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For example, by studying the agreement between the different inhabitants of Madinah after migration as well as the Treaty of Hudaybiyah, one can see that Islam guides people towards peace and security.[^3] Actually, Shaykh Ja’far Subhani in his biography of (peace be upon him and his family) mentions that Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (peace be upon him and his family) stated, “No event during the life of the Prophet of Islam was more useful than the Peace Pact of Hudaybiyah.”[^4] Accordingly, whatever path a person chooses to walk, that person should have the goal of bringing or inviting peace and security to that society.

If you are a good neighbor and live peacefully with people, then people tend to like you and accept you. However, if you do not bring peace to a society, people will not like you. That is why terrorists are rejected by society. There is no valid system in the whole Universe that does not aim at establishing security and peace. Islam has certain guidelines for establishing these goals. For example, one can start by having good manners, akhlaq .

By people and families exhibiting good manners, the society can run peacefully in a positive way. These good manners or practice of virtue may deal with all parts of one’s life ( e.g. , how to talk, walk, sit, joke, treat people, etc.). One can learn about these manners from the numerous books of akhlaq . Also, the Wise Qur’an has verses dealing with good manners. For example, the Qur’an (24:27-28) states: O you who have faith!

Do not enter houses other than your own until you have announced [your arrival] and greeted their occupants. That is better for you. Maybe you will take admonition. But if you do not find anyone in them, do no enter them until you are given permission, and if you are told: „Turn back,’ then do turn back. That is more decent for you. And Allah knows best what you do. The Qur’an (58:11) further states, inter alia, “O you who have faith!

When you are told, „Make room,’ in sittings, then do make room; Allah will make room for you.” (See Jalali, page 432). (peace be upon him and his family) said that the best of you is the person who has the better akhlaq . (Jalali, page 433). Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib (peace be upon him and his family) said that associate with others so that when you die people will cry for you and when you leave them people will miss you .