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Data Ganj Bakhsh and Lessons In Etiquette
Forbearance with the Ignorant is a Point of Etiquette
Dear Islamic brothers! Exercising patience with the ignorant remarks of the ignorant is also among the etiquettes of life. Many a time, we encounter people who are distant from knowledge, morality, and the etiquettes of life. This is particularly true for preachers who invite towards goodness, as they frequently have to deal with such people. Taking a lesson from the pure life of Dātā Ganj Bakhsh ꜤAlī Hujwayrī رَحْمَۃُ اللہِ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ , we should exercise patience over the words, actions, and bad manners of such people. We should respond to their ill-treatment with goodness. This patience is also a virtue, and often, through the blessings of such patience, great difficulties are resolved. Allah Almighty states to His Beloved and Merciful Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم:
خُذِ الْعَفْوَ وَ اْمُرْ بِالْعُرْفِ وَ اَعْرِضْ عَنِ الْجٰهِلِیْنَ(۱۹۹)
˹Dear Beloved Prophet,˺ adopt forgiveness and enjoin righteousness and turn away from the ignorant.[1]
It is stated in Tafsīr Ṣirāṭ-al-Jinān:
In this verse, the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم was guided regarding three matters: (1) When a transgressor comes to you seeking forgiveness, forgive him with compassion and kindness. (2) Command people to do good and beneficial deeds. (3) If ignorant and foolish people speak ill of you, do not argue with them; rather, demonstrate forbearance.[2]
صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
A Brief Introduction to Dātā Ganj Bakhsh ꜤAlī Hujwayrī رَحْمَۃُ اللہِ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ
· Dātā Ganj Bakhsh رَحْمَۃُ اللہِ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ was born around the year 400 AH.
BOOK TOPIC
- Excellence of Sending Ṣalāt upon the Prophet
- Dātā Ganj Bakhsh and lessons in etiquette
- The Reward of Forbearance with the Ignorant
- Speech intentions
- Forbearance with the Ignorant is a Point of Etiquette
- A Brief Introduction to Dātā Ganj Bakhsh ꜤAlī Hujwayrī رَحْمَۃُ اللہِ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ
- Introduction to Kashf al-Maḥjūb
- Summary of a Chapter from Kashf al-Maḥjūb
- Importance of Etiquette
- Etiquette is the Foremost Virtue
- Etiquette is a Means of Attaining Closeness to Allah
- (1): Etiquettes of Servitude
- A Few Etiquettes of Servitude
- Allah is Watching
- (2) Respect yourself too!
- Examples of Disrespect Towards Oneself
- (3): Various Etiquettes of Life
- Good Company is Very Important
- Why Don’t You Pray for Yourself...?
- Etiquettes of Hospitality
- Etiquettes of Eating and Drinking
- Sunan and Etiquette of Giving and Taking with the Right Hand
- Encouragement for Pious Deed Number 43
- Announcement
- The six ṣalawāt and two duꜤāˈs recited in the Sunna-inspired weekly gatherings of Dawat-e-Islami
- 1. The ṣalāt for the night preceding Friday
- 2. All sins forgiven
- 3. Seventy portals of mercy
- 4. The reward of 600,000 Duroods
- 5. Nearness to the Prophet ﷺ
- 6. The ṣalāt of intercession
- Weekly gathering schedule for 7th August 2025
- 2. An easy way to spend every night in worship
- 1. Good deeds for 1000 days
- Remaining Sunan and Etiquettes of Using the Right Hand
- Du’a for Seeking Refuge from Ignorance
- Method of collective accountability (72 Pious Deeds)
- Method of collective accountability (72 pious deeds) daily 56 pious deeds
- Record of qufl-e-Madinah
- Ten weekly pious deeds
- Three monthly pious deeds
- One yearly pious deed
- Two lifetime pious deeds
- The Amir of Ahl al-Sunna’s dua
