/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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