“The one who is beaming and smiling gains [Allah’s] love and enters Paradise...

“The one who is beaming and smiling gains [Allah’s] love and enters Paradise, and the frown-faced is distanced from Allah and enters the Fire”.240 Beautiful and nice speech; 238 The Qur’an, The Poets (26): 88-89 239 Nahj al-Bala>ghah, p533, hadith #333; al-Ka>fi, vol.2, p226, Mostadrak al- Wasa’el, vol.8, p452 240 al-Ka>fi, vol.2, p103, Wasa’el al-Shi‘ah, vol.12, p160, Mostadrak al-Wasa>’el, vol.8, p453 Almighty Allah says, .and ye speak kindly to people.241, and Amir al-Mo’mineen peace be upon him said, “I dislike it for ye to utter profanities”242.

Good dealing and beautiful living with the people; Almighty Allah says; .keep to forgiveness, bid to what is honourable, turn away from the ignorant.243, and the Almighty says; .and when the ignorant address them they say ‘Peace’.244. The Two Pillars of Etiquettes As to the two pillars of etiquettes, they are: 1.

Personal etiquettes, which are related to one’s personal life such as the etiquettes of eating, drinking, while asleep and awake, of wearing and housing, while travelling and at home, of sickness and health, and suchlike that Islam has taught the best of. Adhering to these etiquettes brings one closer to every good and health, and distances one from every evil and undesirable, rendering one happy and praiseworthy.

Social etiquettes, which are related to one’s social life such as the etiquettes of living with the parents, the spouse and the offspring, relative, friends and neighbours, the student and the teacher, and with all the people – but rather with all beings, of which Islam has brought the best teachings in these respects, the implementing of which guarantees safety and peace, security and stability, harmony and understanding, affection and kindness between all people, and all mankind.

241 The Qur’an, The Heifer (2): 83 242 Nahj al-Bala>ghah, p323, hadith #206, Bih}a>r al-Anwa>r, vol.32, p561 243 The Qur’an, The Heights (7): 199 244 The Qur’an, The Criterion (25): 63 Distinctions of the Islamic Society The Islamic society is the society that adheres to the human ethics and social etiquettes that Islam has brought forward, and so it is distinguished from other societies by the following issues: The Islamic society has a characteristic other than that of the society we see today.

For it enjoys – after the faith in Allah and the Day of Resurrection – from the Islamic ethics and etiquettes, which regulate the behaviour [of the individual] to the extent that no other earthly system can.