The Importance of Neighbors

As-Salāmu ‘Alaykum wa RaḥmatuLlāhi wa Barakātuh. A‘ūdhu BiLlāhi Minash-shayṭāni r-rajīm. BismiLlāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm. Wa ṣ-Salātu wa s-Salāmu ‘alá Rasūlinā Muḥammadin Sayyidi l-Awwalīna wa l-Akhirīn. Madad yā RasūlAllāh, Madad yā Sādāti Aṣḥābi RasūliLlāh, Madad yā Mashāyikhinā, Dastūr Mawlana Shaykh Abdullāh al-Fā’iz ad-Dāghistāni, Shaykh Muḥammad Nāẓim al- Ḥaqqānī. Madad. Ṭarīqatunā aṣ-Suḥbah wa l-Khayru fi l-Jam‘iyyah.

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ advised goodness for neighbors. He ﷺ brought many orders to treat neighbors well. When people are good neighbors, it is good. They are in comfort then. When they are bad neighbors, sometimes they may lose their place. And because of their neighbors, many people abandoned the places they used to live in as they couldn’t get along. That is not good. What is good is to get along well with neighbors, to love them.

Our Holy Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam said, “Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla gave such rights to neighbors that I thought they will become inheritors.” Neighborship is a good thing. Therefore, being bad with neighbors is not a skill, it is not a good thing. They have their rights, and you have your rights. To respect their rights brings the pleasure of Allah ﷻ. To carry out the orders of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla brings benefit to people.

Our Holy Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam had bad neighbors, and Awliya had bad neighbors. But they all used to be patient. They used to be patient despite their harm. Let alone harm, some people harm their neighbors themselves. And they claim to be Muslim and from Tariqah. To harm neighbors or to not get along with them is not a nice thing. It is not a good thing. Therefore, just like our Holy Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wasallam was patient, you should be patient too. You should get along well.

May Allah ﷻ give us good neighbors. Because as we said, sometimes various things happen. Arabs have a saying, - check your neighbors before you buy the house. Make an action according to how the neighbors are. If the neighbors are bad, do not even approach that place. May Allah ﷻ not give us such neighbors. May we be neighbors to our Holy Prophet ﷺ in paradise insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 14 August 2022/ 16 Muharram 1444 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah www.hakkani.org