It is not from [the etiquettes of] giving advice to spread the faults and shortcomings of the leaders, since that fills the hearts with anger and hate towards the [established and recognised] leaders.
Category: Manners
Harsh in character with his family
Why do many people have an element of severity [in their character] towards their wife and their children…
The most tender hearted of people
Shu’bah was the most tender [hearted] of people; he would give the seeker [of aid] whatever was possible for him [to give].
Wearing a single khuff or a sock
Regarding that which has been [authentically] reported about the prohibition of walking in a single shoe (footwear)…
Not from the muttaqoon until…
A man is not [considered to be] from amongst the muttaqoon [الْمُتّقُوْن] until he takes himself to account [to a degree] more than taking his partner to account…
My father, as I knew him
Before [the advent of] electricity, he would go out every moonlit night to read. And in winter, he would go out and sit between two steel barrels for protection against the cold!
He would read 800 pages a day
He was extremely fond of knowledge, and would read extensively, such that when he was in his youth, he would read 800 pages a day, and read 2,000 volumes in the moonlight.
Because oil was scarce at the time
Most of what Shaykh Ja’far al-‘Atamee read [in the seeking] of knowledge was by way of the moonlight, because oil was scarce at the time.
Keeping good company
[From the harmful effects of] companionship with those who are bad…
Comforting your anxious companion
If a person sees his companion anxious, then it is recommended that he talk to him with what would ease his anxiety and make him feel better.