house catches fire, or he faces the problems of electricity, water, illness, unemployment, household quarrels or false cases, so we should immediately try to resolve his problems according to our ability. Treating neighbours well is such a best deed for which Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ has said: It is stated in Ayah 36 of Surah An-Nisa, part 5:

وَ اعْبُدُوا اللّٰهَ وَ لَا تُشْرِكُوْا بِهٖ شَیْــٴًـا وَّ بِالْوَالِدَیْنِ اِحْسَانًا وَّ بِذِی الْقُرْبٰى وَ الْیَتٰمٰى وَ الْمَسٰكِیْنِ وَ الْجَارِ ذِی الْقُرْبٰى وَ الْجَارِ الْجُنُبِ وَ الصَّاحِبِ بِالْجَنْۢبِ وَ ابْنِ السَّبِیْلِۙ-وَ مَا مَلَكَتْ اَیْمَانُكُمْؕ-اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا یُحِبُّ مَنْ كَانَ مُخْتَالًا فَخُوْرَاۙﰳ  (۳۶)

Translation from Kanz-ul-Iman: And worship Allah and associate none with Him, and be good to parents, and to relatives, and to orphans, and to needy, and to the near neighbour and to the distant neighbour, and to the close companion and to the traveller; and to your male and female slaves; indeed Allah does not like the arrogant, the boastful.

Regarding this blessed Ayah it is stated in Tafseerat Ahmadiyyah that close neighbour means his house is attached to your house and a distant neighbour means he lives in the neighbourhood, but his house is not attached to your house or the one who is your neighbour as well as your relative, is close neighbour. The one who is only your neighbour but not your relative is a distant neighbour or the one who is your neighbour as well as Muslim is a close neighbour and the one who is only your neighbour but not Muslim is a distant neighbour. (Tafseerat Ahmadiyyah, An-Nisa, Taht-al-Ayah: 36, pp. 275)

Dear Islamic brother! Have you noticed! Islam is such a beautiful religion which not only instructs us of doing good to parents and relatives but it also teaches us how to treat close and distant neighbours. اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ, not only in the Holy Quran but also in blessed Ahadees, we have been given the mind-set of giving importance and good treatment to neighbours and fulfilling their rights. Let’s listen to a very beautiful Hadees in this regard and try to memorize the Madani pearls from it.