Our Prophet Muhammad , said: "NO one of you becomes a true believer until he likes for his brother what he likes for himself" . [Al-Bukhaari & Muslim].

  If we ponder upon the above narration, we find that accomplishing such a state of belief requires the soul tp possess a high degree of excellence and good manners when dealing with others. In this state a person overlooks mistakes, preserves regardless of the harm others may afflict on him and forgives illness of his fellow Muslims; he visits the sick, comforts the needy, sponsors the orphan, provides for the widow and offers help to others and cheers them with a smile.

Just as he likes people to be happy, he also wishes that they prosper in the Hereafter, and thus he always strives to guide then to the right path whilst remembering the saying of Allah (what means): And who is better in speech than one who invites to Allah and does righteousness and says, `Indeed, I am one of the Muslims` [Quran 41:33]

The narration goes beyond the boundaries of the Muslims to cover wishing good to the nonbelievers. He likes that Allah blesses them with the bounty of belief and that Allah rescues them from the darkness of associating with Allah and disobedience.  This meaning is substantiated with the narration in which the Prophet said: "Being a true Muslim is achieved by loving for people what you love for yourself". [At-Tirmithi]. Indeed, in the Prophet , we have the best example; he once said, advising Abu Tharr : "O Abu Tharr! I see that you are a weak person, and I love for you what I love for myself, so never be in charge of (even as little as)  two people, or be responsible for an orphan's wealth". [Muslim].

One of the implications of the narration we are addressing is that a Muslim should now want for others what he hates to happen to himself. This forces the person to shun many bad qualities, like envy, spite, selfishness and other dispraised qualities which he would hate people to use when dealing with him.

Finally, one of the fruits of practically applying this great narration is that a virtuous community would be established for the Muslims when its members enjoy common love and strong bond between them, so that they resemble one strong body that can not easily be defeated. Thus, the Muslim nation would achieve the sought after prosperity.