Taleem

1.Upon meeting, one should commence the conversation with salaam.

عن جابر قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: السلام قبل الكلام.…

1. Always show respect to your elders from within your heart and outwardly regardless of whether they are your parents, teachers, family members etc.…

1. It is an adab (Islamic etiquette) that the one who is walking should greet the one who is sitting first.…

1. When addressing your father, you should not call him by his name, rather you should use a title of love and respect such as Abba etc.…

1.One should not make salaam when greeting a non Muslim. If a non Muslim greets one with salaam, then one should reply by merely saying “Wa Alaik” (and upon you), and if many non Muslims greet one with salaam, one should reply by saying “Wa Alaikum” (and upon you all).…

1. Do not call your elders by nicknames.
2. When speaking about your parents, ustaads, elders etc.,…

1.When two Muslims meet, then after salaam they should make musaafaha (shake hands). Nabi (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) has said that the completion of greeting one’s Muslim brother at the time of meeting him is that he makes musaafaha with him after salaam.…

1. When any elder comes to greet you and make musaafaha with you while you are seated, then out of respect you should stand up to greet them.…

1. One should make musaafaha with both hands.

عن ابن مسعود قال علمني رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وكفي بين كفيه التشهد كما يعلمني السورة من القرآن (بخاري رقم 6265)

Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas’ood (Radhiyallahu Anhu) reports: “Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) taught me the tashahhud in the manner he would teach me a surah of the Quran.…

1. If you are seated and your elder speaks to you while he is standing, then out of respect you should also stand and answer him.…