Good Deed: #9 Be good to your neighbours
Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar(Allah be pleased with him): The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The best friend in the sight of Allah is he who is the well-wisher of his companions, and the best neighbour is one who behaves best towards his neighbours. Al-Tirmidhi, Number 120
Narrated AbuDharr (Allah be pleased with him) Allah’s Apostle (peace be upon him) said: AbuDharr, when you prepare the broth, add water to that and give that (as a present) to your neighbour. – Sahih Muslim, 1208
Narrated by Ibn ‘Abbas told Ibn az-Zubayr (Allah be pleased with him), “I heard the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, ‘A man is not a believer who fills his stomach while his neighbour is hungry.'” Al-Adab al-Mufrad Al-Bukhar, IV 61, 112
Action plan
Certain specific rights of the neighbours
Mu’awiya lbn Haidah relates that the Prophet of Allah (S.A.W.) said “The rights of the neighbour upon you are that;
- If he falls ill you visit (and take care of) him;
- if he dies you attend his funeral (and take part in the burial arrangements);
- if he commits an evil deed, you prevent it from being known (i.e. do not give publicity to it);
- if he is favoured by good-fortune, you congratulate him;
- if a calamity befalls him, you grieve in sympathy with him;
- you restrain from erecting your building higher than his in such away that the passage of fresh air is blocked from his house (unless you obtained his consent) and further,
- (you take care that) the aroma of your cooking pot does not cause sorrow to him (and his children) except that you send some of it (the food) to him.”