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AlGhazalisIhya-Book_of_Companionship_and_Fellowship, page : 6
The Rights of Intervening for your Brother Spontaneously and in
Preference to One’s own Requirements
One should intervene before one is asked and to offer help with all happiness
and show joy in doing so. Someone said: “If you asked your brother to do
something for you, then he did not do it, remind him again, in case he has
forgotten.”
Ibn Chabranah did a great favor for some brethren of his, so they brought him a
present, and he asked: “What is this?” They said: “This is for what you have
done for us.” He said: “Take your gift, may Allah pardon you.” And if you ask your
brother to do something for you and he did not bother, you should wash to pray
and repeat “Allah is Great” four times, and consider him dead.
Ghaffar ibn Muhammad said: “I vie in doing favors for my enemies in fear of their
going away from me and seeking someone else.”
Preference to One’s own Requirements
One should intervene before one is asked and to offer help with all happiness
and show joy in doing so. Someone said: “If you asked your brother to do
something for you, then he did not do it, remind him again, in case he has
forgotten.”
Ibn Chabranah did a great favor for some brethren of his, so they brought him a
present, and he asked: “What is this?” They said: “This is for what you have
done for us.” He said: “Take your gift, may Allah pardon you.” And if you ask your
brother to do something for you and he did not bother, you should wash to pray
and repeat “Allah is Great” four times, and consider him dead.
Ghaffar ibn Muhammad said: “I vie in doing favors for my enemies in fear of their
going away from me and seeking someone else.”