O my brother, the benefit of getting together is [that it reminds us] to supplicate [for one another].
Category: Manners
Supplicating for your teacher
[When] I supplicate to Allaah, I make specific mention of [Imaam] ash-Shaafi'ee رحمه الله [in my supplication].
Praying for his brothers in their absence
Certainly, there is not a man who supplicates for his brother in his absence, except that Allaah appoints for him two angels who both say
When Muslims exchange visits with one another
'Abdul-Kareem Abu Umayyah visited me and he was wearing a garment of wool, so I said to him
Always smiling when meeting his brothers in Islaam
When meeting [other] men, I have never seen a man smile as much as Ayyoob as-Sikhtiyaanee.
Restricting ties of brotherhood
Whoever restricts ties of brotherhood to only those without [any] fault[s], will have few friends. And whoever is only happy when he has his friend to himself, will always be angry.
Love him, for indeed I love him
The Prophet ﷺ wanted to wipe the nasal mucus from [the young] Usaamah ibn Zayd*, so I said to him: 'Leave me to do it.' And he ﷺ said: O 'Aa.ishah, love him, for indeed I love him.
Tears fell upon his cheek
The Messenger of Allaah ﷺ kissed 'Uthmaan ibn Magh.dthoon whilst he [lay there before him] - dead, and [as he did so] his tears fell upon the cheek of 'Uthmaan ibn Magh.dthoon.
From the etiquettes of differing with one another
I met our Shaykhs - Zirr and Abu Waa.il - and from them was he whom 'Uthmaan [ibn 'Affaan] was dearer to him than 'Ali [ibn Abi Taalib], and from them was he whom 'Ali was dearer to him than 'Uthmaan...
Avoid gatherings of backbiting and slander
When you have prayed, why do you not sit with us?