If his neighbour tries to correct his behaviour by his own example...

If his neighbour tries to correct his behaviour by his own example, and by persuasion, then he succeeds in his own test, no matter whether his ill‑tempered neigh­bour changes his attitude or not. By the way, it is for this reason that Islam expects us to perform our duties towards others without caring whether they perform their duty or ‑tot. After all, as we are undergoing a test, we are like students sitting in an examination hall.

No student would like to ruin his answer book just because his class fellow did not write his own test‑papers well. But why suffer on account of others? Now comes the other question: Why should we suffer on account of…