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RIGHTS OF NEIGHBOURS
 Allah Ta'ala says, "And worship Allah, and do not associateanyone with Him and do good to parents, and to relativesand orphans, and the needy, and the near neighbour andthe distant neighbour and the companion of your side andthe wayfarer." (Surah Nisa, verse 36)My Beloved Prophet sallalaho alaihe wasallam's beloveddevotees! Along with worshipping Him, Allah Ta'ala hasordered us to be good to our parents, relatives, the poorand needy, orphans and our neighbours. We can understandmost of these easily but we need to explore the wisdom inthe order of being good to our neighbours.My beloved Prophet sallalaho alaihe wasallam's beloveddevotees! Neighbours are close to us in every way, evencloser than our relatives in some respects. Life is full of upsand downs and unpredictable situations and risks can ariseanytime. We may need help at any time. If Allah forbid, weface any problem in our house, the one that can be calledfor help is our neighbour. He will willingly come to help youwhen you had treated him nicely and had developed termsshowing mutual respect, regard, and a feeling of beinghelpful. It is important for peace and security for yourself and your neighbour.Rasool Allah sallalaho alaihe wasallam said, " I swear in thename of One in Whose custody is my life, the rights of neighbours can be rightly paid by one on whom Allahshowers His Mercy. And few among you know about therights of neighbours.(The rights of neighbours include),Help them in fulfilling their necessities, give them loans, if they are happy greet them, and if they are sad, share their
 
sorrow, if they are sick, visit them to help them and if theydie, offer funeral Prayer for them (Namaz e Janaza) and bewith them until they are buried." (Tafseer Roohul Bayaan,part 5/page 530)May Allah Almighty enable us to fulfil the rights of theneighbours. Aameen.
Three Kinds of Neighbours
Rasool Allah sallalaho alaihe wasallam said, "There arethree kinds of neighbours. Some have three rights, somehave two rights and some have one right. A neighbour whois a Muslim as well as being a relative has three rights .Theright of neighbourhood, the Islamic right and the right of arelative. A neighbour who is a Muslim has two rights, theright of neighbourhood and the right of Islam. the non-Muslim neighbour has only one right, that is the right of aneighbour."The Companions asked Rasool Allah sallalaho alaihewasallam if they could give non-Muslim neighbours a sharefrom the meat of animals that were sacrificed (on Eid).Rasool Allah sallalaho alaihe wasallam replied, "Do not giveany thing from the meat (of sacrificed animal) to theinfidels."Rasool Allah sallalaho alaihe wasallam said, "Do you knowwho is a poor person?" He then continued, "A poor personamong my people is one who will bring Salah, Fasting,Zakat on the day of judgement but on the other hand hehad abused his neighbour, and had put blame of adultery onhim, had grabbed his things, had injured and beaten him.This person will be given reward for his good deeds butbefore that his virtues will be distributed to his neighbourwho was victimised by this person, if his virtues run out,
 
then the sins of his neighbour will be put in his account andhe will be thrown into hell."My Beloved Prophet sallalaho alaihe wasallam's beloveddevotees! There is a serious warning for us in the abovementioned Hadith that even if we are very punctual inworship but are not good to our neighbours, our virtues willnot reward us and we will not enter Paradise. These issuesare to be taken into consideration with grave attention. Weare the followers of the Prophet of Mercy sallalaho alaihewasallam. Keep politeness, kindness and courtesy of RasoolAllah sallalaho alaihe wasallam always in your mind, so thatyou will be able to refrain from abusive language, cruelty,harshness and rudeness. If we follow the basic aspects of character and habits (Uswa e Hasana) of Rasool Allahsallalaho alaihe wasallam, we will automatically become agood person, a good Muslim and a good neighbour. If weforget the character and habits of Rasool Allah sallalahoalaihe wasallam, it is very difficult and hard to fight Satanand to refrain from using abusive language, controllinganger and mistreating our neighbours. Then we will beprone to follow disliked behaviour and our worship andpiety may not be able to save us from the fire of Hell. MayAllah Ta'ala save us from such poverty and may we offer therights of our neighbours sincerely and according to Qur'anand Sunnah. Aameen.Hazrat Abu Shureh Khuzaee radiallaho ta'ala anhu narratesthat Rasool Allah sallalaho alaihe wasallam said, "A personwho believes in Allah and the day of judgement should takecare of his neighbours." (Ibn E Maja)My Beloved Prophet sallalaho alaihe wasallam's beloveddevotees! In the above-mentioned Hadith, the rights of theneighbours have been mentioned with aspects of faith.Indirectly, we are told that after verbal announcement of 
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