The Rights of Neighbor in ISLAM Nadeem Hussain Bajkani

1. Rights of Neighbors In Islam

2. Nadeem Hussain
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3.  Neighbors in the Holy Quran “worship Allah and join
none with Him in worship, and do good to parents,
kinsfolk, orphans, Al-Masakin (the poor), the
neighbor who is near of kin, the neighbor who is a
stranger, the companion by your side, the wayfarer
(you meet), and those (slaves) whom your right hands
possess. Verily, Allah does not like such as are proud
and boastful" ( Nisa,4:36)

4.  Good and Bad Neighbor• Saad Ibn Abi Waqqas (RA)
narrated that our noble Prophet (SAW) said:" Four
things bring happiness:• a righteous wife,• a spacious
home,• a righteous neighbor and• a comfortable means
of transport.• Four things contribute to misery:• A bad
neighbor,• a bad wife,• a cramped home and• bad
means of transport"• (Ibn Hibban: 1232)

5. Who is a neighbor?
 Imam ibn Hajar said, “The neighbor includes -the
adjoining ones- whether they are Muslim and non-
Muslim, the practicing and non-practicing Muslim,
the friend and the enemy, the foreigner and the
national, the good and the bad and those with near or
far houses.” (Fath Al-Bari)

6. The rights of the neighbors
 All texts of revelation have stressed good treatment,
kindness, cooperation, sharing happiness and sorrow, and
mercifulness towards neighbors, regardless of their
religion. This right has been repeated in revelation to the
Prophet (peace be upon him) once and once again until he
thought that there will be a share of inheritance to the
neighbors. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Gabriel
impressed upon me (the kind treatment) towards the
neighbor (so much) that I thought as if he would soon
confer upon him the (right) of inheritance.” (Muslim) In
the following lines, we will try to summarize some of these
moral rights of neighbors in Islam.