Chosen Islamic Manners

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: '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.’