Neighbours

The worst of neighbours is the wicked neighbour. بِئْسَ الجارُ جارُ السُّوءِ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم A wicked neighbour is the greatest adversity and the most serious tribulation. جارُ السُّوءِ أعْظَمُ الضَّرّاءِ، وأشَدُّ البَلاءِ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Be a neighbour to one from whose evil you are safe and whose goodness does not turn away from you. جاوِرْمَنْ تَأمَنُ شَرَّهُ، وَلايَعْدُوكَ خَيْرُهُ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Ask about the neighbour before the house. سَلْ عَنِ الجارِ قَبْلَ الدّارِ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Being a bad neighbour and offending the virtuous are the worst forms of vileness. سُوءُ الجَوارِ والإساءَةُ إلَى الأبْرارِ مِنْ أعْظَمِ اللُّؤمِ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم One who is neighbourly gets many neighbours. مَنْ حَسُنَ جَوارُهُ كَثُرَ جيرانُهُ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم One who is good to his neighbours gets many helpers. مَنْ أحْسَنَ إلى جيرانِهِ كَثُرَ خَدَمُهُ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Taking care of one’s neighbour is an act of magnanimity. مِنَ المُرُوَّةِ تَعَهُّدُ الجيرانِ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم