Dear Neighbour,
In the end of the holy month Ramadan we have ceremony called Eyed. In this day we have to celebrate for complete fasting, praying and doing good deeds in this holy month. By the end of Ramadan, we wish that all our sins have been forgiven.
Therefore we are pleased to give this little gift and wish a well-being to you every year. We ask you to forgive us if we have not been a good neighbour. Neighbour holds a special status in Islam. Islam encourages us to treat our neighbours in a gentle way that reflects the true and genuine spirit of Islam as exemplified in its tolerant aspect especially with people of other faiths.
This concern for our neighbors can take many forms. It means to ensure that our neighbors have the basic necessities, for a Muslim should not eat if his or her neighbor is going hungry. It means that Muslims should wish for their neighbors what they wish for themselves. It means sharing their happiness and sorrow. Further, it means to not spy on them and respect their privacy, to not gossip about them, to not harm them in any way, and to keep common use areas — such as apartment building entrances, streets and sidewalks — clean.
Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "He will not enter Jannah (Paradise) whose neighbour is not secure from his wrongful conduct".
The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was told of a woman who prayed and fasted a lot and gave alms generously, but whose neighbours complained of her abusive tongue. He said that she would be in Hellfire. When he was told of another woman who did not do all those extra acts of worship but whose neighbours were happy with her, he said that she would be in Paradise.
It was even reported that the Prophet (PBUH) had a neighbour who used to harm him and insult him at every encounter. Some days elapsed without the Prophet getting his share of this man’s abuse. Thinking that there must be some reason behind the man’s absence, he (PBUH) paid him a visit and found him sick. The man wondered how the Prophet could meet his bad treatment with such great behaviour.
Enough to say that the Prophet (PBUH) stated in one of his Hadiths that Angel Jibreel (Gabriel) kept exhorting him to treat neighbors kindly to the extent that the Prophet imagined that a neighbor could inherit from his neighbor
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References
http://www.islamonline.net/english/introducingislam/society/Neighborhoods/article02.shtml
http://muhammad.net/morals-and-manners-mainmenu-66/225-rights-of-neighbors-in-islam.html.
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