Notes of the previous lessons of Islamic Manners taught by Umm Yusif

Class #4

Ettiquettes of Seeking Permission to Enter and Meeting Another Muslim (third and fourth chapters in the The Book of Manners by Fu’ad Ibn ‘Abdul-‘Azeez Ash-Shulhoob – publisher: Darussalam) 

Permission to Enter

1.    Ayat and Hadith

2.    Greet first, then ask permission

3.    Stand to the right or left of the door

4.    Seeking permission to enter up to 3 times

5.    Answer with your name when asked who is it  

6.    When leaving a gathering ask permission



Meeting Another Muslim


7.    Recommended to shake one’s hand 
a.    Shaking hands after the fard prayer -- bidah  
b.    Shaking hand with non—Muharam (someone marriageable)  

8.    Standing up when someone arrives 

9.    Hugging and Kissing when meeting 

10.    Forbidden to bow or prostrate to a human or anything else  

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Class #5





Etiquettes of Visiting Your Brother, The Host and the Guest, and Gatherings (fifth, sixth and seventh chapters in the The Book of Manners by Fu’ad Ibn ‘Abdul-‘Azeez Ash-Shulhoob – publisher: Darussalam) 



Etiquettes when Visiting your Brother   



Etiquettes of The Host and the Guest  

1.    Accepting and answering an invitation  



2.    Honoring your guest      
a. serve eldest first
b. serve right to left



3.    Accompany guest to the door –  



Etiquettes of Gatherings

1.    Attending gatherings where Allah is mentioned  



2.    Choosing your friends  



3.    Greet when joining and leaving a gathering  



4.    Making space in a gathering
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Class #6





Etiquettes of Gatherings (cont.) and The Manners of Speech (seventh and eighth chapters in the The Book of Manners by Fu’ad Ibn ‘Abdul-‘Azeez Ash-Shulhoob – publisher: Darussalam) 



Etiquettes of Gatherings


1.    Three people together talking don’t exclude one  



2.    Listening to people’s conversation without their consent  



3.    Forbidden to sit half in the sun and half in the shade  



4.    Laughter in moderation  



5.    Closing dua for a gathering  





The Manners of Speech



1.    Preserving one’s tongue    

 

2.    Speak good or remain silent 



3.    Not talking too much  


4.    Backbiting and Slander 



Notes of the previous lessons of Islamic Manners taught by sister Umm Yusif

ISLAMIC MANNERS

Class #1



Introduction

1.    Background on myself

2.    Brief talk about the book used

3.    Brief talk on what we will be studying

4.    Virtues of Islamic Manners



Ettiquettes of Seeking Knowledge (some notes from KIU (Knowledge International University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)

1.    Intention

2.    Taqwa

3.    Love for Allah and His Messenger

4.    Humbleness vs. Arrogance

5.    Friendship

6.    Gentleness

7.    Practice what you learn

8.    Respect for teachers

9.    Always being aware that Allaah is watching 

10. Not speaking without knowledge

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Class #2



Ettiquettes Related to the Quran (first chapter in the The Book of Manners by Fu’ad Ibn ‘Abdul-‘Azeez Ash-Shulhoob – publisher: Darussalam) 



1.    Act of worship 



A.   Some Virtues of Reading the Quran 



B.    Etiquettes before reading



1.Intention

2. Sincerity and according to the Sunnah

3. Wudu required for holding the Quran

4. Reciting when one has her menses





2.    Important points while reading/reciting



A.   Reflect on what you read (book of guidance) and implement into your life

B.   Refrain from reading Quran when sleepy

C.   Rulings pertaining to the verses of prostration

 

3.    Disliked actions



A.   Kissing the Quran and placing it between the eyes 

B.   Disliked to hang verses of the Quran on the wall
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Class #3



Ettiquettes of Greetings Between Muslims (second chapter in the The Book of Manners by Fu’ad Ibn ‘Abdul-‘Azeez Ash-Shulhoob – publisher: Darussalam) 



Manners of Greeting


1.     It is sunnah to initiate the greeting and wajib (obligatory) to return the greeting



2.     The Manner of Giving Greetings    



3.     Greeting the People of the Book    



4.     Greeting with a gesture instead of uttering the salam    

a.     While praying   


5.     Greeting when entering

a.     Your house   

b.     The masjid    



6.     No greeting during the Friday khutbah (sermon)  



Times When It Is Disliked to Greet


1.     When someone is relieving themselves