Mīzān al-Ḥikma

Advising Brothers

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hadith 482
The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘A believer is a mirror for his believing brother; he stays faithful to him in his absence and spares him from what he would hate to see.
رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) : المؤمنُ مِرآةٌ لأخيهِ المؤمنِ ، يَنْصَحُهُ إذا غابَ عنه، ويُمِيطُ عنه ما يَكْرهُ إذا شَهِدَ.
Tags BrotherhoodEnjoining Good/Forbidding Evil
hadith 483
Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He who advises his brother in private adorns him, and he who advises him publicly makes him look bad.
الإمام عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَن وَعَظَ أخاهُ سِرّا فَقَد زانَهُ ، ومَن وعَظَهُ عَلانِيَةً فَقَد شانَهُ.
Tags BrotherhoodEnjoining Good/Forbidding Evil
hadith 484
Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘A man who observes bad behavior in his brother without forbidding him from it - whilst he is able to has indeed betrayed him.
الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَن رأى أخاهُ عَلى أمرٍ يَكرَهُهُ فَلم يَرُدَّه عَنهُ وَهُو يَقدِرُ علَيهِ فقد خانَهُ.
Tags BrotherhoodEnjoining Good/Forbidding EvilBetrayal/Treachery