Chosen Islamic Manners

'Kul'lee aam wa antum be khair' or to make du'aa for the individual. He answered: 'Making a general du'aa for one's fellow Muslim that Allah bless him in general occasions, such as Eid is not sinful, as long as one's intention to greet is to grow closer to that individual, and to show one's happiness. Imam Ahmed, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 'I will not greet anyone initially, but if people greet me, I will respond to them for responding to a greeting is compulsory. Greeting initially it is not a Sunnah which we find, nor is it prohibited.'

45 A type of date grown in Madinah.

46 What is meant by this is that one should distance the cup from their mouth three times while they are drinking. It does not mean that one should breathe into the cup, for this is forbidden.

47 O Allah bless us in our city and our fruits and our weights of measurement with an increase.

48 Sheik Abdul-Aziz b. Baz, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 'It is not lawful for one to urinate in a well, or in a bathtub full of water, for it is similar to stagnant water.'

49 i.e. that it be above the ankle.

50 Ithmid is a kind of Kohl, which comes from a well-known black stone that has some redness in it. It is found in the al-Hijaz region.

51 Meaning: That is, they walk towards the place in which they commit fornication.

52 If one phones his family up or gives them notice that he will be arriving at night, then this is not included in the prohibition of the Prophet ().

53 This is a weak hadeeth and can be found in as-Silsilah ad-Da’eefah #4249.

54 It is stated in the Hadeeth: ‘he (the sick person) will be cured.’

55 This refers to the last three chapters of the Qur’an.

56 Basically, one is giving cash and wants more in return afterwards.

57 Abu Yazid al-Bustami, may Allah have mercy on him, said when I was twenty years old my mother called me to take care of her while she was ill. I came to her service. She placed one of my hands under her head and the other I extended over her body. I was reciting ‘Qul who-Allah ahad’ continuously. After a period of time, I felt my entire arm go numb, I then thought to myself, this is my hand, but to take care of my mother is a right I owe to Allah. So I was patient until Fajr prayer; thereafter, I was unable to use my hand.’ When he died, some of his companions saw him in their dreams, enjoying himself in Jannah. It was said to him, how did you attain this mercy? He said: ‘by being obedient to my mother and being patient when a calamity struck.’