RIGHTS OF

BELIEVER













Prophet
of
God
(s):
Every

Muslim has 30
obligations over his
brother-in-faith, which he
could not be said to have
met unless he either
performs them or is
excused by his brotherin-faith from performing

These obligations are:

Forgiving his mistakes

and



being merciful and kind

to him when he is in a
strange land and



guarding his secrets

and



giving him his hand

when he is about to fall
and



accepting his apology

and



discouraging backbiting
about him and



persisting in giving him

good advice and



treasuring his friendship

and



fulfilling his trust and



visiting him when he is

ill and



being with him at the

time of his death and



accept his invitation and

his presents and



returning his favors in

the same manner and



thanking him for his

favor and



being grateful for his

assistance and



protecting his honor and

property and



helping him to meet his

needs and



making an effort to solve

his problems and



saying to him, 'God bless

you ' when he sneezes
and



guiding to him to the

thing he has lost and



answering his greetings

and



taking him at his word

(not drawing a bad
interpretation of the
things he says) and



accepting his bestowals

and



confirming him if he
swears to something
and

 (
)

being kind and friendly

towards him, not
unsympathetic and
hostile and



whether


is
helping
him
he

being unjust or is a victim of

injustice; when helping him
while he is being unjust, it is
meant that he must be kept
from being unjust; when
coming to his aid while he is
a victim of injustice, it is
meant that he should be
assisted in securing his rights



refraining from feeling

bored or fed up of him
and



not forsaking him in the

midst of his troubles
and



whatever good things he

likes for himself he
should also like for his
brotherinfaith and



whatever he dislikes for

himself he should also
dislike for his
brotherinfaith.

[Wasael al-Shia, v.12, p.212, hadith # 16114]