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Quran

Sûrah al Baqarah  2. 148
“Vie with one another in doing what is good.” 

Sûrah al Ma'idah 5. 2
"Help one another in furthering piety and God-fearingness, and do not help one another in furthering evil and aggressiveness". 

Sûrah an Nahl 16. 90
"God commands justice, kindness and giving of dues to near relatives, while He forbids indecency, debauchery and oppression".

Sûrah ar Ra'd 13. 11
"God will never change the status of any community unless they change themselves". 

Sûrah al Anfâl 8. 63
He it is who has made you strong with His help, and rallied the believers round you, making their hearts united. Had you spent all the riches on earth you could not have so united their hearts, but God has united them together.  He is indeed Almighty and wise. 

Sûrah al Hujurât 49.10
Believers are indeed brothers. 

Ahadith

On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) will say on the Day of Resurrection:
'O son of Adam, I fell ill and you visited Me not. He will say: O Lord, and how should I visit You when You are the Lord of the worlds? He will say: Did you not know that My servant So-and-so had fallen ill and you visited him not? Did you not know that had you visited him you would have found Me with him?
'O son of Adam, I asked you for food and you fed Me not. He will say: O Lord, and how should I feed You when You are the Lord of the worlds? He will say: Did you not know that My servant So-and-so asked you for food and you fed him not? Did you not know that had you fed him you would surely have found that (the reward for doing so) with Me?
'O son of Adam, I asked you to give Me to drink and you gave Me not to drink. He will say: O Lord, how should I give You to drink when You are the Lord of the worlds? He will say: My servant So-and-so asked you to give him to drink and you gave him not to drink. Had you given him to drink you would have surely found that with Me.
(Hadith Qudsi quoted in Muslim)

“In relation to one another, believers are like a structure: each part strengthens the other parts".  When the Prophet (pbuh) said this he clasped his fingers together. 

"In their mutual love, compassion and sympathy for one another, believers are like one body, when one part of it suffers a complaint, all other parts join in, sharing the sleeplessness and fever."

"Shall I tell you about a status which is better than prayer, fasting and giving charity?"  They said: "Please do". He answered: "To maintain zat al-bain in good order".  He then added: "When zat al-bain is corrupted, it destroys all".

Note: In his commentary on the Quran, Al-Qurtubi said: "Zat al-bain is the state of affairs which is conducive to community existence".  Rasheed Reda says: "Linguistically speaking al-bain ' signifies both coming together and parting company and all that may happen between two parties.” The Quran describes the relationship between disbelievers in these words: "All that exists between you has been severed" using here the term 'bain'.  It is this total bond that is given the name of 'zat al-bain '.  God has commanded us in the Quran and the Sunnah to safeguard and strengthen this bond. That is, then, a religious duty which is geared to strengthen the Muslim community and protect its unity".

"The best of men is the one who is of most benefit to them". 

"The person who is loved best by God the Almighty, is the one who is of most benefit to people".

"None of you attains to the status of faith until he wishes for his brother whatever good he wishes for himself'.  (Abu Awanah, Al-Nasa'i and Ahmad). 

"One believer is the brother of another, he provides him with what he misses and backs him with unfailing support".  

"One Muslim is the brother of another: he neither does him injustice, nor does he ever give him up". Another version of this hadith adds: "Nor does he let him down".

Note:  It is not lawful for any Muslim to stand idle when he sees any individual in the Muslim community being subjected to injustice.  He must give him support. Unless he does, he is guilty of giving him up and letting him down. Indeed, he unjustly denies him a right which he can claim from all his brothers in the Muslim community.

"Hasten to do every good work"

"A Muslim works with his own hands to benefit himself and to give others in benefaction"'. 

"The food of one person is sufficient for two, and that of two is sufficient for four, and the food of four people sufficient for eight". 

"He who has extra transport should give it to one who has none, and he who has more food than he needs should give it to those who do not have enough".  The companion who related this hadith mentioned that the Prophet (pbuh) enumerated every imaginable type of property until "we began to think that none of us has any claim to anything he may have surplus to his needs".

"Every kind word is sadaqa, help given by one person to another is sadaqa, giving someone a drink of water is sadaqa, and removing harmful objects from people's pathways is sadaqa."

"Support your brother when he commits or suffers injustice".  A man asked the Prophet (pbuh): "Messenger of God, I understand that I should support him when he suffers injustice.  How do I support him when he is the committer of injustice?"  The Prophet (pbuh) answered:  "You prevent him from doing injustice.  That is the best support you give to him".

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