Chapter 6 - Neighbours

Hadith 101  

'A'isha reported that the Prophet,   , said,

"Jibril, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, kept on recommending that I treat neighbours well until I thought that he would order me to treat them as my heirs."



Hadith 102

Abu Shurayh al-Khuza'i   reported that the Prophet,   said,

"Anyone who believes in Allah and the Last Day should be good to his neighbours. Anyone who believes in Allah and the Last Day should be generous to his guest. Anyone who believes in Allah and the Last Day should be say what is good or be silent."

Hadith 103

Al-Miqdad ibn al-Aswad    reported that the Messenger of Allah,    asked his Companions about fornication and they 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 for him 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 is for him to steal from his neighbour's house."





Hadith 104

Ibn 'Umar  reported that the Messenger of Allah,    said,

"Jibril kept on recommending that I treat my neighbours well until I thought that he would order me to treat them as my heirs."




Hadith 105

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

Hadith 106

Same as 101.



Hadith 107

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


Hadith 108

Same as 108 with a different isnad.





Hadith 109

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."



Hadith 110

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






Hadith 111

Ibn 'Umar   said, "There was a time when no one was more entitled to a person's money than his Muslim brother. Now people love their dirhams and dinars more than their Muslim brother. I heard the Prophet,    say, 'How many a neighbour will be brought together with his neighbour on the Day of Rising! He will say, "Lord, this man closed his door to me and refused to show me common kindness!"'"






Hadith 112


Ibn 'Abbas  told Ibn az-Zubayr,  "I heard the Prophet,   say,

'A man is not a believer who fills his stomach while his neighbour is hungry.'"







Hadith 113


It is reported that Abu Dharr   said, "My dear friend,    enjoined three things on me: 'Hear and obey, even if the ruler is a slave with his limbs amputated. When you cook a stew, put a lot of water in it and then go and see the people of a neighbouring house and give them a reasonable amount of it. Pray the prayers at their proper prayers. Then if you find that the imam has already prayed, you have guarded your prayer (by already having performed it). If not, it is a supererogatory prayer (since you have done it again)."

Hadith 114

Abu Dharr  reported that the Prophet,    said, "Abu Dharr! If you cook some stew, make a lot of it and fulfil your duty to your neighbours (or divide it among your neighbours)."






Hadith 115

'Abdullah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As  reported that the Messenger of Allah,    said, "The best of companions in the sight of Allah Almighty is the best of them towards his companion, and the best of neighbours in the sight of Allah is the best of them towards his neighbour."

65. The bad neighbour



Hadith 117

Abu Hurayra   said, "Part of the supplication of the Prophet,   was, "Oh Allah, I seek refuge with you from an evil neighbour in the Eternal World. A neighbour in this world can be changed.



Hadith 118

Abu Musa    reported that the Messenger of Allah,   , said,

"The Final Hour will not come until a man kills his neighbour, his brother and his father."





Hadith 119

Abu Hurayra    said, "The Prophet,    was asked, 'Messenger of Allah! A certain woman prays in the night, fasts in the day, acts and gives sadaqa, but injures her neighbours with her tongue.'

The Messenger of Allah,   said, 'There is no good in her. She is one of the people of the Fire.'

They said, 'Another woman prays the prescribed prayers and gives bits of curd as sadaqa and does not injure anyone.'

The Messenger of Allah,   , said, 'She is one of the people of the Garden.'"




Hadith 120


'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 refuses to give herself to him either because she is angry or not eager, is there anything wrong in that?"

"Yes," she  replied. "Part of his right over you is 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 her husband only have a single cover, what should she do?'

She  replied, 'She should wrap her wrapper around her and sleep with him. He can have what is above it. I will tell you what the Prophet, , did on one of his nights with me. I had cooked some barley and made loaf for him. He came in, stopped at the door, and then went into the masjid. 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 the loaf. He did not go until I fell asleep.

Later he felt the cold and came and 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 put his cheek and head on my thighs until he was warm. Then a pet sheep belonging to our neighbour came in. I went and took the load away. I disturbed the Prophet,   , and he woke up, so I chased the sheep to the door. The Prophet,   said, "Take what you got of your loaf and do not injure your neighbour's sheep."'"

Hadith 121

Abu Hurayra    reported that the Messenger of Allah,   said,

"A person whose neighbours are not safe from his evil will not enter the Garden."





Hadith 122

'Amr ibn Mu'adh al-Ashhali reported that his grandmother said, "The Messenger of Allah,   said, 'Believing women! Do not let any of you women disdain her female neighbour's gift, even if it is only a burnt sheep's hoof.'"

Hadith 123

Abu Hurayra  reported that the Messenger of Allah,   said,

"Muslim women! Muslim women! A woman should not disdain her female neighbour's gift, even if it is only a sheep's hoof."





Hadith 124

Abu Hurayra   said, "A man said, 'Messenger of Allah, I have a neighbour who 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
mentioned it to the Messenger of Allah,  He told 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 to him and said, 'Go back to your home. By Allah, I will not harm you.'"




Hadith 125

Abu Juhayfa   said, "A man complained to the Prophet,   about his neighbour. The Prophet   said,

'Take your bags and put them in the road and whoever passes them will curse him.' Everyone who passed him began to curse that neighbour. Then he went to the Prophet,   , and said, 'How many people I met!' He said, 'The curse of Allah is on top of their curse!' Then he told the one who had complained, 'You have enough,' or words to that effect."



Hadith 126

Jabir  said, "A man came to the Prophet,    to complain to him about the enmity of his neighbour. While he was sitting between the Corner and the Maqam, the Prophet,     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 to the Prophet,  , and said, 'May my mother and my father be your ransom, Messenger of Allah! Who is this man I see with you 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 the Messenger of my Lord. He kept on recommending that I treat my
neighbours well until I thought that he would order me to make them my heirs.'"

Hadith 127

Thawban  said, "When two men cut each other off for more than three days and one of them dies, then they both die while relations between them are severed and both of them are destroyed. There is no man who wrongs his neighbour to the extent that he forces him until he makes him leave his home who is not destroyed."





Hadith 128

Mujahid said, "I was with 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr   while his slave was skinning a sheep. He said, 'Boy! When you finish, start with the Jewish neighbour.' A man there exclaimed, 'Jewish? May Allah correct you!' He   replied, 'I heard the Messenger of Allah,  
recommend that we treat our neighbours well until we feared (or we thought) that he would order us to make them our heirs.'"