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