About this subject, the Prophet (sas) said:
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From Abu Huraira who said that the Prophet (sas) said, "You will not enter Paradise until you believe and you will not believe until you love one another. Should I not direct you to something which, if you do it, you will love one another? Spread the salaam amongst yourselves. (Muslim)
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From Abu Huraira who said that the Prophet (sas) said, "I have only been sent to complete the aspects of good character."
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From Ali ibn Abi Talib from Allah's Messenger (sas) that when he stood prayer he (sas) would say, "I direct my face to the One who created the heavens and the earth as a monotheist and I am not one of the mushrikeen. Verily my prayers, my sacrifices, my life and my death are for Allah, Lord of the worlds who has not partner. With this I have been commanded and I am the first to submit. O Allah, you are the sovereign there is no deity other than you. You are my Lord and I am Your slave. I have oppressed myself and I acknowledge my sin so forgive me all of my sins. No one can forgive sins but You. And guide me to the best of character. No one can guide to the best of it but You. And keep away from me the worst of it. No one can keep the worst of it away form me but You. Labbaik (complete and continuous submission toYou) and Sa'adaik (complete and continuous effort in Your cause). All good is in Your hands and evil is not unto you. I am from you and unto You, blessed are You and high. I seek Your forgiveness and turn to You in repentence." (Muslim)
KNOW that community is the fruit of good character and division comes from bad character. Because good character fosters love and agreement while bad character leads to hatred and division. It is no secret the level of emphasis which Allah and His Messenger placed on good character as can be seen from so many verses and hadith. The Prophet (sas) said:
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From Abi Ad-Dardaa that the Prophet (sas) said, "There is nothing weightier in the scale of the believer on Qiyama then good character and verily Allah hates the one who is uncouth in deed, uncouth in word."
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From Jabir that Allah's Messenger (sas) said, "Among themost beloved to me and the ones sitting closest to me on Qiyama are the best of you in character. And the most hated to me and the farthest from me in sitting on Qiyama are ath-tharthaaroon, al-mutashaddiqoon and al-mutafaihiqoon." They said, O Messenger of Allah, we know the first two, but who are al-mutafaihiqoon? He (sas) said, "The arrogant ones."
* Aath-tharthaaroon: those who engage in much talk unnecessarily .
* Al-mutashaddiqoon: those who talk loudly or in an exaggerated fashion in order to show off their eloquence without restraint or caution in what they say.
* Al-mutafaihiqoon: "loud mouths" who speak in arrogance and ostentation.
The Prophet (sas) was once asked what is the thing which gets people into Paradise the most, to which he (sas) answered: "Fear of Allah and good character.
The Prophet (sas) said:
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Seven will be shaded by Allah in His shade on a day when there is no shade except His shade: 1) a just ruler, 2) a young man who grew up worshipping his Lord, 3) a man whose heart is attached to the masajid, 4) two men who loved one another for Allah - they came together on that basis and they parted on that basis, 5) a man who was called by a beautiful and classy woman but who said, "I fear Allah", 6) a man who gave charity so will concealed that his left hand did not know what his right hand was spending and 7) a man who remembered Allah when no one was around and his eyes flowed with tears.
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"Allah Most High said: My love is mandatory for those who love one another for My sake, those who sit together for My sake, those who visit one another for My sake and those who rush to give and sacrifice for one another for My sake."
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Verily, the centermost handhold of belief is that you love for Allah's sake and hate for Allah's sake.
KNOW that whoever loves for Allah's sake must also hate for Allah's sake. For if you love someone for his obedience to Allah but he then disobeys Allah you then hate him likewise for Allah. Anyone who loves because of a factor (obedience to Allah) must of necessity hate for the presence of its opposite. As for one in whom these different factors come together, you love him in some ways and hate him in others.
A Muslim must love for Islam and hate for disobediencee. As for the coinditions in the middle, you are in a state in between withdrawing and opening up. If there are acts of disobedience which are moments of weakness for which you know he regrets, the best thing in this case is to ignore it and help to conceal it. But if he persists in disobedience, then you have no choice but to show the signs of dislike and of turning away and staying away and harsh words commensurate with the seriousness of the disobedience.
KNOW that the one at odds with Allah's orders is of different type:
If they are of a country at war with Muslims, then they deserve death and subjugation and there is no status lower than that. If they are dhimmis (those living in the Islamic state under legal protection), then harming them is not permissible other than turning away from them. You do not offer them salaam first and if they give it to you, the proper answer is "wa 'alaika". It is permissible to transact business with them, but not to socialize or open to them in friendship, as that reserved only for friends and friends are only from among the Muslims.
If he is among those who call others to innovation and it is a serious innovation which can remove one from Islam, then his affair is more severe than the dhimmi. If the innovation is not one which removes from Islam, then his affair between him and Allah is less severe than the disbeliever. However, his situation as far as rejecting and refuting his munkar is more serious than the disbeliever because the evil of the kafir is less "contagious" since he is known to be outside of Islam and his words are not given credibility. Unlike the innovator who calls other to his innovation - he believes his misguidance to be truth and so he becomes a cause of the leading astray of Muslims. So his evil is more contagious and showing open enmity toward him, cutting off from him and turning others away from him is that much more called-for.
As for the innovator among the a'waam (common folk) who neither call others nor is there any fear of others desiring to emulate them, his affair is less serious. It is best to be gentle and compassionate with them and advise them. The hearts of the common folk are easily turned away. If advice is of no avail, then it may become required to turn away from them as indivuduals, even if that also does not good in turning them back from their innovation. It is critical to reject and openly shun all innovation or else it will only spread among the people and its harm wil become generalized.
If he brings harm to others such as the oppressor, the false witness or the backbiter, then the best course is to turn away from him and not socialize with him. Likewise one who encourages corruption among people or who brings men and women together in the same place or prepares for them other means of corruption such as alcohol. Such a one should be boycotted altogether and all social relations cut off.
As for the one who is corrupt only to himself by committing haram acts or neglecting the obligatory, this is less serious. If you come across him during the actual act of disobedience, then you should prevent him by any means at your disposal. Otherwise, constant advice and reminders are how you should deal with him.