Neighbours

Neighbours are those people who live near you.  The people who you can see nearby every day.  The people, you may get in touch with in some daily situations.  At least, some of them may share you stairs of the building or the lift.

Islam gives the neighbours sacred rights.  For example, our prophet Muhammed, (peace be upon him) urged us to respect our neighbours and to consider them as our brothers.  Also, in our traditions and customs, there are many sayings that describe the neighbours.  One of them is :” If your neighbour does not see your face, he will see your back.  Another one is that the neighbour is still and remains a neighbour although if he hurts you.

The  neighbours have to respect each other.  They have to deal with each other in ideal ways.  For instance, when one meets anyone of his neighbours, he has to greet him politely.

The  neighbours are the nearest people who share you all your occasions.  They visit you and congratulate you in your happy occasions,  they comfort you in sad ones.  They may be the first people who help you when you need help.

If the neighbours co-operate with each other and help each other, all the society will become a strong unit in the face of the outer and surrounding dangers.

Written by: Salem Mraheel Quraisha.