Way

sinwhi
chf
ami
l
iesdependuponeachot
heri
nIsl
am

Isl
am emphasi ses on uni tyand cooper ati
on bet ween peopl e.The basi cl evelof
cooper at
ionstartsatf ami lyl
ev el
.Thusr elatedorunr elat
edf ami l
i
eshav et ocooper ate
anddependoneachot her.Ithasbeenst atedt hatnomani sani slandandhuman
beingsar egregariousf ondofcompanybynat ure.Theset eachingswer ement ionedi n
theI slamictexts.Islam encour agesfamiliest odependuponeachot heri nt hefoll
owi ng
way s:Good nei ghbour li
nessGood nei ghbour li
ness isar eli
gious requir ement.Al lah
cri
ticizedpeopl ewhopr aybutdonotassi stpeopl eandt heirneighbour swi t
hsi mpl e
andl ittl
et hi
ngslikesal t
, sugarandwat er.Hesai d,woet othosewhopr ay.Butwhoar e
heedl essoft heirpr ayer.Thosewhomakeshow oft hei
rdeeds.Butr efuset osuppl y
even nei ghbourl
y needs.The Pr ophet Muhammad kept r ecommendi ng treating
neighbour swi t
hki ndnessunt ilIthoughthewoul dassignashar eofinheritancetot hem.

Gi
vi
ngeachot
hergi
ft
s

Iff
amil
i
esgiveeachothergi
ft
sfrom ti
metotime,thatwi
l
lcreatelov
e,cooper
ati
onand
goodwi
llbet
weenthem.TheProphetMuhammademphasi zedthatMusli
msshouldgi
ve
eachot
hergift
s,t
hisi
sapoint
ertolov
ingeachother.

Vi
si
ti
ngeachot
her

Visi
tingeachot herist hemeanst hroughwhi chpeopleknow abouteachot her
,and
expresst hei
rconcernf oreachot her.Visi
tingeachotheri
sar ewardabledeedinIslam.
Ahadeet hpoi ntsoutthataper sonsetoutt ovi
sithi
sbrot
herinanothertownandAl l
ah
deput edanAngelt owai tf
orhim onhi swayandwhenhecamet ohim hesaid,Wher e
doy ouintendt ogo?Theper sonwoul drespondthatheorsheintendstogot oabrother
i
nt histown.Theangelwoul dagainaski fthepersonhaddoneanyf avourtohimt he
repaymentofwhi chhei nt
endst oget .Hesaid,No,exceptthatIlovehi m.Sov i
siti
ng
eachot herforthesakeofAl lahentail
sl ovebyAll
ah.

Vi
si
ti
ngt
hesi
ck

Visit
ingthesi
cki
sameansofi nter
dependency
.Itr
eli
evest
hesick,andmakest
hem
forgetthei
rai
l
ments.Theyar
ealsoabletogetthei
rneedsf
rom thepeopl
ewhovisi
t
them.There

1
i
sgr eatr
ewardi
nv i
si
ti
ngt hesick.ThePr ophetMuhammadpoint
soutthat
,whoev
er
vi
sit
ssickper
son,acal
lercall
sfr om heav
en:‘Mayyoubehappy
,mayyourwalki
ngbe
bl
essed,andmayyouoccupyadi gni
fi
edpositi
oninParadi
se.

Assi
sti
ngeachot
heri
nti
mesofcal
ami
ti
es.

Af amil
yorper sonwhoi sreal l
yusef ulistheonewhohel psot hersatthet imeofneed
and calami t
ies.Thi si swher ecooper at i
onand i nterdependencyi smostv i
tal.The
ProphetMuhammadnot edt hatt hemostbel ovedpeopl etoAl l
aharet hosewhoar e
mostbenef i
cialtot hepeopl e.Themostbel oveddeedt oAl lahistomakeaMusl i
m
happy,ort or emov eoneofhi st r
oubles,ort of orgiv ehi sdebt ,ortofeedhi shunger .
ThatIwal kwi t
habr otherr egardinganeedi smor ebel ov edt omet hant hatIsecl ude
my sel
fint hi
smosquei nMedi naf oramont h.Whoev ercont rolshi
sanger ,thenAl lah
wil
lconcealhi sfaults.Whoev ersuppr esseshi sr age,ev ent houghhecoul df ulfi
llhis
angerifhewi shed,thenAl lahwi l
lsecurehi shear tont heDayofResur rection.Whoev er
walkswi t
hhi sbr otherr egardinganeedunt i
lhesecur esi tforhi m,t
henAl l
ahAl mighty
wil
lmakehi sf ooti
ngf i
rm acr osst hebr i
dgeont hedaywhent hefooti
ngsar eshaken. ”
ThePr ophetMuhammadal soobser vedt hat,ifany oner el
ievesaMusl im bel i
ev erfrom
oneoft hehar dshipsoft hi
swor ldl
ylife,Allahwillrelievehi m ofoneoft hehar dshipsof
theDayofResur rection.Ifany onemakesi teasyf ort heonewhoi sindebt edt ohi m
whilefi
ndingi tdiff
iculttor epay ,All
ahwi llmakei teasyf orhimi nthi
swor ldlylif
eandi n
theHereafter.

Nothar
mingpeopl
ethr
oughbadspeechandv
iol
ence.

I
nterdependencyisenhancedwhenpeopl ehav emut ualr
espectforeachot herand
whent heyhav enoint
enti
onstoharm eachother.Thisiswhenpeopletal
krespectful
l
y
toeachot heranddonotengagei nvi
olence.TheProphetposi
tedthat,t
hereshouldbe
nei
therhar mingnorreci
procat
inghar
m.Heal sopointedoutthataMuslimist heone
fr
om whoset ongueandhandst heMusli
msar esafe.