Hadith About Neighbor

The ​Prophet ‌(ﷺ) ‌said, ‌"Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, should not hurt his neighbor and whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, should serve his guest generously and whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, should speak what is good or keep silent."

that ​she ‌said ​to ​`Urwa, "O, the son of my sister! We used to see three crescents in two months, and no fire used to be made in the houses of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (i.e. nothing used to be cooked)." `Urwa said, "What used to sustain you?" `Aisha said, "The two black things i.e. dates and water, except that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had neighbors from the Ansar who had some milch she-camels, and they used to give the Prophet (ﷺ) some milk from their house, and he used to make us drink it."

Allah's ​Messenger ‌(ﷺ) ​said, ​"Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should talk what is good or keep quiet, and whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should not hurt (or insult) his neighbor; and whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, should entertain his guest generously."

I ​said, ‌"O ​Allah's ​Messenger (ﷺ)! Which is the biggest sin?" He said, "To set up rivals to Allah by worshipping others though He alone has created you." I asked, "What is next?" He said, "To kill your child lest it should share your food." I asked, "What is next?" He said, "To commit illegal sexual intercourse with the wife of your neighbor."

A ​man ​said, ‌"O ​Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Which sin is the greatest in Allah's Sight?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "To set up a rival unto Allah though He Alone created you . " The man said, "What is next?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "To kill your son lest he should share your food with you." The man said, "What is next?" The Prophet said, "To commit illegal sexual intercourse with the wife of your neighbor." So Allah revealed in confirmation of this narration:-- 'And those who invoke not with Allah, any other god. Nor kill, such life as Allah has forbidden except for just cause nor commit illegal sexual intercourse. And whoever does this shall receive the punishment.' (25.68)

The ‌Prophet ‌(ﷺ) ‌has ‌decreed that preemption is valid in all cases where the real estate concerned has not been divided, but if the boundaries are established and the ways are made, then there is no preemption. A man said, "Preemption is only for the neighbor," and then he makes invalid what he has confirmed. He said, "If someone wants to buy a house and being afraid that the neighbor (of the house) may buy it through preemption, he buys one share out of one hundred shares of the house and then buys the rest of the house, then the neighbor can only have the right of preemption for the first share but not for the rest of the house; and the buyer may play such a trick in this case."

Al-Miswar ‌bin ‌Makhrama ‌came ​and put his hand on my shoulder and I accompanied him to Sa'd. Abu Rafi' said to Al-Miswar, "Won't you order this (i.e. Sa'd) to buy my house which is in my yard?" Sa'd said, "I will not offer more than four hundred in installments over a fixed period." Abu Rafi said, "I was offered five hundred cash but I refused. Had I not heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, 'A neighbor is more entitled to receive the care of his neighbor,' I would not have sold it to you." The narrator said, to Sufyan: Ma'mar did not say so. Sufyan said, "But he did say so to me." Some people said, "If someone wants to sell a house and deprived somebody of the right of preemption, he has the right to play a trick to render the preemption invalid. And that is by giving the house to the buyer as a present and marking its boundaries and giving it to him. The buyer then gives the seller one-thousand Dirham as compensation in which case the preemptor loses his right of preemption."

Abu ‌Rafi' ‌said ​that ‌Sa'd offered him four hundred Mithqal of gold for a house. Abu Rafi ' said, "If I had not heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, 'A neighbor has more right to be taken care of by his neighbor,' then I would not have given it to you." Some people said, "If one has bought a portion of a house and wants to cancel the right of preemption, he may give it as a present to his little son and he will not be obliged to take an oath."

The ‌Prophet ​(ﷺ) ‌said, ‌"The neighbor has more right to be taken care of by his neighbor (than anyone else)." Some men said, "If one wants to buy a house for 20,000 Dirhams then there is no harm to play a trick to deprive somebody of preemption by buying it (just on paper) with 20,000 Dirhams but paying to the seller only 9,999 Dirhams in cash and then agree with the seller to pay only one Dinar in cash for the rest of the price (i.e. 10,001 Dirhams). If the preemptor offers 20,000 Dirhams for the house, he can buy it otherwise he has no right to buy it (by this trick he got out of preemption). If the house proves to belong to somebody else other than the seller, the buyer should take back from the seller what he has paid, i.e., 9,999 Dirhams and one Dinar, because if the house proves to belong to somebody else, so the whole bargain (deal) is unlawful. If the buyer finds a defect in the house and it does not belong to somebody other than the seller, the buyer may return it and receive 20,000 Dirhams (instead of 9999 Dirham plus one Dinar) which he actually paid.' Abu `Abdullah said, "So that man allows (some people) the playing of tricks amongst the Muslims (although) the Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'In dealing with Muslims one should not sell them sick (animals) or bad things or stolen things."

Abu ‌Rafi` ​sold ‌a ​house to Sa`d bin Malik for four-hundred Mithqal of gold, and said, "If I had not heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, 'The neighbor has more right to be taken care of by his neighbor (than anyone else),' then I would not have sold it to you."

I ​heard ‌Hudhaifa ‌saying, ‌"While we were sitting with `Umar, he said, 'Who among you remembers the statement of the Prophet (ﷺ) about the afflictions?' Hudhaifa said, "The affliction of a man in his family, his property, his children and his neighbors are expiated by his prayers, Zakat (and alms) and enjoining good and forbidding evil." `Umar said, "I do not ask you about these afflictions, but about those afflictions which will move like the waves of the sea." Hudhaifa said, "Don't worry about it, O chief of the believers, for there is a closed door between you and them." `Umar said, "Will that door be broken or opened?" I said, "No. it will be broken." `Umar said, "Then it will never be closed," I said, "Yes." We asked Hudhaifa, "Did `Umar know what that door meant?" He replied, "Yes, as I know that there will be night before tomorrow morning, that is because I narrated to him a true narration free from errors." We dared not ask Hudhaifa as to whom the door represented so we ordered Masruq to ask him what does the door stand for? He replied, "`Umar."

One ​day ​Allah's ‌Messenger ‌(ﷺ) narrated to us a long narration about Ad-Dajjal and among the things he narrated to us, was: "Ad-Dajjal will come, and he will be forbidden to enter the mountain passes of Medina. He will encamp in one of the salt areas neighboring Medina and there will appear to him a man who will be the best or one of the best of the people. He will say 'I testify that you are Ad-Dajjal whose story Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) has told us.' Ad-Dajjal will say (to his audience), 'Look, if I kill this man and then give him life, will you have any doubt about my claim?' They will reply, 'No,' Then Ad- Dajjal will kill that man and then will make him alive. The man will say, 'By Allah, now I recognize you more than ever!' Ad-Dajjal will then try to kill him (again) but he will not be given the power to do so."

I ‌asked ‌Allah's ‌Messenger ‌(ﷺ) "What is the biggest sin in the sight of Allah?" He said, "To set up rivals unto Allah though He alone created you." I said, "In fact, that is a tremendous sin," and added, "What next?" He said, "To kill your son being afraid that he may share your food with you." I further asked, "What next?" He said, "To commit illegal sexual intercourse with the wife of your neighbor."

A ​man ​said, ‌"O ‌Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Which sin is the biggest in Allah's Sight?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "To set up rivals unto Allah though He Alone created you." That man said, "What is next?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "To kill your son lest he should share your food with you.'' The man said, "What is next?" The Prophet said, "To commit illegal sexual intercourse with the wife of your neighbor." Then Allah revealed in confirmation of that: "And those who invoke not with Allah any other god, nor kill such life as Allah has made sacred except for just cause, nor commit illegal sexual intercourse and whoever does this shall receive the punishment..... (25.68)

Zuhair ​ibn ‌Harb ​and ​Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Numayr both narrated to us on the authority of Ibn Uyaynah. Ibn Numayr said: Sufyan narrated to us on the authority of Amr, that he heard Nafi’ ibn Jubayr narrating on the authority of Abu Shurayh al-Khuza’i, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should treat his neighbor well. And whoever believes in Allah…” And on the Last Day, let him honor his guest. And whoever believes in God and the Last Day should speak good or remain silent.

Abu ‌Bakr ‌bin ‌Abi ‌Shaybah told us, Abu Usama told us, Shu’bah told us, on the authority of Abu al-Tayyah, he said, I heard Abu Zur’ah, on the authority of Abu Hurairah, on the authority of the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, who said, “This neighborhood of Quraysh will destroy my nation.” They said, “What do you command us to do?” He said, “If only the people Separate from them.” Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Durqi and Ahmad ibn Uthman al-Nawfali narrated to us, saying: Abu Dawud narrated to us: Shu`bah, in this chain of transmission, its meaning.

Ibn ‌Abi ​Umar ‌told ​us, Abd al-Wahhab al-Thaqafi told us, on the authority of Ayyub, on the authority of Abu Qilaba, and al-Qasim, al-Tamimi, on the authority of Zuhdam al-Jarmi, he said There was friendship and brotherhood between this neighborhood of Jarm and the Ash'aris, so we were with Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari, and food was brought to him. It contains chicken meat. He mentioned something similar.

Urwa ​b. ‌Zubair ​reported ​that 'Abdullah b. Zubair had narrated to him that a person from the Ansar disputed with Zubair in the presence of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in regard to the watering places of Harra from which they watered the date-palms. The Ansari said:Let the water flow, but he (Zubair) refused to do this and the dispute was brought to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and he said to Zubair: Zubair, water (your date-palms), then let the water flow to your neighbor. The Ansari was enraged and said: Allah's Messenger, (you have given this decision) for he is the son of your father's sister. The face of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) underwent a change, and then said: Zubair, water (your date-palms), then hold it until it rises up to the walls. Zubair said: I think, by Allah, that this verse:" Nay, by the Lord, they will not (really) (believe) until they make thee a judge of what is in dispute among them, and find in this no dislike of what thou decidest and submit with full submission" (iv)

Yahya ‌ibn ​Yahya ​narrated ​to us (saying): Abdul Aziz ibn Abi Hazim narrated to us from his father, from Yazid ibn Ruman, from Urwa, from Aisha, that she used to say: "By Allah, O my sister's son! We used to see the crescent moon, then another crescent moon, then another crescent moon, we saw three crescent moons in two months, and no fire was lit in the houses of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." Urwa said, I asked: "O aunt, what was your livelihood then?" She replied: "Two black (i.e., dried) dates and water! However, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had some neighbors from the Ansar, and they had milking cows." They would send milk to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he would give it to us to drink.” (Explanation 2979 DA)

Then ‌we ​walked ‌on. ​Finally, we came to Jabir ibn Abdillah in his mosque. He was praying, wrapped in a garment. I stepped through the congregation and sat between him and the qibla. And I said: "May Allah have mercy on you, are you praying wrapped in a garment while your cloak is beside you?" He made a gesture with his hand on my chest, spread his fingers apart and curved them. I wished that a fool like you would come and see how I do it and do the same. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to this mosque with a date palm of Ibn Tub in his hand, and he saw some spit on the qibla of the mosque. And he wiped it away with a branch. Then he turned to us and said: "Which of you would want to turn away from it?" We were frightened. Then he said again: "Which of you would want to turn away from it?" We were frightened again. Then he said, "Which of you would want to turn away from it?" We said, "No! None of us (would want that), O Messenger of Allah!" He said, "When one of you stands up to pray, surely the Kaaba of Allah, the Exalted, is towards the direction of his face. Therefore, he should not spit towards his face or to his right. He should spit to his left, under his left foot. If a sudden calamity befalls him, he should do this with his garment..." Then, folding his garment over himself, he said, "Show me a saffron!" Thereupon, a young man from the neighborhood got up and ran to his house and brought a saffron-scented perfume in his hand. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) took it and rubbed it on the end of the branch. Then he wiped away the trace of the spit with it and said, "The practice of using saffron perfume in your mosques originates from here." We set out with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on the expedition to Batn Buvad. He was looking for Majdi ibn Amr al-Juhani. Five, six, or seven of us took turns riding his camel. Then, it was the turn of a man from the Ansar to ride his camel. He made it kneel down and mounted it. Then he drove it. But the camel hesitated for a moment. He said to it: "Go! May Allah curse you!" Thereupon, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Who is it that curses his camel?" That man said: "It is me, O Messenger of Allah! Do not accompany us on that cursed animal! Do not curse yourselves! Do not curse your children! Do not curse your possessions! Do not curse Allah at the hour when He grants you what you ask for!" We continued walking with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). When the time came and we approached one of the Arabian waters, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked, "Who will go ahead of us to prepare the basin and drink water, and bring us water?" Jabir said, "I immediately got up and said, 'Here is a man, O Messenger of Allah!'" Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Who will go with you?" Immediately, Jabbar ibn Sa'i got up and we went to the well, drew one or two buckets of water into the basin, and built its stones. Then we drew water until it was full. The first to arrive was the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), who said, "Will you drink?" We replied, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah!" He released his camel, and it drank water. He pulled the reins, the animal spread its legs, and urinated. Then he turned it over and made it kneel. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to the synagogue and performed ablution there. Afterwards, I got up and performed ablution from the same place where the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had performed ablution. Jabbar ibn Sahr went to relieve himself. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up to pray. I was wearing a striped garment, and I tried to wrap it around the two ends. But I couldn't reach it. The garment had fringes. I turned them inside out. Then I wrapped it around the two ends. Then I put it on my lap. And I came and stood to the left of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He turned me and stood to his right and then to his left. Thereupon, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) took both of our hands and pushed us, and made us stand behind him. Without realizing it, I started throwing dates at the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Then I understood his intention. He gestured with his hand, meaning, "Tie your belt." When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) finished the prayer, he said, "Jabir!" I said, "I am ready, O Messenger of Allah!" He said, "If it is wide, wrap it between the two ends! If it is narrow, tie it like a button!" We walked with him (peace and blessings be upon him). The daily food of each of us was a dried date. He would suck on it and then put it inside his garment. We would shake off leaves with our bows and eat it. Our lips even became sore. I swear that one day, by mistake, one of us was not given a date, and we went to get him (because of his weakness) and testified that he had not been given a date. He was given a date, and he got up and took it. We walked with him (peace and blessings be upon him). Finally, we descended into a wide valley. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) went to relieve himself. I followed him with a water container. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) looked around, but he saw nothing to cover himself with. Suddenly, two trees caught his eye on the edge of the valley. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) immediately went to one of them, grasped a branch, and said, "Be submissive to me by my permission!" The branch became submissive to him, like a camel with a bridle that is unruly towards its owner. He went to the other tree, grasped a branch, and said, "Be submissive to me by my permission!" It also became submissive like the other. When he reached the middle of the two, he closed the gap between them (i.e., gathered them together) and said, "Be submissive to me by my permission!" He said. They immediately closed. Jabir said: I ran out (from there) for fear that if the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sensed my presence, he would move away. (Muhammad ibn Abbad said "Feyetebe'acıe" instead of "Feyebteıde"). And I sat down. I was talking to myself. By chance, I looked beside me. And what did I see? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was coming. Those two trees had separated from each other and each had straightened up on its trunk. I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stop for a moment. He made a gesture with his head. (Abu Ismail indicated to the right and left with his head.) Then he walked towards me, and when he came beside me, he said: "Jabir! Did you see where I was standing?" He asked, "What is the meaning of this, O Messenger of Allah?" I replied, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah!" He said, "Go to these two trees and cut a branch from each. When you stand where I am, place one branch to your right and one to your left." I got up, picked up a stone, broke it, and sharpened it; it became sharp for me. I went to the two trees and cut a branch from each. Then I dragged them and came back and stood where the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was standing. I placed one branch to my right and one to my left. Then I caught up with him and said, "I have done it, O Messenger of Allah! Why was this necessary?" He said, "I passed by two graves of those who were being tormented, and through my intercession, I prayed that their torment would be lightened as long as these branches remained alive." Afterwards, we came to the army. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Jabir, call out, 'Water for ablution!'" He commanded. I shouted, "Attention! Water for ablution! Attention, water for ablution! Attention, is there no water for ablution?" I said, "O Messenger of Allah! I could not find a single drop of water in the caravan." A man from the Ansar used to cool water for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in an old wineskin hanging on a palm branch. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me, "Go to so-and-so, son of so-and-so, and see if there is anything in his wineskin!" I went to him and looked in the wineskin. But I found nothing in it except a single drop at the mouth of the wineskin. If I were to empty it, the dry part of the wineskin would drink it. I immediately came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, "O Messenger of Allah! I found nothing in it except a single drop at the mouth of the wineskin. If I were to empty it, the dry part of the wineskin would drink it. Bring it to me!" He commanded. I immediately brought it to him. He took it with his hand and began to speak something I did not understand. He was also squeezing it with both hands. Then he gave it to me and said: "Jabir! Call out, 'A large bowl!'" I called out, "O owner of the bowl of the caravan!" They immediately carried it and brought it to me. I placed the bowl before him. Thereupon, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) made the following gesture with his hand inside the bowl. He spread his hand and separated his fingers. Then he placed his hand at the bottom of the bowl and said: "Jabir! Take it and pour it over me and say 'Bismillah!'" I immediately poured the water over him and said 'Bismillah.' Subsequently, I saw the water boiling between the fingers of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Then the bowl boiled, turned, and finally filled. Thereupon he said: "Jabir! Call out to those who need water!" He was sleeping. Then the congregation came and drank water until they were satisfied. I said, "Is there anyone left who needs anything?" Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his hand over the bowl, which was full. They complained to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about hunger, and he said, "May Allah feed you!" Then we reached the seashore. The sea became turbulent and threw out an animal. We lit a fire on half of this animal and cooked food. We roasted it and ate until we were full. Then I, so-and-so, and so-and-so (he counted five people) entered the eye bone of this animal. No one could see us. Finally, we came out. And we took a rib bone from one of its ribs and bent it. Then we brought the biggest man in the caravan, the biggest camel, and the biggest cloth. He went under it and did not even lower his head. It means a child approaching puberty. Some have said it means a child who has started eating, while others have said it means a five-year-old child. Although the word "wa ahazte" in the second narration is attributed with a (wa) in all versions of Muslim, Nawawi said this is an error and that the correct form is (ev). Because the intention is to wish for one person to wear a garment made of two striped fabric and the other a garment made of two ma'afiri fabric. It means two garments. Some have said it means two new garments. According to Abu Ubayda, a lexicographer, it means saffron. Asma'i said it means various fragrances combined with saffron. According to his definition, Khaluq also has the same meaning, which is also what is intended by hadith. Buwad: It is the name of one of the Juheyna mountains.