The people said to Jundub [radiyallaahu-anhu], “Advise us.” He said: “The first thing of the human body to putrefy is the abdomen, so he who can eat nothing but good food [halaal and earned lawfully] should do so, and he who does as much as he can that nothing intervenes between him and paradise by not shedding even a handful of blood [i.e. unlawful killing], should do so.”
Bukhaari 7152
In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy
Shaikh Abdullaah Al-Bukhaari stated that Dr Ibraaheem Ar-Ruhayli used to spread a rumour that Shaikh Ali Naasir Al-Faqeehiy considered him to be upon the truth and that Shaikh Abdullaah Al-Bukhaari was mistaken in his refutation against him (i.e. against Dr Ruhayli).
Dr Ruhayli carried on with this claim for a long time whilst being aware that it was incorrect. He also utilised this claim to diminish and belittle the one who refuted him, but Shaykh Abdullaah Al-Bukhari exercised patience in facing the harm he received from him and those with him. Shaikh Abdullaah used to say that Allaah will manifest the truth even if that was to occur in the near future.
So in one of the gatherings with Shaykh Rabee in Madeenah and this was in Dhul Qida 1431AH, Dr Ar-Ruhayli repeated this claim (i.e. that Dr Ali Naasir considers Shaikh Abdullaah al-Bukhaari to be mistaken and that he was upon the truth). However, he (i.e. Dr Ar-Ruhayli) was visited with what he did not expect because Shaikh Ali Naasir stated in this same gathering that he said to Shaikh Abdullaah Al-Bukhaari: ‘’Your refutation is good but do not mention Ibraaheem’s name.” When Dr Ibraaheem heard this statement, he was dumbfounded. [Source: Atta-aqqubaatus Sareehatu’ pages 33-34′ by Shaikh Abdullaah Al-Bukhaari]
The Messenger of Allāh used to supplicate with these supplications:
اللهم جنبني منكرات الأخلاق و الأهواء و الأدواء
Oh Allah, remove from me evil manners, [evil] desires and diseases.
Kitāb As-Sunnah of Ibn Abī Āsim pg 13 – Declared Sahīh by Shaykh Al-Albāni
On the authority of Abī Dardā’ that the Messenger of Allāh (sallallāhu alaihi wa sallam) said:
“There is nothing heavier on the scales than good manners.”
In this hadīth there is an exhortation by the prophet for every male and female Muslim to be possessors of good manners, indeed Allah gave his Prophet (alayhis salātu was salām) the most complete of manners, He praised him for them in His statement:
وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ۬
And verily you (Muhammad [sallallāhu alaihi wa sallam]) are on an exalted standard of character. (Al-Qalam:4)
And (in addition) Ā’isha, Mother of the Believers (Allāh be pleased with her) was asked about the manners of the Prophet (sallallāhu alaihi wa sallam) so she replied:
“His character was the Qurān,”(1)
meaning he submitted to its commands and abandoned its prohibitions; he would desire that which it exhorted to and fear that which it induced fear in; he adorned himself with the moral excellence which is in it, and took heed with that which is in it from stories (of the past) and parables, and good manners is by way of speech and action.
Good manners are connected to the rights of Allāh, performing them in the most complete manner, and it concerns the rights of creation by interacting well with them – generally and specifically – by way of speech and action. Due to this, it has been mentioned regarding its tremendous virtue and great reward, i.e. the statement of the Prophet (sallallāhu alaihi wa sallam):
“There is nothing heavier on the scales than good manners”, this is a supplication of the Prophet (alayhis salātu was salām), clearly showing that the male and female Muslims should adorn themselves with best of manners. It is not possible (in reality) that a servant (of Allāh) possesses good manners except that he has concern with the Book of Allah and the Authentic Sunnah of the Messenger (alayhis salātu was salām), because good manners are taken from these two weighty tremendous (sources), the Noble Qurān and the Authentic Sunnah.
And in the reported supplication:
اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الْمَلِكُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، أَنْتَ رَبِّي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي وَاعْتَرَفْتُ بِذَنْبِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِي جَمِيعًا لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، وَاهْدِنِي لِأَحْسَنِ الْأَخْلَاقِ لَا يَهْدِي لِأَحْسَنِهَا إِلَّا أَنْتَ، وَاصْرِفْ عَنِّي سَيِّئَهَا لَا يَصْرِفُ عَنِّي سَيِّئَهَا إِلَّا أَنْتَ، تَبَارَكْتَ وَتَعَالَيْتَ، أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْك»
O Allāh! You are the King, there is no deity worthy of worship except You. You are my Lord and I am Your servant. I have committed wrong against myself and admitted to my error, so forgive me all my sins. Verily, You, only You forgive the sins. (O Allāh!) Direct me to the best manners, for none except You directs to the best manners. Divert me from the worst manners, for only You divert from the worst manners. Glorified and Exalted You are. I seek Your forgiveness and repent to You. (2)
‘Awn Al-Ahad As-Samad Sharh Al-Adab Al-Mufrad vol.1 pgs 295-296
(1) Sahīh Muslim
(2) Sahīh Muslim
In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.
Allah’s Messenger [peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him] said, “He does not thank Allāh, he who does not thank the People”. [(1)]
One of the Islamic mannerisms that is befitting for a Muslim to adhere to is to show gratitude to the one who was good to you; any type of good, whether it was by (sharing) knowledge or commanding good and forbidding evil, or by doing good in fulfilling a person’s needs.
[جزاك الله خيرا – May Allāh reward you with good]
If you said that to him, indeed you have done your utmost in praising and thanking him. As for the one who does good to you and you didn’t thank him, or mention him with good, then this is a blessing to which a person has shown ingratitude. Oh, Muslim! It is not from Islamic manners to reject some good that someone – whether close to you or not – has done to you. This is the meaning of the hadīth, “Whoever does not thank the people has not thanked Allāh”. Allāh is the bestower of blessings, The Most Great, The one who confers good (to His servants), the Generous. The people likewise are good-doers within the limits of their ability. So, whoever receives good from the people, it is from Islamic etiquettes to thank them for being good to him – whatever type of goodness it may be. Allah’s Messenger said, “Allāh has prescribed Ihsan in everything”. [(2)] And one of the mistakes committed is that someone close to you or not close to you does good to you and you do not thank him for his goodness nor mention him with good in order that supplication can be made for him.
An Excerpt from “Awn Al-Ahad As-Samad Sharh Al-Adab Al-Mufrad- By Al-Allaamah Zayd Ibn Hādi Al-Madkhalī [may Allah have mercy upon him]. Page 242. slightly paraphrased
(1) Abū Dāwud- hadith no.4811, At-Tirmidhī- hadith no. 1954, Ahmad- hadith no.7939. Saheeh – Authenticated by Al-Albāni
(2) Saheeh Muslim Hadith no. 1955
A Sheep was slaughtered for Abdullaah Ibn Umar [radiyallaahu-anhumaa], so he said to his slave, “Have you given to our Jewish neighbour? Have you given to our Jewish neighbours? I heard the Messenger of Allaah [sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam] saying, ‘Jibreel did not cease advising me [about the rights of] a neighbour until I thought that he [a neighbour] would inherit from me.’ “
Shaykh Rabee Al-Madkhalee:
I will mention [something] from the etiquettes of Yahya Ibn Yahya An-Naysaabooree [in the path of seeking knowledge]:
He traveled from his city – Naysaaboor- to Imam Maalik, and took [i.e. studied, memorized etc] Al-Muwatta from him. After he finished Al-Muwatta, he stayed for a year. After he had finished Al-Muwatta, he was supposed to return to his country, [but] he stayed in Madeenah for a year and kept a close companionship with Imam Maalik.
Imam Maalik said to him, “why have you stayed even though you’ve [already studied, memorized] what you were seeking after?” He replied, “I want to learn Akhlaaq [manners] from you.
Al-Wasaaya Al-Manhajiyyah pg 512-51
Imam Az-Zuhree (rahimahullah)
We used to come to a scholar, what we learnt from him of manners was more beloved to us than his knowledge.
Hilyatul Awliyaa Vol. 3 Pg. 362
Ibn Shubrimah [rahimahullaah]
