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  • The Sharee'ah enjoins kindness to neighbors

    As salam ahlaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.So there’s this girl that comes from a very difficult family, where they all shout and fight all day long. (Parents, siblings, …) This would annoy her neighbors. However she knew that annoying neighbors is haram, but she didn’t know it was a major sin at all. (she tought it would be a minor sin) She.. More

  • Passing internet cable over neighbor's roof without his knowledge

    Assalaamu alaykum. May whoever wants to help me answer this always be in the protection of Allah; ameen. Here is the story: I have already installed the internet cable passing through the top of my next door neighbor's house's roof. I do not know whether they are pleased or not about the presence of the cable. Well, in this case, am I allowed to keep.. More

  • Fear of harming non-Muslim neighbor by reciting Quran daily

    Assalaamu alaykum, Scholar. Bothering the neighbor is a major sin. We live in Spain, in a house in which our neighor and us are separated by only a thin wall. I am currently memorising the Quran, so I memorise and revise almost every day, which means that I raise my voice, since memorising and revising with a low voice is not the same. I also raise.. More

  • Handling abusive neighbor

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. I have a neighbor who causes discomfort to me. She keeps commenting on me and my family for no reason. She backbites about us and does not even let her child play with mine. We have never ever fought, but she has a very different behaviour. She never says salam, nor does she smile, even if I say salam.. More

  • Visiting or calling neighbors not obligation

    If I greet my neighbours with the Salaam when I meet them in the street or in the mosque, is that enough? Or is it a must to go to their homes or phone them every now and then? .. More

  • What constitutes the neighbor in Islam

    What constitutes the neighbour in Islam? Are they only those who live closest to you, or does it cover everybody in your whole neighbourhood? What are the rights of the neighbours? Please clarify. .. More

  • The definition of the neighbor in Islam

    Assalaamu alaykum. I have one question about muslims and neighbors. In hadiths, the Prophet, sallallaahu ʻalayhi wa sallam, told us to treat our neighbours well. But who does that include? Only the houses next to you or, if u live in a small community with many apartments, are all those then considered neigbors? Some muslims think that its only.. More

  • They throw away food from neighbors for fear of poison

    Salaam Alaikum, In our home country (India) whenever food is sent by neighbour, our women usually throw their food as customary saying that it may contain poison to harm us as many other people were suffered in the locality by foods given by neighbors? So is this practice Halal? Jazaak ALLAHu Khair. .. More

  • How to deal with bad neighbors

    Assalamu aleikum, My question is about neighbors.I live in an Islamic country so we should all know how to behave with our neighbors in a good manner. I have neighbors who play loud music or turn up their TV when they're watching series. I do not want to hear music or TV. When I ask them to turn it down, they grumble and do so, but next day it's.. More

  • Her neighbours are taking advantage of her living alone with her children

    I have a question about being patient. Here in this society, being patient and returning evil with good is considered weakness, so whoever puts this in practice, is taken advantage of. For example, neighbors cut your electricity and then ask for money to fix it. If you simply give them the money, they keep on repeating this several times a month. Some.. More

  • How to deal with bad neighbours

    As-salamu'aleikum, I am a female and live alone with my children and am foreign in this Arab country. I don't really know how the neighbors look at me; some are friendly but some are not really. A while ago, I found a shoe in my yard, which was thrown out of the window of my neighbors. I found it pretty insulting, but according to the neighbor, the.. More

  • Her two colleagues are telling her bad things about each other

    ASSALAAM ALEYKUM. WHAT HAS THE PROPHET TAUGHT US ON ISSUES RELATED TO BEING DESPERATE? BECAUSE AM IN A DILLEMA AT WORK, I HAVE TWO MUSLIMS WHO BOTH SHOW DIVERTING CONCERN TO ME(am their junior), AT TIMES THEY BOTH TELL ME SOME THINGS ABOUT THE OTHER (WORKWISE) AND AM SUPPOSED NOT TO TELL THE OTHER, I KNOW THIS TYPE OF SITUATION IS UNISLAMIC BUT I.. More

  • Neighbors' help to a family of a lazy husband

    There is a Muslim family in our neighborhood that consists of a husband, wife and three daughters. The wife continues to perform her duties as a wife and mother, but the husband has not worked in a number of years and simply refuses to get a job. This situation has lead the wife to begging from all of us to provide for her family. Her father is.. More

  • Neighbors’ Rights in Islam

    There are many neighbors who are not good, so they think only of their benefits even if they do something good to you. What does Islam think about them? .. More

  • Regrets treatment after being kind to neighbour

    I just want to know what to do after I was so kind with my neighbours as the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, asked us to do I never been lucky with them even if I help and be there for them I am so sad... More