Speaking Tree | June 22, 2026

According to a hadith, the Prophet of Islam, while describing a believer, said: “A believer is one from whom people feel safe regarding their life and property.” (Sunan Al-Tirmidhi, Hadith No. 2627). This hadith emphasizes that such a person ensures the safety and security of others’ lives and possessions.

There are two ways of living in society. You can live peacefully with others, or you can choose to keep quarreling with them. The hadith referred to here indicates that the way of a true believer is to live along with others as a peaceful citizen. Such a person lives without creating any problem at all for other people’s life, property and honour. Under no conditions whatsoever does he engage in violence.

How can members of a society live in peace with each other, refraining from troubling and oppressing each other? There is one way—and this is that, despite whatever complaints against others one may have, one should remain steadfast on the path of balance. One should bury deep in one’s heart the complaints one has against others. One should abstain from venting one’s ire and other negative emotions on others. In a society that consists of people who are like this, every individual will feel safe at the hands of everyone else. This peaceful society is an ideal human society.

Source: Islam and World Peace