PA daily: Muhammad preached treating your neighbor well, even Jews and other heretics
Op-ed by Umar ibn Abd Al-Majid Al-Bayanouni, religion supplement of Al-Hayat Al-Jadida:
“Among the duties that have been neglected and that are being disrespected is the duty towards the neighbor and the appropriate way of treating him… A neighbor is anyone who lives near you, whether he is a Muslim or a heretic, a righteous person or a sinner, a benefactor or a harmful person…
The ‘Sahaba’ (the Prophet’s companions), Allah’s blessing upon them, would fulfill the duty towards the neighbor even if [they were] heretics, and they were very strict about this. The Mujahid [Ibn Jabr] said: ‘I slaughtered a sheep for Abdallah Ibn Umar in his home, and when he came he said: ‘Did you also give to our Jewish neighbor? Did you also give to our Jewish neighbor?’ I heard Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace be upon him, say: ‘Jibril (i.e., the angel Gabriel) still instructs me [to behave well] towards a neighbor, so much so that I thought he would appoint him as his successor.’”
“Among the duties that have been neglected and that are being disrespected is the duty towards the neighbor and the appropriate way of treating him… A neighbor is anyone who lives near you, whether he is a Muslim or a heretic, a righteous person or a sinner, a benefactor or a harmful person…
The ‘Sahaba’ (the Prophet’s companions), Allah’s blessing upon them, would fulfill the duty towards the neighbor even if [they were] heretics, and they were very strict about this. The Mujahid [Ibn Jabr] said: ‘I slaughtered a sheep for Abdallah Ibn Umar in his home, and when he came he said: ‘Did you also give to our Jewish neighbor? Did you also give to our Jewish neighbor?’ I heard Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace be upon him, say: ‘Jibril (i.e., the angel Gabriel) still instructs me [to behave well] towards a neighbor, so much so that I thought he would appoint him as his successor.’”