The Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has said: Do you know what the right of a neighbour is? (He صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم then himself said:) When he asks you for help, help him and when he asks for a loan, give him a loan and when he is needy, give him and when he is ill, visit him to enquire about his health and when he receives goodness, congratulate him and when he is in trouble, condole him and when he dies, attend his funeral and do not make your building higher without his permission that may disrupt air ventilation to his house and do not hurt him with your Haandi [food], but give him something from it and if you buy dry fruit, also present him some and if you do not want to present him then bring it to your home secretly and your children should not go out with it because it may grieve the children of your neighbour. Do you know what the right of a neighbour is? By the One in Whose power my life is! There are few who completely fulfil the rights of their neighbours. They are those who have blessing of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ.

The Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم constantly advised on neighbours to the extent that people thought that he صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم would make their neighbour their heirs. He صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم then said: There are three types of neighbours. Some have three rights, some have two and some have one. The neighbour who is Muslim and your relative has three rights: The right of neighbour, the right of Islam and the right of relative. Muslim neighbour has two rights: The right of neighbour and the right of Islam and the neighbour [who is an unbeliever] has only one right, the right of neighbour.

(Shu’ab-ul-Iman, vol. 7, pp. 83-84, Hadees 9560)

Dear Islamic brothers! From the above-mentioned blessed Hadees every wise person can understand that how wonderful are the Islamic teachings about fulfilling the rights of neighbours, satisfying their needs, visiting them to enquire about their health, making them happy, treating them excellently, and protecting them from troubles. If today, the Muslims make these beautiful teachings of Islam, a part and parcel of their life and act upon them accordingly, so the day is not far when true Madani revolution will take place in our society and our society will become a peaceful place. But Alas! As we are getting away from the era of our Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, we are becoming heedless in fulfilling the rights of our neighbours along with other