Giving Naseehah

To Others

How is Naseehah given to Allaah?

By establishing His worship by offering the obligatory deeds with perfection.
By believing in Him; negating partners from Him; not denying any of His qualities; describing Him with all the qualities of beauty and perfection; and declaring Him to be far removed from faults and qualities of imperfection.
By establishing His obedience and turning away from His disobedience.
By loving and hating for His sake; befriending and making allegiance to those who obey Him and taking as enemies those who disobey Him; and turning toward what He loves and distancing oneself from displeasing Him.
By appreciating His blessings, bounties and thanking Him for them by obeying Him out of love and drawing closer to Him through the heart.
By calling to all of the above, teaching it and being sincere in it for His sake.

How is Naseehah given to the Book of Allaah?

By firmly believing in the heart that it is the Speech of Allaah and His revelation; it is not like the words of the creation; and none of His creation is capable of producing something similar to it.
By respecting it.
By learning and teaching it; reading, reciting, and writing it properly; understanding its meaning; staying within its bounds; acting upon what is contained in it.

How is Naseehah to the Prophet given?

By affirming his prophethood.
By firmly believing in the heart in everything he came with; obeying him in what he commanded and what he forbade.
By aiding him while he was alive and after his death; taking his enemies as one's enemies, and befriending those who take him as a friend.
By realising the greatness of his right upon us, honouring him, and reviving his Sunnah.
By practising his Sunnah by spreading and affirming it; refuting those who cast doubts upon it; spreading its knowledge and its understanding; not arguing about it without knowledge; calling others toward it; teaching it with gentleness; showing its greatness and the greatness of those who adhere to it by attaching oneself to them; and showing it its due respect when studying it.
By loving the Ahl-ul-Bait (his family) and his companions; turning away from those who belittle his family or revile his companions.

Naseehah to the leaders of the Muslims

It is wajib (obligatory) to give naseehah to the leaders of the Muslims, since they have faults and are not protected from committing errors, but who are the leaders of the Muslims?
They are the Caliphs and others responsible for the affairs of the Muslims.
They are religious scholars.

As for giving naseehah to the rulers of the Muslims, it includes:

Assisting and obeying them in the right.
Reminding them if they err or forget.
Making Jihad with them.

Giving naseehah to the scholars includes:

Spreading their knowledge.
Spreading their virtues.
Having good opinion about them.
Accepting their rulings if they give sound proofs for their decisions.
Giving them the benefit of the doubt, or making excuses for them if they make mistakes.
Honouring and respecting them.

Naseehah to the common Muslims

The following includes giving naseehah to ALL Muslims, be they black, white, Arab or Pakistani; be they sinful, ignorant or heedless. It also includes giving naseehah to Muslims, no matter which organisation or group they belong to or if one likes them or dislikes them. Naseehah is given to the muslims by:

By guiding them to what will bring them benefit in this life and in the Hereafter.
By removing harm from them and bringing them benefit.
By teaching them what one loves for oneself and hating for them what one hates for oneself.
By teaching them what will benefit them.
By commanding them what is right and forbidding them what is wrong with gentleness and sincerity.
By being soft with them, honouring the elderly, loving and being merciful towards the youths.
By not being deceptive and jealous toward them.
Protecting their honour and wealth.