Al-Kafi · Hadith 1

The Book of Social Manners · Rights of Neighbors · Volume 2, book 4, chapter 24, Hadith 1

Original Arabic text

1ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَهْزِيَارَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ فَضَالَةَ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ جَمِيعاً عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عِكْرِمَةَ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) فَقُلْتُ لَهُ لِي جَارٌ يُؤْذِينِي فَقَالَ ارْحَمْهُ فَقُلْتُ لا رَحِمَهُ الله فَصَرَفَ وَجْهَهُ عَنِّي قَالَ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَدَعَهُ فَقُلْتُ يَفْعَلُ بِي كَذَا وَكَذَا وَيَفْعَلُ بِي وَيُؤْذِينِي فَقَالَ أَ رَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَاشَفْتَهُ انْتَصَفْتَ مِنْهُ فَقُلْتُ بَلَى أُرْبِي عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ ذَا مِمَّنْ يَحْسُدُ النَّاسَ عَلَى مَا آتَاهُمُ الله مِنْ فَضْلِهِ فَإِذَا رَأَى نِعْمَةً عَلَى أَحَدٍ فَكَانَ لَهُ أَهْلٌ جَعَلَ بَلاءَهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ أَهْلٌ جَعَلَهُ عَلَى خَادِمِهِ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ خَادِمٌ أَسْهَرَ لَيْلَهُ وَأَغَاظَ نَهَارَهُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) أَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الأنْصَارِ فَقَالَ إِنِّي اشْتَرَيْتُ دَاراً فِي بَنِي فُلانٍ وَإِنَّ أَقْرَبَ جِيرَانِي مِنِّي جِوَاراً مَنْ لا أَرْجُو خَيْرَهُ وَلا آمَنُ شَرَّهُ قَالَ فَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) عَلِيّاً (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) وَسَلْمَانَ وَأَبَا ذَرٍّ وَنَسِيتُ آخَرَ وَأَظُنُّهُ الْمِقْدَادَ أَنْ يُنَادُوا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ بِأَعْلَى أَصْوَاتِهِمْ بِأَنَّهُ لا إِيمَانَ لِمَنْ لَمْ يَأْمَنْ جَارُهُ بَوَائِقَهُ فَنَادَوْا بِهَا ثَلاثاً ثُمَّ أَوْمَأَ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى كُلِّ أَرْبَعِينَ دَاراً مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِ وَعَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَعَنْ شِمَالِهِ.

Published English translation

1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr and Muhammad ibn Yahya from al-Husayn ibn Ishaq from Ali ibn Mahziyar from Ali ibn Faddal from Fadalah ibn Ayyub all from Mu’awiyah ibn ‘Ammar from ‘Amr ibn ‘Akramah who has said the following: “Once I went in the presence of Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) and said to him, ‘My neighbor causes me suffering.’ The Imam said, ‘Be kind to him.’ I said, ‘I wish Allah will not grant him any kindness.’ The Imam turned away from me and I did not like to leave him and I said, ‘He does this and that to me and keeps causing me to suffer. ’ The Imam said, ‘Had you come openly against him could you defend your self sufficiently?’ I said, ‘Yes, I could certainly have the upper hand.’ The Imam said, ‘This is one of those who envy people for what Allah has granted them through His generosity. If he finds one enjoying bounties, he then turns his anguish against that person’s family, and if he did not have family, he turns against his servants, and if he did not have any servant he then remains sleepless for the whole night and spends the day in anguish and anger. ‘Once a man from Ansar (people of Madinah) came to the Messenger of Allah and said, “I have purchased a house in the neighborhood of such and such tribe. The nearest neighbor is as such that not only do I not have any hope for receiving any good from him, I do not feel safe from him also.” The Imam said that the Messenger of Allah commanded Ali (a.s.) Salman, abu Dharr and, I forgot the other one, 1 think he mentioned Miqdad, to announce in the Mosque at the top of their voices, “One from whose hands his neighbors are not safe has no belief and faith.” They announced it three times. He then pointed out that each forty house in front back, right and left are neighbors.’”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: مجهول

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (12/570)

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Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi: صحيح

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 1, pp. 169, 170

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