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Ramadhan Reminder Day 5 (1447H/2026)
This hadith highlights the significance of believers supporting and advising one another.
The concept that one believer is a mirror to another stresses the importance of Islamic brotherhood. It inspires Muslims to support one another, give helpful criticism, and look out for one another’s best interests. By living up to these values, believers strengthen their ties to one another and cooperate to create a community that is morally upright and peaceful.
The following points have been mentioned by Shaykh Hadhrat Mawlana Muhammad Saleem Dhorat Sahib Hafizahullah:
1) If you witness another believer behaving incorrectly, you should inform him, for you are a mirror for him, and a mirror points out the defects of the one who stands in front of it. However, a mirror reveals faults silently, without bringing disgrace; you should do the same.
The concept that one believer is a mirror to another stresses the importance of Islamic brotherhood. It inspires Muslims to support one another, give helpful criticism, and look out for one another’s best interests. By living up to these values, believers strengthen their ties to one another and cooperate to create a community that is morally upright and peaceful.
The following points have been mentioned by Shaykh Hadhrat Mawlana Muhammad Saleem Dhorat Sahib Hafizahullah:
1) If you witness another believer behaving incorrectly, you should inform him, for you are a mirror for him, and a mirror points out the defects of the one who stands in front of it. However, a mirror reveals faults silently, without bringing disgrace; you should do the same.
2) A mirror does not only reveal physical defects but also physical beauty. Similarly, when advising a fellow believer, you should highlight his mistake in the overall context of his good attributes, an approach that is more palatable to the one being advised and less likely to cause resentment. Take the example of someone who performs sajdah in a manner contrary to the Sunnah: inform him of his mistake after commending him on the correctness of the rest of his salah.
3) Just as you are a mirror for other believers, every other believer is also a mirror for you. Thus, every Muslim is simultaneously a mirror and a person standing in front of a mirror: an advisor and one who is advised.
4) If a mirror reveals a defect in your appearance, you may be upset, but you will not feel resentment or anger towards the mirror. Similarly, when another Muslim adopts the role of a mirror and advises you about something you are doing wrong, you should not get offended. Why should we take offence when someone points out a shortcoming in us which, if left unattended, would make us unsuccessful at the time of death, in the grave, and on the Day of Qiyamah? Instead, we should be happy. In fact, it is only those who have love and concern for us who will go to the trouble of informing us of our shortcomings.
3) Just as you are a mirror for other believers, every other believer is also a mirror for you. Thus, every Muslim is simultaneously a mirror and a person standing in front of a mirror: an advisor and one who is advised.
4) If a mirror reveals a defect in your appearance, you may be upset, but you will not feel resentment or anger towards the mirror. Similarly, when another Muslim adopts the role of a mirror and advises you about something you are doing wrong, you should not get offended. Why should we take offence when someone points out a shortcoming in us which, if left unattended, would make us unsuccessful at the time of death, in the grave, and on the Day of Qiyamah? Instead, we should be happy. In fact, it is only those who have love and concern for us who will go to the trouble of informing us of our shortcomings.
