Brotherhood in Islam (DVD)

The Prophet ﷺ said: "You do not truly believe until you love for your brother what you love for yourself."

In this lecture, Shaykh Khalid Yasin gives beautiful examples of what it means to really love for your brother what you love for yourself. He advises us of the qualities and actions that we are lacking in, so that we may increase the brotherhood in Islam.

Why This Hadith Is Harder Than It Sounds

Most Muslims can quote it and very few have examined what it would require. It is not a statement about being friendly. It sets a test of belief itself — and it asks whether you actually want for another person the same things you want for yourself, including the ones you are competing for.

The lecture works by moving from the general principle to specific, recognizable situations, which is where the discomfort — and the benefit — comes from.

About Shaykh Khalid Yasin

Shaykh Khalid Yasin, a former Christian, is the Executive Director of the Islamic Teaching Institute (ITI), an organization dedicated to the work of da'wah. He studied Arabic in Madinah and in Cairo, and had many mentors and teachers who tutored him in Fiqh us-Sunnah, Fiqh us-Seerah and Islamic history, as well as in the memorization and recitation of the Quran.

He is what is known as a da'ee — someone who speaks publicly about the Islamic faith in order to invigorate the spiritual and moral conscience of his listeners, and to educate and inform people about Islam. He has spent most of his working life doing exactly that, and he is among the most widely heard English-speaking speakers in the field.