have made our mind to adopt good manners, but the question arises what good manners mean? So let’s listen to what good manners are.

What are good manners?

A person once humbly asked a question from the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم about good manners, he صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم recited the following Ayah before him:

خُذِ الْعَفْوَ وَ اْمُرْ بِالْعُرْفِ وَ اَعْرِضْ عَنِ الْجٰهِلِیْنَ(۱۹۹)

Translation from Kanz-ul-Iman: O Beloved Rasool, adopt forgiveness, and command to do good, and turn away from the ignorant ones.

(Part 9, Surah Al-A’raf, Ayah 199)

Sayyiduna ‘Ali-ul-Murtada کَـرَّمَ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَـالٰی وَجۡـھَـهُ الۡـکَـرِیۡم has said: The Beloved Rasool          صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said to me, ‘Should I not guide you about the good manners of the people of the past and the future?’ I humbly replied, ‘Do guide me about it.’ The Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, ‘Bestow upon the one who deprives you; forgive the one who oppresses you and establish relations with the one who breaks off relations with you.’ (Shu’ab-ul-Iman, vol. 6, pp. 222, Hadees 7956)

Sayyiduna Abdullah Bin Mubarak رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has stated: Meeting (people) cheerfully, benefitting them greatly and not causing trouble to anyone are among good manners. (Sunan-ut-Tirmizi, vol. 3, pp. 404, Hadees 2012)

ہو اَخلاق اچّھا ہو کِردار سُتھرا

مُجھے مُتَّقِی تُو بنا یا الٰہی

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب              صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic brothers! One of the blessings of good manners is that the person who is more well-mannered will progress more and will attain many