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