1. Know your duty toward your fellow Muslim. "A Muslim is a Muslim's brother. He does not wrong him. If anyone cares for his brother's needs, God will care for his needs. If anyone will remove his brother's anxiety, God will remove his anxiety on the Day of Judgment and if any conceals a Muslim's secret, God will conceal his secrets on the Day of Judgment" (Bukhari).
In our personal dealings, we should remember God's order as mentioned in Surah al-Hujurat.
2. Be gentle in criticism with Muslims and tough with unbelievers. "They are hard on disbelievers but merciful to each other" (Quran). Presently, however, we see the opposite. We seem to love non-Muslims more than fellow Muslims.
3. Protect each other. "Believers, men and women, are protectors Of one another" (9:71). During the reign of caliph Umar, he received the news that one Jewish tailor sewed a dress for a Muslim woman that he designed intentionally to fall apart in the bazaar so as to humiliate her and disgrace the Muslim community. This was enough for the caliph to threaten war on the entire tribe. He did not ask whether the woman was a good Muslim or a bad one, whether she prayed five times a day and paid the poor-due, etc. But these days we find a reason not to support a Muslim in his difficult days by putting all kinds of labels on his faith and practices. Finally, whatever we do, we should do it with the belief that we are doing it for the sake of God. "Say: My prayer, my sacrifice, my life and my death are for God, the Lord of the Worlds" (6:16).
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