spread peace, love and harmony

in your surroundings.

At the end God reminds us and

gives this commandment that if

you do not behave in this

manner and carry out your

responsibility in this regard, you

are a proud and boastful person.

Remember that Allah does not

love arrogant and boastful

people. This is the beautiful

teaching for creating peace

Here I would like also to quote

a few Traditions or Sayings of

the Holy Prophet of Islam

(peace and blessings of Allah be

upon him) in which we shall see

how emphatically he asked his

followers to give the rights due

to one’s neighbours.

One Tradition says:

‘Abu Hurairah relates that the

Holy Prophet (peace and

blessings of Allah be upon him)

called out: By Allah, he does not

believe, by Allah he does not

believe, by Allah he does not

believe. He repeated it three

times. He was asked: Who

does not believe, Messenger of

Allah? He said: He whose

neighbour is not secure against

his mischief.’

(Bukhari and Muslim)

Muslim’s version is: That one

will not enter paradise whose

neighbour is not secure against

his mischief.

See how clearly he has stated

that a person is a non-believer if

he causes any mischief to his

neighbour.

Then another Tradition, it says:

[Abu Hurairah relates that the

Holy Prophet (peace and

blessings of Allah be upon him)

said]: ‘He who believes in Allah

and the Last Day, must not put

his neighbour to inconvenience;

he who believes in Allah and

the Last Day must honour his

guest; and he who believes in

Allah and the Last Day must

speak beneficently or keep

quiet.’ (Bukhari and Muslim)

These are the teachings given to

us by the Holy Prophet (peace

and blessings of Allah be upon

him).

To avail this opportunity, I would

also like to present my apologies

for any inconvenience which

might have put you in any

trouble or caused you any

problem from our side.

Then another Tradition says:

‘Ibn Umar and Ayesha relate

that the Holy Prophet (peace

and blessings of Allah be

upon him) said: Gabriel kept

exhorting me about the

neighbour till I imagined he

would include him in the

category of heirs.’

(Bukhari and Muslim)

This is the climax of the rights

of the neighbour: how beau-

tifully the Holy Prophet of Islam

(peace and blessings of Allah be

upon him) has established the

rights of the neighbour.

How can a religion whose

teachings are such, be con-

sidered as militant? All these

militant acts which we are

seeing today by some Muslim

groups are because of their own

vested interests and have

nothing to do with the teachings

of Islam. As I have made it quite

clear by quoting the verse of the

Holy Qur’an and the Traditions,

I think that if there was any

doubt about the attitude of

militancy of Muslims in anyone’s

mind, it should now be

removed.

The Ahmadiyya Muslim commu-

nity is the true follower of the

teachings and is spreading the

true message of Islam to the

world.

I hope that my words will be

enough to remove any doubt as

I have already said that you

might have had in the past.

Because of the time constraint, I

can now smell the appetising

smell of the meal. I think I

should end here and I hope that

having listened to what I have

briefly explained about the true

teachings of Islam, you would

not mind if one day I knock at

your front door to enjoy and

share my right of neigh-

bourliness. Of course, our doors

are always wide open and we

very much welcome you at any

time with open arms.

Thank you for coming and

showing the kind gesture of

being a good neighbour. Thank

you again.

L

ove Thy

N

eighbour

‘The Qur’anic teachings for the

rights of neighbours are so

explicitly laid out that a true

Muslim who is always seeking help

from the Gracious and Merciful

Allah cannot deviate from this, as

any slight deviation might cause

him to go astray and lose the

blessings and love of God.’

(Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih V)

Love for all

Hatred for None

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