
This text offers a practical guide to the noble etiquettes recommended in Islam for various life aspects. From dressing elegantly to the intricacies of eating manners, from the importance of marriage to personal hygiene subtleties, this book provides valuable insights into fostering piety and refinement in everyday actions.
Covering a broad range of topics including social interactions, health practices, and domestic affairs, it serves as a valuable resource for individuals aiming to enrich their lives with righteousness and virtue.
Hilyat Al-Muttaqin - Adornment Of The Pious
حلية المتقين
Autor: Allamah Muhammad Al-Baqir al-Majlisi
Translated by: Sayyid Athar Husayn S. H. Rizvi
Publisher: Ansariyan Publications
First Edition 2013 -1434- 1392
Bahman Press
Quantity: 1000
ISBN: 978-964-219-377-6
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- Hilyat Al-Muttaqin
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Etiquette Of Dressing
- 1. Elegant And Proper Clothing
- 2. Materials Not Permitted To Be Worn
- 3. Instructions About Cotton, Wool And Linen
- 4. Recommended And Detestable Colours In Dress
- 5. Some Etiquette Of Dressing
- 6. About Clothes Particularly Used By Women And Non-Muslims
- 7. Etiquette Of Wearing The Turban
- 8. Etiquette Of Wearing Pyjama
- 9. Instructions About New Garments
- 10. How To Put On And Take Off One’s Dress
- 11. Socks And Shoes
- 12. Wearing Socks, Shoes And Sandals
- Chapter 2: Etiquette Of Wearing Jewellery, Applying Surma, Looking In The Mirror And Applying Hair-Dye
- 1. Way Of Putting On Ring And Its Advantages
- 2. What Should The Ring Be Made Of?
- 3. Advantages Of Cornelian (Aqiq)
- 4. Advantages Of Ruby, Jade And Emerald
- 5. Advantages Of Turquoise And Jaz’e Yamaani
- 6. Beneficial Qualities Of Durr an-Najaf, Billore, Hadeed And Other Stones
- 7. Suitable Engravings For Every Gem
- 8. Wearing Gold And Silver Jewellery For Women And Children
- 9. Way Of Applying Antimony (Surma)
- 10. Manners Of Using The Mirror
- 11. Benefits Of Applying Dye For Men And Women
- 12. Etiquette And Method Of Applying Dye
- Chapter 3: Etiquette Of Eating And Drinking
- 1. Utensils Allowed In Eating And Drinking
- 2. Justification To Have Tasty Food, Prohibition Of Greed And Condemnation Of Overeating
- 3. Manners And Timings Of Eating
- 4. Complete Etiquette Of Eating
- 5. Supplications To Be Recited At The Time Of Eating
- 6. Etiquette To Be Observed After Meals
- 7. Advantages Of Bread, Sattu, Meat, Ghee, All Animal Foods And Vinegar And Sweets
- 8. Advantages Of Grains, Vegetables, Fruits And Other Eatables
- 9. Manner Of Welcoming Believer To One’s Home
- 10. Manners And Advantages Of Picking Teeth
- 11. Types And Advantages Of Water
- 12. Manner Of Drinking Water
- Chapter 4: Importance Of Marriage, Family Life, Upbringing Of Children And Rules Of Interaction With Them
- 1. Importance Of Marriage And Prohibition Of Celibacy
- 2. Types Of Women - Good And Bad
- 3. Etiquette Of Marriage
- 4. Consummation Of Marriage And Sexual Intercourse
- 5. Prayers And Supplications For The Night Of Consummation
- 6. Mutual Rights And Duties Of The Spouses
- 7. Prayers For Conception And Its Excellence
- 8. Period Of Pregnancy, Delivery And Naming Of Children
- 9. Etiquette Of Aqiqa And Tonsuring
- 10. Circumcision Of Boys And Girls And Rules Of Piercing The Ears
- 11. Manners Of Feeding And Upbringing Children And Consideration Of Their Rights
- 12. Rights Of Parents On Their Children And Obedience And Respect Due To Them
- Chapter 5: Etiquette Of Brushing Teeth, Combing, Trimming Nails And Shaving The Head
- 1. Advantages Of Brushing Teeth
- 2. Etiquette And Advantages Of Shaving The Head
- 3. Etiquette Of Maintaining Hair For Ladies And Gents
- 4. Advantages Of Trimming The Moustache
- 5. Etiquette Of Beard
- 6. The Grace Of White Hair And Prohibition Of Plucking Them
- 7. Order Of Trimming Nasal Hair And Prohibition Of Playing With Beard
- 8. Excellence Of Trimming The Nails
- 9. Manner And Timings Of Trimming Nails
- 10. Burying The Hair, Nails And Other Things, Which Are Supposed To Be Buried
- 11. Excellence Of Combing Hair And Beard
- 12. Timings And Manner Of Combing And Types Of Combs
- Chapter 6: Etiquette Of Smelling Perfume And Flower, And Applying Oil
- 1. Causes Of Creation Of Fragrance On The Earth
- 2. Excellence And Etiquette Of Perfume
- 3. Detestability Of Declining Perfume
- 4. Excellence Of Musk, Ambergris And Saffron
- 5. Excellence Of Ghaliya
- 6. Advantage And Etiquette Of Oiling The Body
- 7. Benefits Of Violet Oil And Almond Oil
- 8. Advantages Of Bakain Tree Oil And Jasmine Oil
- 9. Benefits Of Other Oils
- 10. Excellence Of Incense - Its Types And Method
- 11. Roses, Rose Water And Excellence Of Other Flowers
- 12. Etiquette Of Smelling Flowers
- Chapter 7: Manners Of Going To A Bath, Washing Head And Body, Applying Noorah And Certain Baths
- 1. Advantages Of Bathing
- 2. Etiquette Of Visiting A Bath And Supplications To Be Recited
- 3. What Should Be Done In The Bathroom
- 4. Advantages Of Removing Odour From Head And Body
- 5. Advantages Of Washing Head With Jujube Leaves And Marsh-Mallow
- 6. Benefits Of Applying Noorah
- 7. Shaving Armpits
- 8. Duration Of Applying Noorah
- 9. Supplications At The Time Applying Noorah
- 10. Times Of Using Noorah
- 11. Benefits Of Applying Henna After Applying Noorah
- 12. Etiquette Of Friday Bath And Other Kinds Of Ritual Baths
- Chapter 8: Etiquette Of Sleeping, Waking And Using The Wash Room
- 1. Timings Of Sleep
- 2. Ablution Before Sleeping
- 3. Etiquettes To Be Observed Before Sleeping And The Place Of Sleeping
- 4. Complete Manners Of Sleeping
- 5. Verses And Supplications To Be Recited Before Going To Bed
- 6. Prevention Of Fright, Nightmares And Night Fall In Sleep
- 7. Supplications For Prevention Of Nightmares And Waking Up During The Night
- 8. Prayer And Supplications For Pleasant Dreams, Etiquette Of Waking Up And For Seeing The Prophet And Ali (‘A)
- 9. Causes For False And True Dreams, And Interpretation Of The Latter
- 10. Etiquette Of Waking Up And Condemnation Of Excessive Sleeping
- 11. Etiquette Of Using The Washroom
- 12. Place Of Urination And Passing Stools And Their Etiquette; Places Where It Is Prohibited
- Chapter 9: Cupping, Purgation, Different Maladies And Their Cures - Supplications
- 1. Reward Of Being Ill And Patience In Illness - Illness Of Believers
- 2. Etiquette And Benefits Cupping, Dropping Medicine In Nostrils, Enema And Vomiting
- 3. Types Of Treatments Narrated Through The Imams And Justification Of Consulting The Physicians
- 4. Treatment Of Different Kinds Of Fevers
- 5. Comprehensive And Beneficial Supplications
- 6. Cures For Headache, Migraine, Cold, Epilepsy, Insanity And Effect Of Jinns
- 7. Cure And Supplications For Maladies Of Head, Eyes And Throat
- 8. Cure Of Scrofula, Cracks In Skin Of Hands And Feet; Wound, Warts, Boils, Leprosy, Leukoderma, White Spots
- 9. Cure Of Internal Maladies, Colic, Indigestion And Cough Etc.
- 10. Cure Of Maladies Like Rheumatism, Paralysis, Piles, Maladies Of Bladder And Other Diseases
- 11. Cure Of Poison And Magic, Supplications For Security From Stinging Creatures And Calamities
- 12. Benefits Of The Dust From The Holy Tomb Of Imam Husayn (‘A) And Qualities Of Solitary Medicines
- Chapter 10: Etiquette Of Social Interaction, Rights Of Others And Different Rights
- 1. Rights Of The Relatives, Slaves And Slave Girls
- 2. Rights Of Neighbours, Orphans And Family Members
- 3. Rights Of Friends And Brothers In Faith
- 4. Mutual Rights Of Believers, Doing A Good Turn To Others
- 5. Fulfilment Of Needs Of Believers, Cooperating With Them And Making Them Happy
- 6. Meeting The Believers And Visiting The Sick
- 7. To Serve Food And Water To Believers, To Clothe Them And To Help Them In Every Way; To Support The Oppressed
- 8. Rights Of The Poor, Weak, Oppressed, Aged, Afflicted And Helpless And The Etiquette Of Behaviour With Them
- 9. Observing The Rights Of Believers And Their Backbiting
- 10. Rules Of Conduct With Oppressors And Their Brief Description
- 11. Interaction With Infidels And Other Muslims; Dissimulation (Taqiyyah)
- 12. Rights Of The Deceased
- Chapter 11: Etiquette Of Social Interaction
- 1. Etiquette Of Greeting And Its Reply
- 2. Excellence And Etiquette Of Shaking Hands, Hugging And Kissing
- 3. Etiquette Of Attending Gatherings
- 4. Etiquette Of Conduct With Guests
- 5. Lawful Gatherings And Interaction
- 6. Etiquette Of Sneezing, Burping And Spitting
- 7. Joking, Laughing, Whispering, Etiquette Of Companionship And Maintaining Secrets
- 8. Etiquette Of Company And Mutual Rights Of Companions
- 9. Excellence Of Remembering God In Gatherings
- 10. Remembering The Messenger Of Allah (S) And Imams Of Ahl Al-Bayt (‘A); To Discuss Their Sciences And To Narrate The Traditions Of Their Excellence
- 11. Seeking Counsel From Brothers In Faith And Its Etiquette
- 12. Etiquette Of Writing Letters
- Chapter 12: Etiquette Of Entering And Leaving The House
- 1. Well-Spaced House
- 2. Reproof Of Making A House Tall And Having Many Extra Provisions
- 3. Prohibition Of Drawing, Sketching And Building Three Dimensional Images Of Living Things
- 4. Etiquette Of The Floor And Bed-Making
- 5. Etiquette Of Praying At Home
- 6. Keeping Animals, Especially Pigeons And Hens As Pets
- 7. Domesticating Sheep And Goats
- 8. Birds And Animals Allowed To Be Killed
- 9. Prohibition Of Keeping A Dog In The House
- 10. Lighting A Lamp, Purchasing A House And Occupying A New House
- 11. Etiquette About The House
- 12. Etiquette Of Entering And Leaving The House
- Chapter 13: Etiquette Of Walking On Foot, Riding, Going To The Market, Trading, Farming And Rearing Animals
- 1. Riding Different Kinds Of Horses, Mules And Donkeys
- 2. Rearing Quadrupeds And Observing Their Rights
- 3. Rules Of Saddle And Reins
- 4.. Etiquette And Supplications Of Riding Beasts
- 5. Etiquette Of Walking On Foot
- 6. Keeping Of Cows, Buffaloes, Goats And Sheep
- 7. Rules Of Buying And Keeping Of Animals
- 8. A Brief Description Of The Types Of Animals
- 9. Excellence Of Business And Lawful Income
- 10. Etiquette Of Business
- 11. Excellence Of Farming
- 12. Etiquette Of Farming And Agriculture
- Chapter 14: Etiquette Of Traveling
- 1. Lawful And Unlawful Journeys. Auspicious And Inauspicious Times For Traveling
- 2. Charity (Sadaqah) And Supplications Remove Inauspiciousness Of Journeys
- 3. Ritual Bath, Prayer And Supplications At The Time Of Departure
- 4. Complete Etiquette Of Departure And Necessary Equipment
- 5. Etiquette Of Carrying And Using Provisions During Journeys
- 6. Etiquette Of Taking Along Friends And Behaving With Them
- 7. Complete Etiquette Of Travel
- 8. Etiquette Of Halting And Alighting On Stages
- 9. Supplications During Journey And At Halts
- 10. Etiquette Of Travels By Sea And Crossing Bridges
- 11. Etiquette Of Escorting The Outgoing Traveller A Little And To Receive Him When He Returns; Etiquette For Traveller Returning From A Journey
- 12. Horse Racing And Archery
- Miscellaneous Etiquettes And Beneficial Acts