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Etiquette of Life in Islam

Muhammad Yusuf Islahi

Adab-e-Zindagi

Introduction 7–8

Chapter 1 Manners and Etiquette 9

  1. Purity and Neatness 10–14
  2. Maintenance of Health 15–28
  3. Etiquette of Dress 29–41
  4. Etiquette of Eating and Drinking 42–44
  5. Etiquette of going to Bed and getting up 45–57
  6. Etiquette of Walking 58–61
  7. Etiquette of Travelling 62–66
  8. Etiquette of Mourning and Grief 67–78
  9. Etiquette in Fear and Panic 79–85
  10. Etiquette of Rejoicing 86–92

Chapter 2 Devotion and Prayers 93

  1. Etiquette of Respect of Mosque 94–99
  2. Etiquette of Saying Prayers 100–107
  3. Etiquette of Reciting the Qur’an 108–112
  4. Etiquette of Friday 113–121
  5. Etiquette of Funeral Prayers 122–124
  6. Etiquette for Attending the Death-bed 125–131
  7. Etiquette of Visiting Graveyards 132–134
  8. Etiquette on Eclipse of Sun or Moon 135–137
  9. Etiquette of Ramadan 138–142
  10. Etiquette of Fasting 143–147
  11. Etiquette of Zakat and Sadaqat 148–151
  12. Etiquette of Performing Hajj 152–162

Chapter 3 Decent Living 163

  1. Etiquette of Dealing with Parents 164–176
  2. Etiquette of Married Life 177–188
  3. Etiquette of Bringing up the Children 189–203
  4. Etiquette of Friendship 204–232
  5. Etiquette for the Host 233–239
  6. Etiquette for Guest 240–242
  7. Etiquette of Sitting 243–246
  8. Etiquette of Greetings 247–263
  9. Etiquette of Visiting the Patient 264–269
  10. Etiquette of Meeting each other 270–272
  11. Etiquette of Conversation 273–275
  12. Etiquette of Correspondence 276–279
  13. Etiquette of Business 280–284

Chapter 4 Call to Religion 285

  1. Etiquette of Communicating Islam 286–300
  2. Etiquette of Preaching 301–312
  3. Etiquette of Discipline and Organisation 313–318
  4. Etiquette of Leadership 319–324

Chapter 5 Sense of Devotion 325

  1. Etiquette of Repentance 326–339
  2. Etiquette of Prayer 340–356
  3. Comprehensive Quranic Prayers 357–360
  4. Some Prayers of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) 361–366
  5. Darud and Salam 367–370
  6. The Supplication of Sacrifice 371–372
  7. Aqiqa Prayer 373–374
  8. The Taravih Prayer 375–376
  9. Qunut-i-Nazila 377–378
  10. Prayer for the Fulfilment of a need 379
  11. Prayer for Memorizing Qur’an 380–382
  12. Prayer of gaining Understanding of the Qur’an 383–384
  13. The Friday Sermon 385–391
  14. The Nuptial Sermon 392–393
  15. Istikhara 394–395
  16. The Excellent Attributes of Allah 396–418
  17. Prophetic Prayers at a glance 419–420

Index of Prayers 421–423

Key to abbreviations: A.S., K.A.W., R.A.A., R.T.A., S.A.W.