I have been mostly very lucky to have very kind and caring neighbours. With time we do develop a good relationship with them. Even after they left me they remained in my heart.Few of their memories bring along tears of joy and love.
Few months back I met one of my best neighbours, after along time. He is not my neighbour anymore. A very kind and caring person. Amazing how the the door, his room, the furniture looked so strange and different after he left them. He made that place and my life beautiful due to his presence. But unfortunately I was not as good a neighbour as he was.
I wish I could also become a neighbour like him.
how are your neighbours and your relations with them ?
we have great neighbours!....during the time he was building his home (was during ramadan) we used to send him food everytime we did iftar. He is such a nice guy and also his wife. We are quite close that if he ever did needed anything, water, food, cofee, he would knock on the door and ask. On christmas they had just moved in, yet they both made a nice apple pie and gave it to us christmas morning. We did the same for them on Eid... and they both seem to love our food to!. There such a cute couple they have one son and one daughter , recently got married about two months ago. Im happy to have such loving neighbours. i wouldn't ask for any1 else.
i love my neighbours, they dont poke their noses in our business. One of my neighbours even shovels the snow every time it snows. To simplify i dont even have a single complaint about um.
Though I mostly used to remain reserve, but this hadith about neighbours always alerts me and I feel that I should spare some time in my daily life to initiate to develop a good understanding and communication with my neigbours, to the extent possible.
narrated Abu Dharr (May Allah be pleased with him) My friend, (Messenger of Allah (PBUH)) advised me saying, "Whenever you prepare a broth, put plenty of water in it, and give some to your neighbours and then give them out of this with courtesy.''
Ibn Umar andAishah (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, "Jibril kept recommending treating neighbours with kindness until I thought he would assign a share of inheritance".[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (PBUH) said, "By Allah, he is not a believer! By Allah, he is not a believer! By Allah, he is not a believer.'' It was asked, "Who is that, O Messenger of Allah?'' He said, "One whose neighbour does not feel safe from his evil".[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
Another narration of Muslim is: Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, "He will not enter Jannah whose neighbour is not secure from his wrongful conduct".
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said,
"O Muslim women! No one of you should consider insignificant (a gift) to give to her neighbour even if it is (a gift of) the trotters of a sheep".
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
Commentary: This Hadith means that neighbours should present gifts to each other. The rich men and the poor according to their means. One who is poor should not think that what he is presenting to his neighbour is not worthy of giving. Even his humble gift, provided it is presented with sincerity, will find acceptance with Allah. According to the Noble Qur'an: "So whosoever does good equal to the weight of an ant (or a small ant) shall see it.''(99:7)
before marriage when i used to live wid parents we had lovely neighbours . we are very close they cum to our house we go to their house they look after our house when we are away . we share food on eid ramzan or ne other occasion . also share gifts on weddings birthdays .
^ Someone has to take the initiative to improve relations with them ^_^
It is well known that Abu Hanifa (radi Allahu 'anhu), did tahajjut every night. He would spend his night reciting the Quran. He had a neighbor who was an alcoholic, and he used to drink a lot and sing love poems. This used to bother the imam.
But one day, the imam did not hear this man's revelry, so he went and asked about him. They said, "Oh, so-and-so. They took him to jail." So, the very well respected imam went to the jail. He was the most respected imam and qaadi at the time in that place. When the ruler found out the imam went to the jail, he asked for the reason and was told that the imam was concerned about his neighbor who had been arrested. So, the ruler said to release the man, and he was released.
The neighbor then asked Abu Hanifa why he did that, and he replied, "Because you have a right upon me as a neighbor, and I have not been neglectful of that." That was the reason that the neighbor made repent (tauba )to Allah subhâna wa ta'âla
It depend which sides. One one side we have a very nice muslim couple with no kids. They give us food on special occasion and even when its not a special occasion. We borrow stuff from each other like milk, onions etc.
On the other side we have strange black family who we rarely see. The oldest son is a psycho he came into my kitchen after my hubby with a knife for no reason at all. Drugs in my opinion. Hes in and out of hospital(mental).
