Chosen Islamic Manners

سُبْحَانَك اللّهُمّ رَبّنا وبِحَمْدِك لا إِلَه إِلاّ أَنْت أَسْتَغْفِرُك وأَتُوبُ إِلَيْك

'Sub haa'nakal'laahum'ma rab'bana wa be'hamde'ka laa ilaahah il'laa anta astaghfe'ro'ka wa atoobo ilaika: whatever (sins) he accumalted in that sitting would be forgiven for.'

Meaning: Far removed is Allah from every imperfection, who is our Rubb and I praise Him. There is no god worthy of being worshipped except You. I seek Your forgiveness and repent to You.

12 In matters of knowledge one cannot say: 'I think' or 'it might be possible'! This is the Deen of Allah; one should only speak if he is absolutely sure.

13 Meaning: 'O Allah, Rubb of this perfect call, and [Owner] of this prayer to be perfomed, grant Muhammad right of intercession and superiority; resurrect him to a praised station which You have promised him. Indeed, You do not fail in promise.' [Al-Bukhari]

14 Fath al-Bari 2/361.

15 Meaning: O Allah, place light in my heart, and light on my tongue, and light within my ears and light in my eyes, and place behind me light and in front of me light and above me light and beneath me light. O Allah, bestow on me light!

16 Bukhari and Muslim

17 Muslim

18 During this time and age, it is quite difficult for one to enter the Masjid with his shoes and perform prayer while wearing them.

19 An-Nasa’ee #1316

20 Zad al-Ma’ad 1/381

21 Muslim #877,878.

22 Zad al-Ma’ad 1/381

23 The Khateeb is one who delivers the sermon on Friday.

24 Jarir b. Abdullah () said: ‘the Messenger of Allah () used to teach us how to ask Allah’s guidance [in a matter] just as he used to teach us a surah of the Qur’an, saying, “When any of you intends to do something he should pray two rak’ahs apart from the obligatory prayers. Then let him say: Al’laahum’ma in’nee as’ta’khee’ro’ka be’ilmik wa astaqde’ro’ka be qod’ra’tik wa as’a’lo’ka min fad’le-ka al-adtheem fin’naka taq’de’ro wa laa aqdir wa ta’lam wa laa a’lam wa anta al’laam al-gho’youb. Al’lahum’ma in konta ta’lam an’na ha’dtha al-Amr_______khairon lee fe de’nee wa ma’aa’shee wa a’qe’bato amree wa aa’je’lih wa a’ji’lih faqdor-who lee wa yas’sir-who lee thom’maa baarik lee fe’he wa in konta ta’lam an’na ha’dthal amr shar’ron le fe de’nee wa ma’a’shee wa aa’qe’bato amree wa aa’je’le-he wa a’ji’lih fas’rif’who an’nee wus’rifnee an’who waqdor le al-khair haitho kaan thom’ma rad’de’nee be’he.

Meaning: O Allah I ask you to guide my choice by Your knowledge, I ask You for strength by Your power, and I ask You of Your great favor, for You have power and I have none, You know and I do not, and You are the One who is Fully Knowing of unseen matters. O Allah, if you know that this matter (and one should name the matter) is good for me regarding my religion, my livelihood, an the outcome of my affair, it its immediate (consequences) and its (the matter’s) final term, ordain it for me and make itea sy for me, then bless me in it. But if You know that this matter is bad for me regarding my religion, my livelihood, and the outcome of my affair, it its immediate (consequences) and it’s (the matter’s) final term, turn it away from me, turn me away from it, and decree the good for me wherever it is, then meake me pleased with it.

25 Muslim #2542

26 Sheik Al-Albani, may Allah have mercy on him, said that this narration was weak. Look at as-Silsilah ad-Da’eefah (#1362).

27 Men should walk between Safwa and Marwah, and between the set of green lights they should run.

28 Zaad al-Ma’ad 1/220

29 Zaad al-Ma’ad 1/221

30 This refers to verse 24:58. Allah says: O you who believe! Let your legal slaves and slave-girls, and those among you who have not come to the age of puberty ask your permission (before they come to your presence) on three occasions; before Fajr (morning) prayer, and while you put off your clothes for the noonday (rest), and after the 'Ishâ' (late-night) prayer. (These) three times are of privacy for you, other than these times there is no sin on you or on them to move about, attending (helping) you each other.

31 Sheik Islam b. Taymiyyah, may Allah have mercy on him, said: ‘If the person praying is familiar with how to respond to salam during prayers then one can give them Salam. If they are ignorant of the manners related to giving Salam during prayers one should not greet them, for they may ruin their prayer by responding verbally…’

32 The Rightly Guided Caliphs are Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, Ali and Al-Hasan b. Ali, may Allah be pleased with them all.

33 Bukhari 6262

34 There are different formats for this Salam, of them is the following: ‘As-Salaamo Alaikum daara qomin mo’me’neen wa in’naa in shaa’Allah be’kom laa’he’qoon.’ i.e. May you be safe and secure O believers. We will soon, by the will of Allah, be with you.’

35 Imam Bukhari narrated this hadeeth in his book Al-Adab al-Mofrad and Sheik Al-Albani, may Allah have mercy on him, classified this hadeeth as authentic.

36 The ‘Thuraya’ is the Pleiades, a cluster of stars, of which six are easily visible to the naked eye.

37 In relation to ‘a man who speaks about war’, the scholar Muhammad Shams al-Haq A’baa’de said this refers to the Muslims saying: ‘New forces have arrived!’ or ‘A Muslim is behind you!’ Imam al-Khat’tabi, may Allah have mercy on him, said: ‘this refers to the Muslims statement to strengthen his fellow Muslims.’

38 One should avoid using words that are tantamount to polytheism and disbelief.

39 The Prophet () said: 'When a man says, 'the people are doomed', then he is the most destroyed among them.'

40 i.e. do not take oaths indiscriminantly or swear to do that which is sinful.

41 Cows cannot distinguish what they eat; similarly, these people will not be able to differentiate between falsehood and truth or the lawful and unlawful.

42 An-Nughair was a small bird that Abu Umair used to play with.

43 Some scholars state that if one is extremely angry, one should not say to him: 'Remember Allah' for he may say something bad.

44 Sheik Abdul-Kareem al-Khudair, may Allah preserve him, was asked about greeting one another on account of the new Hijri year, by saying: