Moral Etiquettes

How To Treat Your Sisters In Islam

The qualities of Western materialistic life encourage emotional degeneration (you feel nothing) and superficiality. Relationships tend to be noisy, glaring, loud, competitive rather than cooperative, and extremely individualistic (a la Jerry Springer) [This is in reference to a popular U.S. television show that features outlandish, shocking and crude behavior and personal revelations from the guests who are supposedly the "man in the street". The more outrageous, the higher the rating. - Ed]. These are just the opposite of the qualities that Islamic spiritual life encourages. What I saw in Kuwait (for example) were quiet, dignified, respectful, self-respecting, cultured behavior among Muslimaat. Social relationships were very family-oriented and female-centered. Kuwaiti women socialized within their families and with other women as a priority. How should a Muslimah Treat Her Sisters In Islam?

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1. She loves them for the sake of Allah :

This is a love untainted by any worldly interests or ulterior motives. True sisterly love is a relationship whose purity is derived from the light of Islamic guidance (Dr. Muhammad A. al-Hashimi). It is a bond that links a Muslims to her sister regardless of geographical origins, ethnicity, skin color, hair form, eye shape, or language. (It is) a bond based upon faith in Allah (subhaanahu wa ta‟aala) Who is greater than all our little petty divisions. “The Believers are but a single brotherhood….” [Al-Hujuraat 49:10] A love which is an expression of the sweetness of faith: “There are three things that whoever attains them will find the sweetness of faith: if Allah and His Messenger are dearer to him than anyone else; if he loves a person solely for the sake of Allah; if he would hate to return to kufr after Allah has rescued him from it, as much as he would hate be thrown into the Fire.” [Al-Bukhari and Muslim] So this is not love for the sake of status, notoriety, or fame. It is a love...