Etiquette and Good Manners
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- A good action and a bad action are not the same. Repel the bad with something better and, if there is enmity between you and someone else, he will be like a bosom friend. (Qur’an, 41:34)
- None will obtain it but those who are truly steadfast. None will obtain it but those who have great good fortune. (41:35)
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Repel evil with that which is best: We are well acquainted with the things they say. (23:96)
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- A good action and a bad action are not the same. Repel the bad with something better and, if there is enmity between you and someone else, he will be like a bosom friend. (41:34)
- None will obtain it but those who are truly steadfast. None will obtain it but those who have great good fortune. (41:35)
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When you are greeted with a greeting, return the greeting or improve on it. Allah takes account of everything. (Qur’an, 4:86)
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‘Be moderate in your tread and lower your voice. The most hateful of voices is the donkey’s bray.’ (31:19)
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You who believe! People should not ridicule others who may be better than themselves; nor should any women ridicule other women who may be better than themselves. And do not find fault with one other or insult each other with derogatory nicknames. How evil it is to have a name for evil conduct after coming to faith! Those people who do not turn from it are wrongdoers.(Qur’an, 49:11)
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Do not avert your face from people out of haughtiness and do not strut about arrogantly on the earth. Allah does not love anyone who is vain or boastful. Be moderate in your tread and lower your voice. The most hateful of voices is the donkey’s bray. (Quran, 31:18-19)
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- The Servants of the All-Merciful are those who walk lightly on earth and, who, when ignorant speak to them, say,”Peace” (Quran 25:63)
- ….your God is God alone so submit to Him. Give good news to the humble-hearted. (Quran,22:34)
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- Those who give in times of both ease and hardship, those who control their rage and pardon other people- God loves the good-doers (Quran, 3:134)
- Those who avoid major actions and indecencies and who, when they are angered, then forgive.(Qur’an, 42:37)
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- Allah is He Who appointed the night for you so that you might rest in it, and the day for seeing. Allah pours out His favour on mankind but most people do not show thanks. (Quran, 40:61)
- It is He Who appointed the night for you, so that you could rest in it, and the day for seeing. There are certainly Signs in that for people who listen. (10:67)
- It is He Who made the night a cloak for you and sleep a rest, and He made the day a time for rising. (25:47)
- Do they not see that We have made the night for them to rest in and the day for seeing? There are certainly Signs in that for people who believe. (27:86)
- But part of His mercy is that He has made both night and day for you so that you can have your rest and seek His bounty, and so that hopefully you will be thankful. (28:73)
- Among His Signs is your sleep by night and day and your seeking after His bounty. There are certainly Signs in that for people who hear. (30:23)
- Allah is He Who appointed the night for you so that you might rest in it, and the day for seeing. Allah pours out His favour on mankind but most people do not show thanks. (40:61)
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- Make allowances for people, command what is right, and turn away from the ignorant. (Quran,7:199)
- The servants of the All-Merciful are those who walk lightly on the earth and, who, when the ignorant speak to them, say, ‘Peace’. (Quran,25:63)
- When they (believers) hear worthless talk they turn away from it and say, ‘We have our actions and you have your actions. Peace be upon you. We do not desire the company of the ignorant.’ (Quran,28:55)
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That is so that you will not be grieved about the things that pass you by or exult about the things that come to you. Allah does not love any vain or boastful man: (Qur’an, 57:23)
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- You who believe, be steadfast; be supreme in steadfastness; be firm on the battlefield; and heed God; so that hopefully you will be successful.(Qur’an, 3:200)
- Say: ‘My servants, you who have transgressed against yourselves, do not despair of the mercy of God. Truly God forgives all wrong actions. He is the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Merciful’(Qur’an, 39:53)
- …Do not despair of solace from Allah. No one despairs of solace from Allah except for people who do not believe.(Qur’an, 12:87)
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- … In it there are men who love to purify themselves. Allah loves those who purify themselves. (9:108)
- And keep your garments free from stain. And shun all abomination. (74:4-5)