The Book of Remembrances KITĀB AL-ADHKĀR

Greetings, Gatherings & Social Etiquette

Chapter 172

The desirability of someone remaining behind asking a traveller for du‘ā’ at blessed places

Chapter 212

The merits of greeting and the order to extend greetings

Chapter 213

The mode and method of greeting

Chapter 214

The disapproval of gesturing when greeting, without any verbal expression

Chapter 215

The rulings on greeting

Chapter 216

Situations in which it is mustaḥabb to greet and in which it is makrūh, and those in which it is permissible

Chapter 217

Who may be greeted and who may not, and who may be answered and who may not

Chapter 218

Courtesies and rulings on greeting

Chapter 219

Seeking permission to enter a house

Chapter 220

Matters Related to Greeting

Chapter 221

Responding when someone sneezes, and the rulings on yawning

Chapter 222

Praise

Chapter 223

Praising oneself and mentioning one’s own good qualities

Chapter 224

Questions Related to the Preceding Subject

Chapter 241

The desirability of congratulating and what to say when congratulated

Chapter 257

The desirability of praising Allah on receiving good news

Chapter 260

What to say when standing up to leave a gathering

Chapter 261

The du‘ā’ of a person sitting in a gathering, for himself and those with him

Chapter 262

The disapproval of rising or leaving a gathering without remembering Allah

Chapter 263

The remembrance of Allah in the street

Chapter 265

The desirability of telling a man that one loves him, and what to say in reply

Chapter 266

What to say when seeing someone whom Allah has afflicted with sickness

Chapter 269

The desirability of saying to a person who has entered into a good marriage, or bought or done something commanded in Sharī‘ah: ‘you have done the right thing’ or ‘you have done well’, etc.

Chapter 279

The desirability of the elders of the land addressing their people on the death of the leader, calming them, exhorting them and commanding them to have patience and to be steady in what they were already doing

Chapter 280

Supplicating for those who treat one well, or for all people or some people, and praise and encouragement for doing so

Chapter 283

What to say to somebody who safeguards one from harm

Chapter 291

Keeping a promise or a pact

Chapter 293

What a muslim should say to a non-muslim subject who treats him well

Chapter 308

Joking

Chapter 309

Interceding

Chapter 310

The desirability of giving good news and congratulations

Chapter 318

The command that whoever hears their teacher or companion being slandered should refute it or show that it is false

Chapter 343

The merit of making du‘ā’ for people in their absence

Chapter 344

The desirability of making du‘ā’ for those who treat one well, and a description of that du‘ā’

Chapter 345

The desirability of seeking du‘ā’ from virtuous people, even if the one who requests is of a higher station than the one who is asked, and du‘ā’ in noble places