Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

Tahzeeb-ul-Islam (Islamic Ettiquettes)

This book is corrected and edited by Al-Hassanain (p) Institue for Islamic Heritage and Thought

• Etiquette of Dressing & Wearing Shoes
• 1. Elegant and Proper Clothing
• 2. Materials which are not permitted to be worn
• 3. Instructions about cotton wool and artificial silk
• 4. Colours of the dress which are sunnat or makrooh
• 5. Tradition
• 6. About the clothes which are particularly used by women and non-muslims
• 7. Instructions about wearing and cutting new cloth
• 8. How to put on and take off one's dress
• 9. Socks and shoes
• 10. How to wear socks, shoes and sandals
• Etiquette of Wearing Jewellery, Applying Surma, Looking in the Mirror and Applying Hair-Dye for Men and Women
• 1. Way of putting on ring and its advantages
• 2. What should the ring be made of
• 3. The advantages of Aqiq (Cornelian)
• 4. Advantages of Yakoot (Ruby), Zaberjaa (Jade) and Zamarrud (Emerald)
• 5. Advantages of Turquoise (Feroza) and Jaz-e-Yamani
• 6. Beneficial qualities of Durre-Najaf, Billore, Hadeed-Cheeni and other stones
• 7. Suitable engravings for every gem
• 8. Way of wearing gold and silver jewellery for women and children
• 9. Way of applying Antimony (Surma) (A black powder applied inside the eyes)
• 10. Manners of using the mirror
• 11. Benefits of applying dye for men and women
• 12. Ways of applying dye
• Etiquette of Cleaning Teeth, Combing, Cutting Nails & Shaving Head
• 1. Advantages of miswak (i.e. Cleaning teeth with any raw branch of tree)
• 2. Etiquette and advantages of shaving one's head
• 3. Advantages of cutting of the tips (end) of moustache
• 4. Etiquette of growing one's beard
• 5. The grace of white hair and prohibition of pulling them out
• 6. The order of cutting the hair of nose and the prohibition of playing with one's beard
• 7. Advantages and blessings of cutting nails
• 8. Manner and timings of cutting one's nails
• 9. Advantages and blessings of combing one's head/beard
• 10. Timings and manner of combing and types of combs
• Manner of Eating and Drinking
• 1. Utensils that are allowed in eating and drinking
• 2. The right to have good tasty food and prohibition of greed
• 3. Ways and timings of eating
• 4. Complete etiquette of having food
• 5. Prayers to be recited at the time of eating
• 6. Etiquette to be observed after the meals
• 7. The advantages of bread, sattu (flour of chana, rice & cereals), meat, margarine (ghee) & all those foods which are got from the animals and also of vinegar and sweets
• 8. Advantages of cereals, vegetables, fruits and other kinds of eatables
• 9. Manners of welcoming momin to one's home
• 10. The manners and advantages of cleaning one's teeth (khilal)
• 11. The types and advantages of water
• 12. Manners of drinking water
• Importance of Nikah, Advantages of Living Together with Women, Upbringing of Children and Advantages of Being Friendly with them
• 1. Importance of nikah and prohibition of celibacy and being a hermit
• 2. Types of women, good and bad
• 3. Etiquette of Nikah
• 4. Etiquette of conducting bride to her groom's house for matrimonial relations
• 5. Prayers and supplications on the first night when the bride is conducted to groom's house for matrimonial relations, and at the time of living together
• 6. Obligations of a wife towards husband and of a husband towards wife - regulations about it
• 7. Prayers for conception
• 8. About the days of pregnancy, delivery and giving names to child
• 9. Etiquette of aqiqa and hair cutting
• 10. Circumcision (Khatna) of boys
• 11. Manners of feeding and upbringing the child and consideration of their rights
• 12. The rights of parents on their children and obedience and respect due to the parents on behalf of the children
• Manners of Going to a Bath, Washing Head and Body, Applying Noorah and Certain Baths
• 1. Advantages of a bath
• 2. Etiquette of visiting a bathroom and doas (prayers) which should be recited
• 3. What should be done in a bathroom
• 4. The advantages of removing odour from the head and body
• 5. The advantages of washing head with leaves of berry and khatmi
• 6. Benefits of applying noorah (a kind of lime water which is applied for the removal of unwanted hair)
• 7. Duration of time for applying noorah
• 8. Benefits of applying henna after applying noorah
• 9. Etiquette of Jumma Bath and other kinds of baths
• Smelling and Application of Scent, Flowers and Oil
• 1. Benefits of sweet-scent and its proper application
• 2. A version on refusing scent or perfume
• 3. The blessings of musk, umber and saffron
• 4. Advantages of Ghalia (Musk)
• 5. Advantages of Almond and Banafsha Oil
• 6. Advantages of Chambeli (a tropical flower) and Bakain oil
• 7. Advantages of other oils
• 8. Advantages of incense, its types and how to take it
• 9. Benefits of Rose, Rose-water and other flowers
• 10. Etiquette of smelling flowers
• Etiquette of Sleeping, Reciting Do'as at the Time of Sleeping and Seeing Dreams
• 1. Timings of sleep
• 2. To do ablution (wuzoo) before sleep
• 3. Etiquettes to be observed before sleeping and the place of sleeping
• 4. Complete manners of sleeping
• 5. The verses and prayers meant to be recited before going to bed
• Etiquette of Entering and Departing from the House
• Section I
• 1. Well-spaced house
• 2. Reproof on making a house of great height and on having too many extra provisions in it
• 3. Prohibition of drawing, sketching and building an idol of the living which can cast its shadow
• 4. Etiquette of the floor of the house and of bed-making
• 5. Etiquette of praying at home
• 6. Prohibition of keeping a dog in the house
• Section II
• 1. Etiquette about the house
• 2. Etiquette of entering and going out of the house
• Classes of Human Beings, their Rights and the Manner of Living with other people
• 1. The rights of relatives, slaves (males and females)
• 2. Rights of neighbours, orphans and relatives
• 3. Rights of friends and fellow believers
• 4. Rights of one momin towards another momin and the kindness which should be meted out to the creatures of God
• 5. Helping momineen, assisting them in their work and making them happy
• 6. Visits to momineen and looking after the sick
• 7. Providing food, water and dress to the momins, helping them in every conceivable way and supporting the victimised
• 8. The rights of poor, weak, victim of cruelty and difficulties and the behaviour to be meted out to them
• 9. Regards for the rights of momineen and also the stating of any one's faults in his absence (Gheebat)
• Etiquette of Salutation, Shaking Hands, Embracing, Kissing, Sneezing and of Sitting in a Company and Dispersing the Company
• 1. Etiquette and sanctity of salutations and answering the salutations
• 2. Etiquette of shaking hands, touching necks (embracing) and kissing
• 3. Gathering and etiquette of sitting in the gatherings
• 4. Those gatherings where one is allowed to go and those people with whom one is allowed to move
• 5. Ways of sneezing, spitting and belching
• 6. Etiquette of joking, laughing, whispering, sitting in a company and of keeping the sanctity of a gathering
• 7. The blessings and rewards of talking about the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) and the Ahlul Bait (a.s.) in gatherings and also discussing their knowledge and relating traditions of their qualities
• Etiquette of Walking, Riding, Going to the Market for Trade and Agricul Ture and Keeping Animals
• 1. Riding a horse, a mule, a donkey and their types
• 2. Regulation about saddling and harnessing
• 3. Etiquette of mounting and prayers connected with it
• 4. To earn legitimately (Halal) and trade
• 5. Etiquette of trade
• Etiquette Of Travelling
• 1. The travels which are permissible and those that are not permissible; the days which are good for travel and those that are not
• 2. The warding off of unlucky travels with the help of prayers and charity (sadqa)
• 3. The bath, prayers (Namaz) and do'a at the time of departure
• 4. Complete etiquette of going on a journey
• 5. Etiquette of proceeding on a journey and alighting on stages
• 6. Manners of travelling by sea and over the bridges
• 7. Manners relating how to accompany a traveller for a little while when he sets for the journey and welcoming him on his arrival
• 8. Mention of the racing of horses and archery
• Notes