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The Prophet’s neighbour
Respect elders and show kindness to the young. By doing so, you will be in my company in Paradise.”[1]
Respecting and honouring elders is a means of salvation and a path to attaining the closeness of Allah’s final Prophet, our master Muhammad صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, in Paradise.
We should show respect to those who are greater than us in knowledge, age, rank, or position. Our elders include parents, uncles, aunts, elder siblings, other relatives, teachers, spiritual guides, scholars, and spiritual masters. Likewise, we should treat those younger than us or lower in rank with kindness and affection.
In our social life, we frequently interact with our elders, so it is essential to show them respect in every way.
Once, in the Prophet’s presence, ꜤAbd al-Raḥmān b. Sahl رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ attempted to speak to Muḥayyiṣa رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ. ꜤAbd al-Raḥmān b. Sahl was in fact younger than Muḥayyiṣa.
The Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم taught ꜤAbd al-Raḥmān the decorum elders are to be shown, and declared, “Let the elder speak.”[2]
سُـبْحٰـنَ الـلّٰــه This is a lesson in respect when elders are speaking, the younger ones should remain silent. We should always honour our elders in various ways, such as:
1. Not eating before they begin.
2. Refraining from speaking before them in gatherings.
BOOK TOPIC
- The Prophet’s neighbour
- The excellences of sending ṣalāt upon the Prophet
- Speech intentions
- Keep me close to you in Paradise
- Our Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has complete authority
- What can we ask from him?
- The need for awareness in asking
- Seek to be close to the Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- The Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم teaches how to ask from him
- Actions that lead to proximity to the Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- 2) Raising daughters
- 1) Abundance of prostrations
- 3) Raising an orphan
- 4) Respecting elders and showing kindness to the young
- Who should we respect?
- How to show respect?
- 5. Following the Sunna
- Encouragement for Pious Deed 34
- Pearls of wisdom regarding speaking
- Announcement
- The six ṣalawāt and two duꜤās recited in the Sunna-inspired weekly gatherings of Dawat-e-Islami
- 2. All sins forgiven
- 1. The ṣalāt for the night preceding Friday
- 3. Seventy portals of mercy
- 4. The reward of 600,000 ṣalāt
- 5. Nearness to the Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- 6. The ṣalāt of intercession
- 1. Good deeds for 1000 days
- 2. An easy way to spend every night in worship
- Supplication for protection against venomous and poisonous animals
- Remaining pearls of wisdom on conversing
- Weekly gathering schedule for 15th January 2026
- 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
