415 - حَقُّ الجارِ

415. The Rights of the Neighbour

1308.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله - في حُقوقِ الجارِ - : إنِ اسْتَغاثَكَ أغَثْتَهُ ، وإنِ اسْتَقْرَضَكَ أقْرَضْتَهُ ، وإنِ افْتَقَر عُدْتَ علَيهِ ، وإنْ أصابَتْهُ مُصيبَةٌ عَزَّيْتَهُ ، وإنْ أصابَهُ خَيرٌ هَنّأتَهُ ، وإنْ مَرِضَ عُدْتَهُ ، وإنْ ماتَ اتَّبَعتَ جَنازَتَهُ ، ولاتَسْتَطِلْ علَيهِ بالبِناءِ فتَحْجُبَ عَنهُ الرِّيحَ إلّا بإذنِهِ ، وإذا اشْتَرَيتَ فاكِهَةً فأهْدِ لَهُ ، فإنْ لَم تَفْعلْ فأدْخِلْها سِرّاً ، ولا تُخْرِجْ بها وُلْدَكَ تَغيظُ بها وُلْدَهُ ، ولا تُؤْذِهِ برِيحِ قِدْرِكَ إلّا أنْ تَغرِفَ لَهُ مِنها .¹

1308. The Prophet (SAWA), on the rights of the neighbour, said, '[It is] to help him if he asks your help, to lend him if he asks to borrow from you, to satisfy his needs if he becomes poor, to console him if he is visited by an affliction, to congratulate him if he is met with good fortune, to visit him if he becomes ill, to attend his funeral if he dies, not to make your 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 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.' ²

414 - تَفَقُّدُ الجارِ

414. Visiting the Neighbour

1306.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مِن حُسنِ الجِوارِ تَفَقُّدُ الجارِ .¹

1306.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Among the acts of neighbourliness is visiting one's neighbour.' ²

1307.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام : قالَ رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : ما آمَنَ بي مَن باتَ شَبْعانَ وجارُهُ جائعٌ . قالَ : وما مِن أهلِ قريةٍ يَبِيتُ و فيهِم جائعٌ ، يَنظُرُ اللَّهُ إليهِم يومَ القِيامَةِ .³

1307. Imam al-Baqir (AS) narrated, 'The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'He has no faith in me who sleeps the night satiated while his neighbour is hungry.' He has also said, 'No sooner do the people in a village sleep at night while there is a hungry man in their midst than Allah will not look at them on the Day of Resurrection.' ⁴