Najib urge Muslims to seek common ground to strengthen 'Ummah'

Unity needed sacrifice; sincerity; the spirit of profound acceptance; seeking the good, not the bad, and perfection, not the flaws; always celebrating, praising, advising and criticising; and never neglecting, insulting or resorting to slander, he said.

"It emulates the virtues practised by the 'Muhajirin' and 'Ansar' people. The biggest success of Hijrah was the genuine unity between the two races. Unity is not an easy achievement but neither is it impossible because it has been proven in the story of Hijrah itself," he said.

"The Muhajirin's virtue was that they wholeheartedly accepted and were grateful for what they had because they had started out with nothing on the Hijrah," he said at the national-level Maal Hijrah celebration, here.