Muslims how is your relationship with your neighbors? Personally I just moved and so my family and I is still the new people on the block, but all is good. My previous house my family and I (yes all of us) was close with my neighbors. We would help out with the kids/general things, and visit each other as neighbors would. Unfortunately no Muslim neighbors, now and then.
2007-11-16 18:15:52 · 12 answers · asked by me me 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Ramadan
As a rule,Muslims respect their neighbors,Muhammad was quoted "" Jebrel(Gabriel Angel)was asking me to take care of my neighbour to the extent,i thought, he would ask me to be one of my inhiritants"".
Also,he was quoted""take care of up to the 7th neighbour of you""
2007-11-16 18:24:48 · answer #1 · answered by jammal 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
I live in an Apt. Our neighbors don't speak with us. Every now and then they will actually say hi. I have an African (I think he is Nigerian) Pastor that lives next to us and he gets on his balcony and starts speaking in tongues VERY LOUDLY and sings psalms when it rains. He has never said a word to us...he actually will walk the other way if we pass him. Another neighbor one building over used to talk to my husband. He knew his name and everything so he had to know he was Arab (unless he never thought about it) but now he stopped talking to him and my husband says it's because the neighbor has seen us together and I guess now he really knows he is Muslim (I wear hijab). My car has been broken into (but I don't think it was related to me being Muslim) and I have had hubcaps stolen off my car. My husband just had his stolen too.... There's a former military guy downstairs and he gives us dirty looks. Oh and another one cursed me out...something about our cars and where we park them(there are NO assigned spots) - I think they are jealous because they have ONE car and the only reason the bumper is on the car is because it is tied on with a rope(my husband gets cars and works on them and sells them so his cars change a bit)....but anyway, I live in America...how many people get to know their neighbors anymore?
I say hi but after a while when nobody responds I guess I don't really continue anymore. I was surprised the other day when I passed one of my neighbors and her friend- the friend said hello and the neighbor never has. I felt bad for not having said it first. We had one neighbor once that was VERY sweet and kind with us but we both moved...
edit: Croweye, grow up! If you were there you would have specifically heard the words the guy said and you would know why he said it. Nobody likes these neighbors unfortunately. They spend all their money and alcohol and leave the bottles outside all the time. I am not the only one to have been abused by his mouth. The complex has received many complaints about him. And it's not like we have fancy cars or anything. But you can tell the type of person he is he is interested in such stupidities.
2007-11-17 09:32:48 · answer #2 · answered by Sassafrass 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Alhemdulillah, it was bad but now we moved and things are looking up. It's funny how you can live in a place with lots of Muslims (not neighbors but in the area) but people are still mean, then you move and there are less Muslims and people are nicer.
Ignore croweye, he's the resident Muslim troll who comes around and criticizes everyone. It's sad but true many people in America don't like if foreigners have things they don't save to have. Especially where that sister lives, my husband and I just left that state, alhemdulillah!!
2007-11-17 12:37:24 · answer #3 · answered by MaryHadALittleLamb 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
InshaAllaah I will be moving into a new neighborhood to we are looking to buy a house. And I'm very exited yet anxious about being the "new people on the block" to.
Smile and say Hi to all of your neighbors I'm sure in time you'll be well acquainted again.
salaams
2007-11-17 08:20:29 · answer #4 · answered by Islam4Life 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
My relationship with my neighbors is not really good. I go work in early morning and come home after nite, I try to give salaam and smile when i meet them. but I know, salaam and smile are not enough for them coz they want me to join in social meeting in my village. but that's so difficult for me. I try my best at least once a week to meet them in woman meeting, but not always :(
I am sad about it since I know they will be the first person who help me if something happen to me.
I live in muslim society.
2007-11-17 09:48:53 · answer #5 · answered by marhama 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i loved my old neighbors soo much they were like family, when we would go out of town they would watch your house and when my jaja died they came to her funeral, and vice versa!!! we even had a muslim nieghbor we would bring here flowers when she was in the hopsital...that was the good life.
but after i moved the neighbors, i hate to say arent as nice as the others. our new neighbors think me and my friend are trying to kidnapp her son, who is like12!??! wft. and the other other one was about to curse me out when i didnt move the car...and again wft?
2007-11-17 09:46:05 · answer #6 · answered by Miss Lady 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is one Hadith of our beloved prophet that if your neigh boor liked you and pointed that you are a good man, so it means Almighty Allah is also happy from you. In Islam Neighbors have countless rights, even we are not allowed to eat meal, while our poor neighbors have nothing to eat and they are hungry.
2007-11-17 05:22:59 · answer #7 · answered by Traveler 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
My neighbors are wonderful; Christians, Jews and Atheists. My atheists neighbors are giving me a birthday party tonight; the Christians and Jews are invited but I am not sure they will show up.
2007-11-17 11:44:29 · answer #8 · answered by Fatima 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Salaam
It is very good Alhamdulillah! I have kids running in my garden wanting to play with me, and many times we assist the elder generation. There used to be one woman who lived next door to us, I would take her many places as she had no daugther and she treated me and my sisters like her daughters! Its a nice feeling when one can help others and be good to them, you get a sense of fulfillment knowing Allah (swt) will be pleased with you!
2007-11-17 07:56:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
thats really good, we were close with our old neighbors, but they moved out, some of them died, but the new ones seem to not want any thing to do with us, i huess they're scared of us or something, oh well; we tried.
2007-11-17 10:32:18 · answer #10 · answered by Authentic Believer (SOA) 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
they don't see me as a terrorist, most of their kids(11 year old and above) want to hang out in my residence and they tolerate them bc they know i don't do drugs, smoke, drink alcohol,sex maniac them or incite hatred among people of different cultures.
i don't even forced them to believe in islam, just share them what they should be aware of, it's up to them to seek the truth.
2007-11-17 12:43:02 · answer #11 · answered by 36 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋