Articles
Character and Manners
Shaykh ʿUbayd al-Jābirī’s advice on using real names in online religious discussions, avoiding anonymous fitnah and verifying whom we take Islamic knowledge from.
Character and Manners
Classical advice on patience with teachers, Islamic etiquette in seeking knowledge, respect for scholars and avoiding arrogance, with statements from the early scholars.
Character and Manners
The trial of al-Bukhārī in Neyshabur, his dispute with adh-Dhuhlī over reciting the Qurʾān, and Imām Muslim’s stand, as preserved in classical biographies.
Character and Manners
The ḥadīth promising houses in Paradise for abandoning arguments and lies and improving character, with commentary from Shaykh al-ʿAbbād and Shaykh al-Albānī.
Character and Manners
The Prophet’s sermon at the Conquest of Makkah condemns pride in ancestry and establishes taqwā as the measure of honour before Allah.
Character and Manners
A warning against tale-carrying and backbiting, with Qurʾānic guidance and statements from al-Fuḍayl ibn ʿIyāḍ and Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān on their harm.
Character and Manners
Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān explains his warning against indiscriminate warmth towards people of innovation and wrongdoing, citing Qurʾānic guidance on whom to welcome and avoid.
Character and Manners
Al-Albānī discusses greetings between women and men, the differing early reports and the qualification concerning safety from temptation.
Character and Manners
Ibn Bāz distinguishes shyness that prevents learning from the praiseworthy shyness that restrains sin, explaining the phrase “There is no shyness in religion.”
Character and Manners
Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān explains how spreading greetings of peace creates love, with a note from Ibn Bāz on greetings and gestures.
Character and Manners
Shaykh al-ʿUthaymīn explains returning salām, who begins the greeting, voice and cheerfulness, and responding to relayed or written greetings.
Character and Manners
A concise scholarly outline of the circumstances in which initiating the Islamic greeting (al-salām ʿalaykum) is considered disliked according to Islamic etiquette and scholarly guidance.
