SOCIAL CONCEPT OF

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SOCIAL CONCEPT OF NEIGHBOR IN ISLAMIC TEACHINGS
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OVERVIEW

• Islamic teachings
• Definition of Neighbors in Islam
• Importance of Neighbors
• Helping and Sharing with Neighbors

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SACRED TEXT IN ISLAM

• Two main sources
• Koran
• Gods word
• Verses revealed to prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
• Teachings of prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
• Prophet Muhammads explanations of verses

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ISLAM PEACE

• Love
• Peace
• Tolerance

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ISLAM

• Say, we believe in God and that which has been
  revealed to us, and that which was revealed to
  Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the
  tribes and that which was given to Moses and
  Jesus and to other prophets, from their Lord. We
  make no distinction between any of them, and to
  Him we submit. (The Family of Ìmrán/Al-Ìmrán 83)

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MEANING OF LIFE ACCORDING TO ISLAM

• We stay in this life for a very short time
• After this world we will have an eternal life
• The highest aim of creation and its most
  important result is belief in God Said Nursi
• The most radiant happiness and sweetest bounty
  for human beings is the love of God Said Nursi

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ULTIMATE GOAL OF LIFE

• There is nothing more enjoyable for us than
  getting close to God
• To those who do right is a fine reward, neither
  dust nor shame shall cover their faces. Those are
  the companions of paradise, in it they shall live
  for forever (Jonah/Yunus 26)

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RIGHTS OF OTHERS

• According to Islamic teachings, God can forgive
  all sins except the ones which are related to the
  rights of others.
• The rights of neighbors over one another.
• (Nisa/Women 4 36) Serve Allah, and join not
  any partners with Him and do good- to parents,
  kinsfolk, orphans, those in need, neighbors who
  are near, neighbors who are strangers, the
  companion by your side, the way farer (you meet),
  and what your right hands possess For Allah
  loves not the arrogant, the vainglorious

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NEIGHBOR JAR

• In Arabic Jar
• believers and unbelievers,
• religious and irreligious,
• foreigners and fellow-countrymen,
• relatives and strangers,
• those whose house is nearer to yours and those
  who are further away

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EXTENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD

• Al-UzaI and Ibn Shihab (also Ibn Hajar,
  (Buhari)) said Forty houses in each direction,
  (right, left, front and back)
• Ali ibn Talib said Whoever hears the call (for
  prayer) is a neighbor
• Some scholars said Whoever lives with a man in
  a locality or a city is a neighbor (The
  Confederates/Al-Ahzáb 3360)

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CLOSEST NEIGHBOR

• The closest neighbor is ones spouse
• Narrated from Aise (RA), She asked O messenger
  of God! I have two neighbors, to which one of
  them should I give a gift? Prophet Muhammad
  (PBUH) said To the one whose door is nearest to
  yours. (Bukhari 6020)

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IMPORTANCE OF NEIGHBORS

• Narrated from Abu Hurayrah (RA), Prophet Muhammad
  said Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day
  should not harm his neighbor.
• Narrated from Anas (RA), Prophet Muhammad said
  By Him in Whose hand is my soul, no man truly
  believes until he loves for his neighbor what he
  loves for himself.

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IMPORTANCE OF NEIGHBORS

• Narrated from Abu Hurayrah (RA), Prophet
  Muhammad said Be God-fearing you will be the
  best in worship among the people. Be content with
  your lot you will be the most grateful of
  people. Like for people what you would like for
  yourself you will be a Believer. Treat your
  neighbor well you will be a Muslim

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IMPORTANCE OF GOOD RELATIONS

• Narrated from Abdullah ibn Amr, the messenger of
  Allah (PBUH) said
• The best of friends, in Allahs sight, is the
  one who is best to his friend and the best of
  neighbors, in Allahs sight, is the one who is
  best to his neighbor.
• Narrated from the wife of prophet Muhammad (SAV),
  Aise (RA), He (PBUH) said
• Gabriel kept recommending me to treat my
  neighbor well until I thought that he would tell
  me to make him one of my heirs

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DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE ANY GOOD DEEDS

• Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) stated that
• All good deeds are important
• Dont underestimate any of them
• Even smiling is not something unimportant.
  (Tirmizi, Et'ime 30, (1834))

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HELPING AND SHARING WITH THE NEIGHBORS

• Narrated from Abu Dharr (RA) Prophet Muhammad
  stated that Whenever you cook some stew, add
  extra water to it, then look to some household in
  your neighborhood and give it to them in
  kindness. (Muslim 2625)

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JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS

• When the Prophet PBUH) was dying and about to
  pass on to the next world, he stated
• "I place in your trust the People of the Book,
  the Christians and Jews."
• When 'Umar (RA) was in the throes of death due to
  a dagger wound, he warned
• "I place the minorities among us in your trust.
  Fear God regarding them and treat them justly."

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SUMMARY

• A healthy society can be established only through
  healthy neighborhoods
• Education
• Schools and universities
• Seminars and conferences

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Glory to You, of knowledge We have none, save
what You have taught us In truth it is You Who
are perfect in knowledge and wisdom. (The
Cow/Al-Baqarah 32)