Good Manners
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I saw a man in Paradise walking around a tree he had cut off in the world, for it blocked people's path and annoyed them.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 966; Page No. 137 link
I was appointed to treat people moderately.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 971; Page No. 137 link
I was appointed with a pure, easy religion and, therefore, whoever opposes my manners is not my follower.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 972; Page No. 137 link
I was offered short, but comprehensive words.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 974; Page No. 138 link
Do not hurt a Muslim by insulting an infidel.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 486; Page No. 71 link
I have been advised to keep short in talking, for it is good indeed.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 962; Page No. 136 link
Know that the best of men is the one who becomes enraged hardly and gets pleased easily, and the worst of them is the one who gets pleased hardly and become enraged easily. If a man hardly becomes enraged and hardly gets pleased or easily becomes enraged and easily gets pleased, that is something in its own right.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1153; Page No. 164&165 link
If you have four things, do not regret for the worldly things you have not: truthfulness, trusteeship, good manners, and abstaining from the unlawful in what you eat.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1024; Page No. 144 link
How nice for those of my people who brush their teeth before or after eating and when making ablution.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 930; Page No. 131 link
Blessed is the one who suppresses his soul, who is good-mannered, who dispenses the excess of his wealth, who follows (the Prophet's) tradition and who does not leave it for (heretical) innovation.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 345; Page No. 53 link
Ask your heart for what's false or true, and let others say whatever they want to.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 238; Page No. 39 link
Do not do in privacy what you like people not to see in you(in public).
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 479; Page No. 70 link
Do not feed the poor on the things you don't eat yourselves.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 481; Page No. 70 link
Be clean to the extent possible, for the Exalted God has founded Islam on cleanliness, and nobody enters Paradise save the clean.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 267; Page No. 43 link
Be easy-going and do not be hard (on people).
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 270; Page No. 44 link
Be economical in speaking, for the word which settles your need suffices you (indeed).
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 271; Page No. 44 link
Do not sit between two persons without their permission.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 505; Page No. 73 link
Do not slander Muslims, and when one of them passes away, speak well of him (her).
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 506; Page No. 73 link
Do not wish for others what you wish not for yourself, and wish for your brother(in faith) what you wish for yourself.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 510; Page No. 73 link
Drop your grudges.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 520; Page No. 75 link
If people knew what I know of loneliness, no one would ever ride(travel) alone at night.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1005; Page No. 142 link
If someone has a piece of advice for his brother (in faith), he should mention it to him.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1008; Page No. 142 link
Among the great aspects of good-manneredness are the following three: forgiving those who treat you unjustly, joining those who cut relations with you, and tolerating those who insist in their ignorance against you.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 194; Page No. 34 link
Among the prophets' patterns of life are chastity, forbearance, brushing one's teeth and using perfume.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 195; Page No. 34 link
Gold and silk are lawful (to be used) for the women of my (Islamic) nation, and unlawful for men.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 807; Page No. 115 link
Good manners are deeds of Paradise.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 810; Page No. 115 link
Good manners are ten in number.They may be found in a man but not in his son, in a son but not in his father, and in a servant but not in his master, and God bestows them upon those whom he wishes to prosper.They are: sincere talk, steadfastness in war, donation to the poor, goodness for goodness, trustfulness, keeping the bonds of kinship, supporting friends, supporting neighbors, hospitality, and above all, chastity.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 811; Page No. 116 link
Good-manneredness roots from man's happiness.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 817; Page No. 116 link
Everybody is responsible for what he has taken from others as long as he has not given it back to them.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 560; Page No. 82 link
Everything has a pillar, and the pillar of this religion is deep meditation.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 565; Page No. 83 link
Have mercy on the degraded formerly held in honor, the rich afflicted with poverty and the learned left unknown among the ignorant.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 861; Page No. 122 link
Have mercy on those who are on the earth to receive the Mercy of the One who is in the heavens.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 862; Page No. 122 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The means to purify one's moral virtues is good etiquette.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 5520; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 367 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
A man who is preoccupied with good manners has fewer vices.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 8271; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 367 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
He whose good manners surpass his reason is like a shepherd among numerous sheep.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 8886; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 365 link
Leniency decorates its host but degrades it, taking distance with it.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1183; Page No. 170 link
Leniency leads to covetousness, and severity to inauspiciousness.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1184; Page No. 170 link
Let me inform you of people's affairs and manners: He who quickly raised to anger but quickly colds sown is neither good nor bad, he who is hardly raised to anger and quickly cools down is good not bad, he who claims his rights and pays his debts is neither good nor bad, and he who claims his rights but postpones securing people's rights is bad, not good.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1185; Page No. 170 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The intellect is sharpened by good manners.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 4333; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 367 link
A man devoid of reason cannot have good manners.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 111, no. 6; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 365 link
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