Neighbours

'A'isha reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant himpeace, said, "Jibril, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, kept onrecommending that I treat neighbours well until I thought that he would orderme to treat them as my heirs."

Abu Shurayh al-Khuza'i reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless himand grant him peace, said, "Anyone who believes in Allah and the Last Dayshould be good to his neighbours. Anyone who believes in Allah and the LastDay should be generous to his guest. Anyone who believes in Allah and theLast Day should be say what is good or be silent."

Al-Miqdad ibn al-Aswad reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allahbless him and grant him peace, asked his Companions about fornication andthey said, "It is unlawful. Allah and His Messenger have made it unlawful."He said, "It is less serious for a man to fornicate with ten women than forhim to fornicate with his neighbour's wife." Then he asked them about stealing.They replied, "It is unlawful. Allah and His Messenger have made it unlawful."He said, "It is less serious for a man to steal from ten houses than it isfor him to steal from his neighbour's house."

Ibn 'Umar reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless himand grant him peace, said, "Jibril kept on recommending that I treat myneighbours well until I thought that he would order me to treat them as myheirs."

Mujahid reported that a sheep was slaughtered for 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr.He asked his slave, 'Have you given any to our Jewish neighbour? Have yougiven any to our Jewish neighbour? I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allahbless him and grant him peace, say, 'Jibril kept on recommending that I treatmy neighbours well until I thought that he would order me to treat them asmy heirs.'"

Same as 101.

'A'isha said, "I said, 'Messenger of Allah, I have two neighbours. Towhom should I give my gifts?' He replied, 'To the one whose door is nearerto you.'"

same as 108 with a different isnad.

Al-Hasan was asked about the neighbour and said, "The term 'neighbour'includes the forty houses in front a person, the forty houses behind him,the forty houses on his right and the forty houses on his left."

Abu Hurayra said, "Do not begin with your more distant neighbours beforethe closer ones. Rather begin with your nearest neighbours before the mostdistant ones."

Ibn 'Umar said, "There was a time when no one was more entitled to aperson's money than his Muslim brother. Now people love their dirhams anddinars more than their Muslim brother. I heard the Prophet, may Allah blesshim and grant him peace, say, 'How many a neighbour will be brought togetherwith his neighbour on the Day of Rising! He will say, "Lord, this man closedhis door to me and refused to show me common kindness!"'"

Ibn 'Abbas told Ibn az-Zubayr, "I heard the Prophet, may Allah blesshim and grant him peace, say, 'A man is not a believer who fills his stomachwhile his neighbour is hungry.'"

It is reported that Abu Dharr said, "My dear friend, may Allah blesshim and grant him peace, enjoined three things on me:
'Hear and obey, evenif the ruler is a slave with his limbs amputated. When you cook a stew, puta lot of water in it and then go and see the people of a neighbouring houseand give them a reasonable amount of it. Pray the prayers at their properprayers. Then if you find that the imam has already prayed, you have guardedyour prayer (by already having performed it). If not, it is a supererogatoryprayer (since you have done it again)."

Abu Dharr reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant himpeace, said, "Abu Dharr! If you cook some stew, make a lot of it and fulfilyour duty to your neighbours (or divide it among your neighbours)."

'Abdullah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As reported that the Messenger of Allah,may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "The best of companions inthe sight of Allah Almighty is the best of them towards his companion, andthe best of neighbours in the sight of Allah is the best of them towardshis neighbour."

Nafi' ibn 'Abdu'l-Harith reported that the Prophet, may Allah blesshim and grant him peace, said, "Part of the happiness of the Muslim man includesa spacious dwelling, righteous neighbour and a good mount"

Abu Hurayra said, "Part of the supplication of the Prophet, may Allahbless him and grant him peace, was, "Oh Allah, I seek refuge with you froman evil neighbour in the Eternal World. A neighbour in this world can bechanged.

Abu Musa reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him andgrant him peace, said, "The Final Hour will not come until a man kills hisneighbour, his brother and his father."

Abu Hurayra said, "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,was asked, 'Messenger of Allah! A certain woman prays in the night, fastsin the day, acts and gives sadaqa, but injures her neighbours with her tongue.'The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Thereis no good in her. She is one of the people of the Fire.' They said, 'Anotherwoman prays the prescribed prayers and gives bits of curd as sadaqa and doesnot injure anyone.' The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and granthim peace, said, 'She is one of the people of the Garden.'"

'Umara ibn Ghurab reported that an aunt of his told him that she asked'A'isha, Umm al-Mu'minin, "If a woman's husband desires her and she refusesto give herself to him either because she is angry or not eager, is thereanything wrong in that?" "Yes," she replied. "Part of his right over youis that if he desires you when you are on a saddle, you must not refuse him."She said, "I also asked her, 'If one of us is menstruating and she and herhusband only have a single cover, what should she do?' She replied, 'Sheshould wrap her wrapper around her and sleep with him. He can have what isabove it. I will tell you what the Prophet, may Allah bless him and granthim peace, did on one of his nights with me. I had cooked some barley andmade loaf for him. He came in, stopped at the door, and then went into themosque. When he wanted to sleep, he closed the door, tied up the waterskin,turned the cup over and put out the light. I waited for him and he ate theloaf. He did not go until I fell asleep. Later he felt the cold and cameand got me up. "Warm me! Warm me!" he said. I said, "I am menstruating."He said, "Then uncover your thighs," so I uncovered my thighs and he puthis cheek and head on my thighs until he was warm. Then a pet sheep belongingto our neighbour came in. I went and took the load away. I disturbed theProphet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and he woke up, so I chasedthe sheep to the door. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,said, "Take what you got of your loaf and do not injure your neighbour'ssheep."'"

Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless himand grant him peace, said, "A person whose neighbours are not safe from hisevil will not enter the Garden."

'Amr ibn Mu'adh al-Ashhali reported that his grandmother said, "TheMessenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Believingwomen! Do not let any of you women disdain her female neighbour's gift, evenif it is only a burnt sheep's hoof.'"

Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless himand grant him peace, said, "Muslim women! Muslim women! A woman should notdisdain her female neighbour's gift, even if it is only a sheep's hoof."

Abu Hurayra said, "A man said, 'Messenger of Allah, I have a neighbourwho does me harm.' He said, 'Go and take your things out into the road.'He took his things out into the road. People gathered around him and asked,'What's the matter?' He replied, 'A neighbour of mine injures me and I mentionedit to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. Hetold me, "Take your things out into the road."' They began to say, 'O Allah,curse him! O Allah, disgrace him!' When the man heard that, he came out tohim and said, 'Go back to your home. By Allah, I will not harm you.'"

Abu Juhayfa said, "A man complained to the Prophet, may Allah blesshim and grant him peace, about his neighbour. The Prophet said, 'Take yourbags and put them in the road and whoever passes them will curse him.' Everyonewho passed him began to curse that neighbour. Then he went to the Prophet,may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and said, 'How many people I met!'He said, 'The curse of Allah is on top of their curse!' Then he told theone who had complained, 'You have enough,' or words to that effect."

Jabir said, "A man came to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and granthim peace, to complain to him about the enmity of his neighbour. While hewas sitting between the Corner and the Maqam, the Prophet, may Allah blesshim and grant him peace, approached with a man who was wearing a white garment.They went to the Maqam where they were praying for the dead. He went up tothe Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and said, 'May my motherand my father be your ransom, Messenger of Allah! Who is this man I see withyou wearing the white garment?' 'You saw him?' he asked. 'Yes,' the man replied.He said, 'Then you have seen much good. That was Jibril, may Allah blesshim and grant him peace, the Messenger of my Lord. He kept on recommendingthat I treat my neighbours well until I thought that he would order me tomake them my heirs.'"

Thawban said, "When two men cut each other off for more than three daysand one of them dies, then they both die while relations between them aresevered and both of them are destroyed. There is no man who wrongs his neighbourto the extent that he forces him until he makes him leave his home who isnot destroyed."

Mujahid said, "I was with 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr while his slave was skinninga sheep. He said, 'Boy! When you finish, start with the Jewish neighbour.'A man there exclaimed, 'Jewish? May Allah correct you!' He replied, 'I heardthe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, recommendthat we treat our neighbours well until we feared (or we thought) that hewould order us to make them our heirs.'"