If any of you loves his brother then he should inform him

It has been related by Al-Miqdaam bin Ma’di Karib that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said:

“If any of you loves his brother then he should inform him”

(Tirmidhi, Hadeeth Hasan Sahih)

Also it was narrated from Anas ibn Maalik (may Allaah be pleased with him) that a man was with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) when another man passed by and he said:

O Messenger of Allaah, I love this man.

The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said to him: “Have you told him?”

He said: No.

He said: “Tell him.”

So he caught up with him and said: I love you for the sake of Allaah.

He said: May the one for Whose sake you love me also love you.

Related by Imam Ahmad and Abu Daawood and it is hadeeth sahih and classed as saheeh by al-Nawawi in Riyadh al-Saaliheen (183) and classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood).

In some reports of the hadeeth it says: “Tell him for it will strengthen the love between you.”

Narrated by Ibn Abi’l-Dunya in al-Ikhwaan (69)

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Moderate love and hate

The Messenger of Allah said:

أَحْبِبْ حَبِيبَكَ هَوْناً مَا

Love your loved ones moderately,

عَسَى اَنْ يَكُونَ بَغِيضَكَ يوماً مَا

as one day he may become someone you hate!

وَ اَبْغِضْ بَغِيضَكَ هَوْناً مَا

And hate the one you hate moderately,

عَسَى أَنْ يَكُونَ حَبِيبَكَ يَوماً مَا

as one day he may become someone you love!

Found in at-Tirmithee on the authority of Aboo Hurayrah t.
It is saheeh as Shaykh ‘Alee al-Halabee shows in “Forty Hadeeth on the Islamic Personality” (#3).

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You will soon see and hear what you worked

Abu al-Aswad al-Du’ali, the grammarian who said:

و أحبب إذا ما أحببت حبّاً مقارباً *** فإنك لا تدري: متى أنت نازع
When you love, love with a love that draws you close
For you do not know: when will you depart?

و أبغض إذا أبغضت غير مجانب *** فإنك لا تدري متى أنت راجع
And when you hate, hate without turning away
For you do not know when you will return

و كن معدناً للحلم و الصْفح عن الأذى *** فإنك راءٍ ما عملت و سامع
Be a source of perseverance and forgive the harm
For you will soon see and hear what you worked

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