Dia jiran saya..jadi?

We had our roti canai and teh tarik this morning.Hubby was early today so we had some time to allocate for our breakfast after sending kids to their respective caretaker. While waiting for our meal, we slipped newspapers , provided by the cafe.

We were talking about our neighbour who is on her maternity leave. The house is left unattended for few months and grass were high, some wild plants were crawling up to the walls. I guess maybe because the husband worked in KL, only the wife who stayed in Melaka. and now, the wife went back to hometown for maternity leave, and they abandon their house.

Hubby told me about rights of neighbours.  About the teachings of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) - a "neighbor" is not just the one next door but includes all those up to forty( forty doors to the right and forty to the left indicating that forty houses in every direction constitute ones neighbourhood.houses in all directions) . So, in my case, even they stay only 6 houses away from ours, they are our neighbours, and they might claim their right as neighbours!

This concern for our neighbors can take many forms. It means to ensure that our neighbors have the basic necessities, for a Muslim should not eat if his or her neighbor is going hungry. It means that Muslims should wish for their neighbors what they wish for themselves. It means sharing their happiness and sorrow. Further, it means to not spy on them and respect their privacy, to not gossip about them, to not harm them in any way, and to keep common use areas - such as apartment building entrances, streets and sidewalks - clean.

Credit to our kind next to home neighbour, who always flush his water to our trees and plants.:) he is very helpful, knowing our limited time to do that, he takes his initiavtive to do it, even we never ask him to.

Hubby said that those with almost perfect in performing good deeds but with abusive tongue to their neighbours are not adored in Islam. In fact, those who did not do all those extra acts of worship other than just compulsory (Wajib) but whose neighbors were happy with her, take a shine point of neighbourhood in Islam.
Hubby said, our Propher (PBUH) is very concern on the rights of the neighbour, and he adressed it clearly:

1) to help him if he asks your help,
2) to lend him if he asks to borrow from you,
3) to satisfy his needs if he becomes poor,
4)  to console him if he is visited by an affliction,
5) to congratulate him if is met with good fortune,
6) to visit him if he becomes ill,
7)  to attend his funeral if he dies,

Hubby said Prophet (pbhu) is so detail when he taught us on neighbourhood. He even reminded us ...to not  make our house higher than his without his consent lest you deny him the breeze, to offer him fruit when you buy some or to take it to your home secretly if you do not do that, nor to send out your children with it so as not to upset his children, nor to bother him by the tempting smell of your food unless you send him some.

Whoaaa...I was getting very thrilled. Wow! He is teaching us every single thing here?

The neighbor holds a special status in Islam and  makes no difference whether the neighbors are Muslim or non-Muslim. Aishah, stated that she once asked Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), "O Messenger of Allah! I have two neighbors. To whom shall I send my gifts?" Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "To the one whose gate is nearer to you."

Worship Allah and join none with Him (in worship); and do good to parents, kinsfolk, orphans, Al-Masakin (the poor), the neighbour who is near of kin, the neighbour who is a stranger, the companion by your side, the wayfarer (you meet), and those (slaves) whom your right hands possess. (Surah An Nisak:36)

Ok, we have it... let's do it!