Index – Book of Manners

  • 1. The Manners Related To Reciting The Qur’an:
    • 1) Strive To Be Sincere When You Learn And Recite The Qur’an
    • 2) Apply The Teachings Of The Qur’an
    • 3) Consistently Recite And Study The Qur’an
    • 4) You Should Not Say, “I Forgot”; Instead, Say, “I Was Made To Forget.”
    • 5) It Is Compulsory To Contemplate The Qur’an
    • 6) The Permissibility Of Reciting The Qur’an While One Is Standing, Walking, Riding, Sitting, Or Lying Down
    • 7) Only The Purified May Touch The Qur’an
    • 8) The Permissibility Of Reciting The Qur’an From Memory For One Who Is In A Minor State Of Impurity
    • 9) The Permissibility Of Reciting The Qur’an For Menstruating Women And Women Experiencing Post-Natal Bleeding
    • 10) It is Recommended To Clean One’s Mouth With Siwaak Before Reciting The Qur’an
    • 11) It Is From The Sunnah To Say The Isti’aadhah (i.e., “I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaitaan”) and the Basmalah (i.e., “In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful”) Upon Reciting The Qur’an
    • 12) It Is Recommended To Recite The Qur’an Clearly And Slowly, And It Is Disliked To Recite It Quickly And Carelessly
    • 13) It Is Recommended To Prolong [Certain Vowels] When Reciting The Qur’an
    • 14) It Is Recommended To Beautify One’s Voice During Recitation, But It Is Forbidden To Recite In Song-Like Manner
    • 15) Crying When Listening To Or Reciting The Qur’an
    • 16) As Long As No Harm Results, It is Recommended To Recite The Qur’an Out Loud
    • 17) The Recommended Period Of Time In Which One Should Finish Reading The Entire Qur’an
    • 18) The Sunnah Is To Refrain From Reciting When One Is Overcome By Sleep
    • 19) Once One Begins To Recite The Qur’an, It Is Recommended To Recite Continuously Without Unnecessarily Stopping Or Pausing
    • 20) It Is From The Sunnah For The Reciter To Make Tasbeeh (i.e., to say, `Subhaanallah,’ how perfect Allah is!)
    • 21) When One Passes By A Verse Of Prostration, It Is Sunnah For Him To Perform Prostration
    • 22) It Is Disliked To Kiss The Qur’an And Place It Between One’s Eyes
    • 23) It Is Disliked To Hang Verses Of The Qur’an Up On A Wall
  • 2. The Manners Of Giving Greetings Of Peace
    • 1) It Is Sunnah To Initiate Greetings Of Peace, It Is Waajib (Compulsory) To Return The Greetings
    • 2) The Manner Of Giving Greetings Of Peace
    • 3) It Is Disliked To Initiate A Greeting With “Alaikas-Salaam (Thus Reversing The Word Order, Which Is Correctly Done When One Responds To Another Person’s Greeting)”
    • 4) If You Are Greeting A Large Gathering Or If You Doubt Whether The Person You Greeted Heard You, It Is Recommended To Repeat The Greeting Three Times
    • 5) It Is Sunnah To Initiate Greetings And Respond To Them Out Loud
    • 6) It Is Sunnah To Make One’s Greetings Inclusive Of Everyone – Of Those One Knows And Of Those One Does Not Know
    • 7) It Is Recommended That The One Who Is Arriving Initiate The Greeting
    • 8) It Is Sunnah For The Rider To Greet (The Pedestrian, The Pedestrian To Greet The One Who Is Seated, The Few To Greet The Many, And The Young To Greet The Old
    • 9) Greeting A Stranger Women (i.e., A Women That One Is Not Allowed To Be In Seclusion With)
    • 10) It Is Recommended To Greet Young Children
    • 11) The Etiquette Of Greeting People Who Are Awake In A Place Wherein Some People Are Sleeping
    • 12) It Is Forbidden To Initiate Greetings Of Peace To The People Of The Book
    • 13) Answering A Greeting From The People Of The Book With “Wa-‘Alaikum (And The Same Upon You)”
    • 14) When You Come Across A Gathering Which Consists Of A Mix Of Muslims And Disbelievers, It is Permissible To Initiate Greetings Of Peace
    • 15) If One Has A Valid Islamic Excuse, He May Signal His Greeting Instead Of Uttering It
    • 16) It Is Permissible To Greet Someone Who Is Praying, And The Latter May Respond With A Gesture (But Not With An Utterance Of The Greeting)
    • 17) It Is Permissible To Greet Someone Who Is Reciting The Qur’an, And If One Extends The Greeting, The Reciter Must Respond
    • 18) It Is Disliked To Greet Someone Who Is Relieving Himself
    • 19) It Is Recommended To Extend Greetings Of Peace Upon Entering One’s Home
    • 20) Conveying Greetings Of Peace On Behalf Of Others
    • 21) Upon Entering The Masjid, One Should First Pray The Two Units Of Tahiyyatul-Masjid (two units which one prays upon entering the Masjid) And Then Greet Those That Are In The Masjid
    • 22) While The Imam Is Delivering The Friday Khutbah (Sermon), It Is Disliked To Give Greetings Of Peace
    • 23) When You Meet Another Muslim, It Is Recommended To Extend Greetings Of Peace To Him First And Then Begin Your Conversation With Him
    • 24) Extending Greetings Of Peace To People That Are Known For Being Sinners Or Innovators
    • 25) Before One Parts From A Gathering, It is Sunnah For Him To Give Greetings Of Peace
  • 3. The Manners Of Seeking Permission To Enter Another Person’s Home, etc.
    • 1) The Sunnah Is To Greet First And Then Ask For Permission To Enter
    • 2) The Person Who is Seeking Permission Should Stand To The Right Or To The Left Of The Door..
    • 3) It Is Forbidden For One To Look Into Someone’s Home Without His Permission
    • 4) You Should Seek Permission To Enter Three Times Only
    • 5) The One Who Is Asking Permission Should Not Answer With, “Me,” or, “It Is Me,” or, “It Is I,..
    • 6) The Seeker Of Permission Should Not Violently Or Harshly Beat The Door
    • 7) If The Owner Of The Home Says To The One Seeking Permission, “Return,” Then He Should Return
    • 8) If He Finds That No One Is Home, The Person That Is Asking For Permission To Enter Should Not Enter
    • 9) If One Is Invited Or If A Messenger Is Sent To Fetch Him, He Does Not Have To Ask Permission To Enter
    • 10) When You Want To Leave A Gathering, You Should First Ask Permission
    • 11) Seeking Permission To Enter Into The Presence Of Your Mother, Sister, And Others Like Them
    • 12) Before Entering A Room That Is Occupied By Your Wife, Announce Your Presence
    • 13) Let 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:
  • 4. The Etiquettes Of Meeting Another Muslim
    • 1) It Is Recommended To Shake The Other Person’s Hand
    • 2) It Is Forbidden To Shake The Hand Of A Woman Who Is A Stranger To You (i.e., one who, according to the Shariah, you are not allowed to be alone with)
    • 3) When You Shake Someone’s Hand, It Is Recommended To Hold On, So That He Is The First To Draw His Hand Away
    • 4) Standing To Greet One Who Has Just Arrived
    • 5) Should A Man Kiss His Brother When He Meets Him?
    • 6) When You Greet Someone, It Is Forbidden To Bow To Him Or Perform Prostration Before Him
  • 5. The Etiquettes Of Visiting Your Brother
    • 1) You Should Visit Your Brother Outside Of The Three Timings Specified In The Above-Mentioned Verse
    • 2) Unless He Has Permission From His Host, A Visitor Should Not Lead The prayer; Nor Should He Sit On The Bed Or Mattress Of His Host Without His Permission
    • 3) Frequency Of Visits
  • 6. The Etiquettes Of The Host And The Guest
    • 1) Accepting And Answering An Invitation
    • 2) It Is Compulsory To Honor One’s Guest
    • 3) Welcome Your Guest With A Warm, Genial Greeting
    • 4) What Should A Guest Say And Do When Another Person — Who, Is Not An Invitee — Accompanies Him To The Place Of Invitation?
    • 5) Burdening Yourself For Your Guest
    • 6) Enter Only After Having Obtained Permission And [In General] Leave After The Meal Is Over
    • 7) Serving In Order Of Age – From Oldest To Youngest; And Serving From Right To Left
    • 8) When The Meal Is Over, The Guest Should Supplicate For His Host
    • 9) When Your Guest Wants To Leave, It Is Recommended For You To Accompany Him To The Door Of Your House
  • 7. The Etiquettes Of Gatherings
    • 1) The Virtues Of Remembering Allah Ng In Gatherings And The Prohibition Of Attending Gatherings Wherein Allah’s Name Is Not Mentioned
    • 2) Choosing A Companion
    • 3) Both When You Join And Leave A Gathering, Greet Its Members
    • 4) It Is Disliked. To Ask A Person To Get Up From His Seat And Then Sit In His Place
    • 5) Making Space In Gatherings
    • 6) It Is Not Permissible To Separate Two People Without Their Permission
    • 7) Sitting Down At The End Of The Gathering
    • 8) When Three People Are Together, Two Should Not Speak Secretly To The Exclusion Of The Third
    • 9) It Is Forbidden To Listen In On Other People’s Conversations, Unless Of Course
    • 10) The Sitting Posture That Is Prohibited
    • 11) The Prohibition Of Laughing Too Much
    • 12) It Is Disliked To Belch In The Presence Of Others
    • 13) It Is Recommended To Conclude Gatherings With The ‘Atonement Of A Gathering’ Invocation
  • 8. The Manners Of Speech
    • 1) Preserving One’s Tongue
    • 2) Speak Good Words Or Remain Silent
    • 3) Good Speech Is Charity
    • 4) The Merits Of Limiting One’s Speech And The Blameworthiness Of Talking Too Much
    • 5) The Prohibition Of Backbiting And Slander
    • 6) The Prohibition Of Relating All That One Hears
    • 7) A Warning Of The Dangers Of Lying
    • 8) The Prohibition Of Lewdness, Obscenity, And Foul Language
    • 9) The Superiority Of Refraining From Argumentation Even When You Know That You Are In The Right
    • 10) It Is Forbidden To Lie In Order To Make Others Laugh
    • 11) When Your Muslim Brother Speaks To You And Turns Around (As If To See That No One Is Around), What He Says Is A Trust With You, Which You Must Keep Secret
    • 12) The Eldest Is Given Precedence In Speech
    • 13) Do Not Interrupt Or Cut Of Someone While He Is Speaking
    • 14) Speak Slowly, Deliberately, And Succinctly
    • 15) Speak In A Low Voice
    • 16) Words And Phrases That You Should Avoid
  • 9. The Manners Of Eating And Drinking
    • 1) It Is Forbidden To Eat Or Drink From Any Kind Of Dish Or With Any Kind Of Utensil That Is Made From Gold Or Silver
    • 2) The Prohibition Of Eating In A Reclining Position Or When Lying Prone On One’s Stomach
    • 3) When It Is Time For prayer And When Food Is Being Served, Eat First And Then Pray
    • 4) Washing One’s Hands Before And After A Meal
    • 5) Mentioning Allah’s Name Before Eating Or Drinking And Praising Allah (Swt) Afterwards
    • 6) Eating And Drinking With The Right Hand, And The Prohibition Of Eating With The Left Hand
    • 7) Eat From What Is Next Or Nearest To You
    • 8) It Is Recommended To Eat From The Sides Of A Dish, And Not From Its Middle Or Upper Part
    • 9) It Is Recommended To Eat With Three Fingers And To Lick One’s Fingers After Eating
    • 10) When A Morsel Of Food Falls Down, It Is Recommended To Pick It Up, To Wipe Off Anything That Attached Itself To It, And Then To Eat It
    • 11) The Prohibition Of Taking Two Dates At One Time From A Tray
    • 12) It Is Recommended To Wait And Not Eat Food While It Is Still Very Hot
    • 13) The Prohibition Of Finding Fault With Food Or Scorning
    • 14) The Ruling For Drinking And Eating While Standing Up
    • 15) It Is Disliked To Breath Or Blow Into A Drinking Container
    • 16) When Drinking, You Should Pause Three Times In Order To Breathe; Nonetheless, It is Still Permissible To Drink In One Go Without Pausing To Breathe
    • 17) The Prohibition Of Drinking From The Mouth Of A Bottle Or Canteen
    • 18) The Person Who Is Serving Drinks To Others Should Be The last Of Them To Drink Himself
    • 19) It Is Recommended To Talk During A Meal
    • 20) Eating Together As A Group
    • 21) It Is Disliked To Eat A Lot Of Food Or To Eat So Little That One’s Body Weakens
    • 22) The Prohibition Of Sitting At A Table Upon Which Alcohol Is Imbibed
  • 10. The Manners Of Going To The Bathroom
    • 1) Avoid Relieving Yourself In Three Places
    • 2) The Prohibition Of Urinating In Stagnant Water (i.e., Water That Does Not Flow)
    • 3) It Is Disliked To Take Into The Toilet (Or Any Place That Is Commonly Used For The Same Purpose) Anything That Has The Remembrance Of Allah (Swt) In It
    • 4) The Prohibition Of Facing The Qiblah Or Turning One’s Back To It When Using The Toilet
    • 5) What You Should Say And Do When You Are Entering And Leaving The Bathroom
    • 6) When You Relieve Yourself, Make Sure No One Can See You
    • 7) Passing Urine When Standing Or Sitting
    • 8) The Prohibition Of Using One’s Right Hand To Clean Oneself After Passing Stool Or Urine
    • 9) Al-Istinjaa And Al-Istijmaar
    • 10) It Is Disliked To Perform Istijmaar With Bones Or Manure
    • 11) When One Performs AI-Istijmaar, It Is Recommended To Clean An Odd Number Of Times And To Use An Odd Number Of Stones
    • 12) When One Is In The Bathroom, It Is Disliked For Him To Talk
  • 11. The Manners Of Attending Masjids
    • 1) The Prohibition Of Going To The Masjid After Eating [Raw] Garlic, Onion, Or Anything Else That Emits A Foul Smell
    • 2) It Is Recommended To Go To The Masjid Early
    • 3) Walking To The Masjid With Calmness And Serenity
    • 4) What Supplication You Should Say While You Are Walking To The Masjid For prayer
    • 5) The Supplication For Entering And Leaving The Masjid
    • 6) It Is Recommended To Lead With Your Right Foot Upon Entering The Masjid, And To Lead With Your Left Foot Upon Leaving
    • 7) It is Recommended To Perform Tahiyyatul-Masjid When You Enter The Masjid
    • 8) The Virtues Of Sitting In The Masjid
    • 9) The Permissibility Of Lying Down In The Masjid
    • 10) The Permissibility Of Sleeping In The Masjid
    • 11) The Prohibition Of Buying And Selling In Masjids
    • 12) The Prohibition Of Asking Or Making An Announcement In The Masjid About A Lost Possession
    • 13) Speaking Loudly In The Masjid
    • 14) The Prohibition Of Interlocking One’s Fingers When One Goes Out To The Masjid
    • 15) The Permissibility Of Speaking About Lawful, Worldly Matters In The Masjid
    • 16) The Permissibility Of Eating And Drinking In The Masjid
    • 17) The Permissibility Of Speaking Poetry In The Masjid
    • 18) The Permissibility Of Playing With Spears Or Anything Similar In The Masjid
    • 19) It Is Recommended To Adorn Oneself For The Jumu’ah prayer And For The Two Eed prayers
    • 20) The Prohibition Of Leaving The Masjid After The Call To prayer Is Made
    • 21) It is Sunnah To Wear Shoes Inside of Masjids
    • 22) The Manners Of Attending The Masjid For Women
  • 12. The Manners Of Sleeping
    • 1) Before Going To Sleep, Close (And Lock) Doors And Extinguish The Fire And Lamps
    • 2) Performing Ablution (Wudoo) Before Going To Sleep
    • 3) Dusting Off The Bed Before Lying Down On It
    • 4) Sleep On Your Right Side And Place Your Cheek On Your Right Hand
    • 5) Reciting Something From The Qur’an
    • 6) Reading Certain Supplications And invocations
    • 7) Dreams: What One Should Say And Do Upon Seeing A Nightmare Or A Dream That Pleases Him (One That Has A Good Meaning)
    • 8) It Is Disliked For One To Sleep On His Stomach
    • 9) It Is Disliked To Sleep On A Roof That Does Not Have A Fence Or Wall Or Anything Similar To Prevent One From Falling
    • 10) What One Should Say When He Wakes Up From Sleep
  • 13. The Manners Of Traveling
    • 1) Bidding Farewell To Friends And Family
    • 2) It is Disliked To Travel Alone
    • 3) If A Travel Party Is Made Up Of Three Or More People, It Is Recommended For Them To Appoint One Of Them To Be Their Ameer (Leader)
    • 4) The Prohibition Of Taking A Dog Or A Bell On A Journey
    • 5) It Is Prohibited For A Woman To Travel Without A Mahram
    • 6) It Is Recommended To Travel On Thursday, At The Beginning Of The Day
    • 7) Supplications That Are Related To Travel
    • 8) Voluntary prayers During Travel
    • 9) What The Traveler Should Say When He Stops Somewhere For A While
    • 10) It Is Recommended For Fellow Travelers To Gather Together When They Eat Stop Somewhere
    • 11) Sleeping During Travel
    • 12) After Having Fulfilled The Goal Of His Journey, The Traveler Should Not Linger, But Should Instead Return Home Quickly
    • 13) It Is Disliked For A Traveler To Arrive Home To His Family During The Night
    • 14) When A Traveler Returns To His City, It Is Recommended For Him To Perform Two Units Of prayer In The Masjid
  • 14. The Manners Of Visiting The Sick
    • 1) The Virtues Of Visiting The Sick
    • 2) Visiting Sick Children
    • 3) Women Visiting Sick Men
    • 4) Visiting A Person Who Is Unconscious
    • 5) Visiting A Sick Non-Muslim
    • 6) The Best Time To Visit A Sick Person
    • 7) Making The Visit Short
    • 8) Where The Visitor Should Sit
    • 9) Asking The Patient About His Situation And Saying Comforting Words To Him
    • 10) Crying Beside A Sick Person
    • 11) What One Should Say To The Patient, In Terms Of Supplications And Comforting Words
    • 12) Placing One’s Hand Over The Sick Person.
    • 13) Reading Invocations Over The Patient.
    • 14) When A Patient Is In The Final Stages Of Dying, Those Around Him Should Prompt Him To Say The Shahaadah (“I Bear Witness That None Has The Right To Be Worshipped But Allah”);
  • 15. The Manners Of Adornment And Attire
    • 1) It Is Compulsory To Cover The Private Areas Of The Body
    • 2) It Is Forbidden For Men To Imitate Women And For Women To Imitate Men
    • 3) If Allah (Swt) Blesses One With Wealth, The Effects Of That Blessing Should Be Seen In His Clothes
    • 4) It Is Forbidden To Drag One’s Garment On The Ground With A Feeling Of Haughtiness And Self-Conceit
    • 5) The Prohibition Of Wearing [Strange Or Extravagant) Clothing To Gain Fame Or To Draw To Oneself The Attention Of Others
    • 6) The Prohibition Of Men Wearing Gold And Silk, Except For Those Who Have A Valid Excuse
    • 7) It Is Sunnah For Men To Wear Short Clothing (i.e., Clothing That Does Not Fall Below The Ankles) And For Women To Wear Long Clothing
    • 8) A Woman Is Prohibited From Displaying Her Beauty And Adornment TO Everyone Other Than Those That Allah (Swt) Mentioned As Exceptions
    • 9) The Prohibition Of Wearing Clothing That Has On It A Picture Of A Cross Or Of A Being That Has A Soul
    • 10) At-Tayaamun (Using The Right Side Only Or Beginning With The Right Side, Depending On The Situation) In Wearing Clothes And Other Similar Actions
    • 11) The Sunnah For Putting On Shoes
    • 12) What To Say Upon Wearing Something New
    • 13) It Is Recommended To Wear White Clothing
    • 14) What Kind Of Rings Men May Wear
    • 15) It Is Recommended To Wear Fragrance
    • 16) The Sunnah Pertaining To A Person’s Hair
    • 17) It Is Sunnah For Men To Grow Their Beards And Trim Their Moustaches
    • 18) The Sunnah Is To Dye White Hair, But Not To The Color Black
    • 19) What Is Related About The Use Of Kohl (A Powder Used As Eye Make-Up And As Eye Ointment)
    • 20) Kinds Of Adornment That Are Prohibited For Women
  • 16. The Manners Of Walking And Riding
    • 1) It Is Prohibited To Walk Arrogantly With A Strut
    • 2) The Best Form Of Walking
    • 3) It is Disliked To Walk In One Shoe
    • 4) It Is Sunnah To Walk Barefoot Sometimes
    • 5) The Owner Of A Riding Animal Is Most Deserving Of Sitting In The Front
    • 6) Two Riders May Sit On The Same Riding Animal, As Long As Doing So Is Not Burdensome For The Animal
    • 7) It Is Disliked To Use Riding Animals As Pulpits (Upon Which The Rider Delivers A Sermon Or Lecture)
  • 17. The Manners Of The Pathway
    • 1) It Is Compulsory To Fulfill The Rights Of The Pathway
    • 2) Removing Anything That Is Harmful From The Road Or Pathway
    • 3) It Is Forbidden To Relieve Oneself In Pathways Or Shades That Are Frequented By People
    • 4) Men Are More Deserving Of The Middle Of The Pathway Than Are Women
    • 5) Helping A Man Climb His Mount And Raising His Things Up To Him
  • 18. The Manners Associated With Being A Good Neighbor
    • 1) Honoring One’s Neighbor
    • 2) The Rights Of The Next-Door Neighbor
    • 3) It Is Forbidden To Harm One’s Neighbor In Any Way, Shape, Or Form
  • 19. The Manners Of Sneezing And Yawning
    • 1) Saying ‘May Allah Have Mercy On You’ To The Person Who Sneezed
    • 2) One Should Say, ‘May Allah Have Mercy On You,’ Only After The Sneezer Praises Allah (Swt)
    • 3) The Sunnah Is For The Sneezer To Speak First, By Saying, “All Praise Is For Allah,” or, “All Praise Is For Allah, Upon Every Condition [That One Finds Himself To Be In].”
    • 4) When One Hears Someone Sneeze, It Is Sunnah For Him To Say, “Yarhamukallah (May Allah have mercy on you).”
    • 5) After the sneezer hears someone say, ‘May Allah have mercy on you,’ it is Sunnah for him to then say, ‘May Allah guide you and rectify your situation,’ or, ‘May Allah have mercy on us and you, and may He forgive us and you.’
    • 6) One Should Try To Keep The Sound Of His Sneeze As Low As Possible
    • 7) One Should Say, “May Allah Have Mercy On You” For Three Sneezes; If The Other Person Sneezes More Than That, Then He Has A Cold
    • 8) If Someone From The People Of The Dhimmah (Jews And Christians Who Live Under The Protection And Safety Of The Muslims, By Agreement) Sneezes, It Is Permissible For A Muslim To Then Say To Him, “May Allah Guide You And Rectify Your Situation.”
    • The Manners Of Yawning
  • 20. The Manners Of Interacting With One’s Brothers
    • 1) Choosing A Companion And Friend
    • 2) Loving Someone For Allah (Swt)
    • 3) Important Elements Of Friendship: Cheerfulness, Gentleness, Love, And Kindness
    • 4) It is Recommended, As A Sign Of True Brotherhood, To Be Sincere And To Give Sincere Advice
    • 5) Mutual Cooperation Among Brothers
    • 6) Being Humble And Not Proud Or Haughty When Dealing With One’s Brother
    • 7) Good Manners
    • 8) Having A Heart That Is Free From Rancor, Grudge, And Enmity
    • 9) Having Good Thoughts About One’s Brothers And Not Spying On Them
    • 10) Forgiving Others Their Mistakes And Controlling One’s Anger
    • 11) The Prohibition Of Jealousy, Of Hatred, And Of Cutting Off Ties With Other Muslims
    • 12) The Prohibition Of Calling People By Nicknames [That They Dislike]
    • 13) It Is Recommended To Make Peace Between Brothers
    • 14) The Prohibition Of Al-Mann (Reminding Others Of One’s Generosity)
    • 15) Keeping A Secret And Not Spreading It
    • 16) The Evilness Of Being A Person Of Two Faces
  • 21. The Manners Of Interacting With One’s Wife
    • 1) It Is Sunnah To Marry, And One Is Encouraged In The Shariah To Marry
    • 2) Good Companionship
    • 3) Gentleness in Dealing With Women
    • 4) Joking And Playing With One’s Wife
    • 5) Being Patient With One’s Wife And Overlooking Her Faults
    • 6) It Is From The Obligatory Duties Of A Husband To Have Sexual Relations (i.e., Intercourse) With His Wife
    • 7) The Prohibition Of Revealing The Details Of One’s Intimate, Conjugal Relations
    • 8) A Man Must Do Justice Between His Wives
  • 22. The Manners Of Supplication
    • 1) Supplication Is Worship
    • 2) The Superiority Of Supplication
    • 3) Dutifulness To Parents Is One Of The Ways That Lead To One’s Supplications Being Answered
    • 4) It Is Recommended To Perform Good Deeds Prior To Supplicating
    • 5) Performing Voluntary Acts Of Worship After Obligatory Ones Is One Of The Causes That Lead To A Person’s Supplications Being Answered
    • 6) It Is Recommended To Face The Qiblah When Supplicating
    • 7) It Is Recommended To Raise Your Hands While You Are Supplicating
    • 8) It Is Recommended To Supplicate To Allah In Secret
    • 9) To Supplicate With An Alert And Attentive Heart Leads To A Person’s Supplications Being Answered
    • 10) It Is Recommended To Invoke Allah Persistently And Repeatedly
    • 11) To Ask With Determination And Resolve
    • 12) It Is Recommended To Preface One’s Supplications With Praises For Allah (Swt) And Then The Sending Of prayers Upon His Messenger (Pbuh)
    • 13) Asking For One’s Supplications To Be Answered By Dint Of Previously Performed Good Deeds
    • 14) It Is Recommended To Invoke Allah it With Supplications Whose Meanings Are Comprehensive Of All That Is Good
    • 15) It Is Recommended To End One’s Supplication With That Which Corresponds To What lie Asked For
    • 16) Supplicating After The Last Tashahud Of prayer And Before The Tasleem (The End Of The prayer)
    • 17) It Is Recommended To Supplicate When A Rooster Crows
    • 18) Transgression In One’s Supplication Is Forbidden
    • 19) When One Is Supplicating, It Is Disliked For Him To Think Up An Invocation Of Rhyming Words
    • 20) Asking Help For Sinning Or Breaking Off Ties Of Relation, Or Being Impatient For The Answer To One’s Supplications — These Actions Prevent One’s Supplications From Being Answered
    • 21) Eating From Unlawfully Derived Wealth Prevents One’s Supplications From Being Answered
    • 22) Times, Places, And Situations Wherein One’s Supplications Are Most-Likely To Be Answered
    • 23) Situations Wherein One Can Reasonably Hope For His Supplica¬tions To Be Answered