Religion is sincere advice

Arabic

الدِّينُ النَّصِيحَةُ. قُلْنَا: لِمَنْ؟ قَالَ: لِلَّهِ وَلِكِتَابِهِ وَلِرَسُولِهِ وَلِأَئِمَّةِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَعَامَّتِهِمْ.

Translation

The religion is naṣīḥah (sincere advice). We asked: to whom? He said: to Allah, to His Book, to His Messenger, to the leaders of the Muslims, and to their common folk.

Narrator

Tamīm ad-Dārī

Source

Muslim 55

Commentary

Naṣīḥah means wanting good for the other and acting on it. Nawawī quoted this as a stand-alone axis of the religion — faith is not a private matter, it is oriented outward toward five relationships.