Holy Prophet of Islam - Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa — Page 362
The Holy Prophet of Islam, Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa sa sa. The Holy Prophet said about the rights of a neighbor: "Do you know what are the rights of a neighbor? It is his right that if he asks you for help, you should help; if he begs for a loan, you should lend; and if he becomes destitute you should render him aid. If he is ailing you should tend him; if he dies you should join in the funeral rites; if good befalls him you should felicitate him, and if he is afflicted by a calamity you should comfort and console him. You should not raise your structure higher than his obstructing the passage of the breeze towards it, without his consent. If you bring home some fruit, send your neighbor a portion of it as a present. If you are unable to do so take it inside secretly and do not let your children come out with it causing distress to your neighbor's children. Let not the smell of food from your cooking pot disturb your neighbor unless you are ready to share it with him. " (Majma'uz Zawa'id, Haithami, Vol. 8, Kitabul Birre Wassilah, Bab Haqquljar;. Wisdom of the Holy Prophet, pp. 19-20, Chaudhari Muḥammad Zafrulſa Khān,. Islam International Publications Limited, Islamabad, UK, 1995). Treatment of Slaves га ra га ra. Hadrat Imām Abu Hanifah relates that Hadrat ‘Atā told him that he heard the following incident from several Companions" of the Holy. Prophet": "Hadrat 'Abdullah bin Rawāḥah" owned a slave-girl who used to graze a flock of his goats. Hadrat 'Abdullah bin Rawahah" had instructed her to take special care of one particular goat. She did and it grew into a stout goat. One day, the shepherdess was busy taking care of some other animals when a wolf attacked the stout goat and devoured it. Ḥadrat 'Abdullah bin Rawāhah", not seeing the goat in the flock of goats, asked the slave-girl about the goat. The shepherdess told him the whole incident. . Hearing it, he forcefully slapped the shepherdess. Later on, Ḥadrat 'Abdullah bin Rawāḥah" felt remorse about slapping the shepherdess and related the incident to the Holy Prophet". The Holy Prophet took the 362 ra га sa sa