Patience with the harmful neighbor and the reward for it
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Question:
The questioner says: Shaykh Abu 'Abd, how should I deal with my harmful neighbor? I am truly counting his harm as a reward with Allah and have been patient with him. Will I be rewarded for that?
Answer:
Yes, without a doubt, patience is a required matter, and so is being kind to people. So be kind to the one who has wronged you, whether he is a neighbor or someone else. However, the neighbor is more deserving of this, because the neighbor has the right of neighborly relations. So if he wrongs you, it is obligatory for you to fulfill the right of neighborly relations by being kind to him and being patient with him. Yes.
The questioner says: Shaykh Abu 'Abd, how should I deal with my harmful neighbor? I am truly counting his harm as a reward with Allah and have been patient with him. Will I be rewarded for that?
Answer:
Yes, without a doubt, patience is a required matter, and so is being kind to people. So be kind to the one who has wronged you, whether he is a neighbor or someone else. However, the neighbor is more deserving of this, because the neighbor has the right of neighborly relations. So if he wrongs you, it is obligatory for you to fulfill the right of neighborly relations by being kind to him and being patient with him. Yes.
Source
فتاوى على الهواء 15-04-1436هـ — af.org.sa (42:21)
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