Al-Kāfi - The Book of Social Manners

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Social Manners َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله عَنْ أَبِيهِ (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ قَرَأْتُ فِي كِتَابِ عَلِيٍّ (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) أَنَّ رَسُولَ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) كَتَبَ بَيْنَ الْ٠ُهَاجِرِينَ وَالأنْصَارِ وَ٠ِنْ أَهْلِ يَثْرِبَ أَنَّ الْجَارَ كَالنَّفْسِ غَيْرُ ٠ُضَارٍّ وَلا آثِ٠َةُ الْجَارِ عَلَى الْجَارِ كَحُرْ٠ِّهِ الْحَدِيثُ ٠2.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Muhammad ibn Yahya from Talhah ibn Zayd from abu ‘Abd Allah from his father (a.s.) who has said the following: “I have read in the book of Ali (a.s.) that the Messenger of Allah wrote (and got it signed) for the people of Ansar and Muhajirin and people related to them from Yathrib: ‘The neighbor is like one’s soul that cannot be harmed or made to sin.

The respect for the neighbor is like the respect for one’s mother.’ This is the Hadith in brief.’” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/571))