Women in Society

Islam has done a great service to women. It not only put an end to the absolute control of the fathers, but gave women freedom, a personality and independence of thinking and opinion. It officially recognised her natural rights. However, there are tw...

Islam has done a great service to women. It not on...

One day a girl, who looked very perturbed, came to the Holy Prophet and said: "O Messenger of Allah! My father has done me a great injustice". "What has your father done?" "He has a nephew and he has married me to him without taking my consent". "If ...

One day a girl, who looked very perturbed, came to...

Being the fact that we do not know most of the people on the street, this doesn't mean we should forget about our morals of relationship with our companions on the street. Good morals are for those we know and for those that we don't know; for those ...

Being the fact that we do not know most of the peo...

The factors that might be mentioned here are many. What we mentioned earlier on the laws and manners of morals is not a mere slogan or advises that are hung from the sky, rather it is long human experience on social relations. Due to time limit, we w...

The factors that might be mentioned here are many....

No doubt the art of social relations requires the understanding of two things together: knowing the factors that strengthen the relationship and knowing the factors that destroy and harm it. This is because knowing the second will help us avoid those...

No doubt the art of social relations requires the ...

Relations with elders - whether they are our parents or teachers and scholars - have their own special manner. Islam enjoins Muslim youth to respect them. It is reported in a hadith that: "Among the respect of the Almighty Allah is respecting elders"...

Relations with elders - whether they are our paren...

Entertaining a guest is something known and good in Islam, which regards entertaining guests as one of the good habits. It is reported in a hadith that: "Whoever believes in Allah and the Day of Judgement should entertain his guests." Thus, the manne...

Entertaining a guest is something known and good i...

The art of social relations doesn't mean that we should only be with people at the time of happiness; rather it requires us to be with them at the time of tragedy also. Maybe the need for comfort and a comforter, for an angry man, is much greater tha...

The art of social relations doesn't mean that we s...

Among the rights of our friend on us is to congratulate him on any success and favour he achieved in life, and, likewise, it is our right upon him to have him do the same thing for us. Indeed, congratulating each other is among the factors of strengt...

Among the rights of our friend on us is to congrat...

Among the advices of Prophet Luqman (peace be upon him) to his child is: "While traveling with people consult them on your issues; do not hang your head. Smile at them; share your properties with them; answer their call if they call you; if they need...

Among the advices of Prophet Luqman (peace be upon...

One thing that has a great effect on strengthening social relationships is the exchange of visits, which is encouraged in many narrations to the extent that it is stated that whoever visits his brother, it is as if he visited Allah and His Messenger....

One thing that has a great effect on strengthening...

Concerning neighbors, the Almighty Allah said: "…and neighbour close to you and neighbour who is a stranger…" Holy Qur'an (4: 36) And, likewise, the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) said: "The Arch Angel Gabriel (Jibra'el) continues to talk to me concerning nei...

Concerning neighbors, the Almighty Allah said: "…a...

One of the things that helps in the quick recovery of a sick person or at least reduces his pain is a visit. It is in view of this that Islam encourages this kind of visit and legislated some etiquette for it: A- Limiting the time of the visit. Prolo...

One of the things that helps in the quick recovery...

A gift has a great effect on the heart of he whom the gift is given to, because when you give me a gift - with its real meaning not its material value- you are sending me a message of your love and affection. Thus, it is upon me to be happy and put i...

A gift has a great effect on the heart of he whom ...

It is true that you can not see your friend while phoning him, nor he sees you, but this doesn't mean that you should indulge with manners of phoning. Among them are: A- First, you should greet your friend and show him your concern and love as if you...

It is true that you can not see your friend while ...

A prophetic hadith calls us to live with our friends and relatives with goodness and to prefer them on our own selves; we should not let them see any corruption or cheating on our part. We should be kind with them or we should not show them any sign ...

A prophetic hadith calls us to live with our frien...

We have mentioned before that the reward of good is good and that the repaying of beauty is beauty or what is better than that, therefore, it is not good for me to repay good with showing no concern or even evil. Thus, thanksgiving has its own manner...

We have mentioned before that the reward of good i...

A- Among the etiquette of greetings is that a rider should greet the one who is on foot, a passer-by should greet the one who is standing, a small group should greet a larger one, little ones should greet the elders, a man should greet a woman, a chi...

A- Among the etiquette of greetings is that a ride...

After being acquainted with some moral laws through prophetic hadiths and sayings of psychologists, then, we will come to the answer of the second question on how to proceed socially. Morals play an important role in the art of social relations. It i...

After being acquainted with some moral laws throug...

Good morals and sound relations can be a common and general language of the world, but one can rarely find a society that hates truth and justice or likes theft, injustice and aggression. Even if you find a society like this, it would be a backward a...

Good morals and sound relations can be a common an...

Disraeli, one of the Prime Ministers of Britain, a country leading in corruption and its spread, wrote in an article: "I am at the verge of committing insane acts, but always try to avoid one being a love affair with a woman in the street and say thi...

Disraeli, one of the Prime Ministers of Britain, a...