Riyad-us-Saliheen — Chapter 68: About Socializing with People

Chapter Introduction

٦٨ ـ باب في الاختلاط بالناس

Translation: [ Socializing with people means that one attends gatherings held for the benefit of the Muslim society, he visits patients, he guides the one who does not know, he enjoins what is just and forbids what is unjust, etc.

Translation: This is the recommended socializing as directed by the Prophet, the prophets of Allah, the rightly guided caliphs, and the Muslim scholars. This is based on Allah's statement:

الْقُرْآنُ الْكَرِيمُسُورَةُ المَائـِدَةِ (5:2)

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تُحِلُّوا شَعَائِرَ اللَّهِ وَلَا الشَّهْرَ الْحَرَامَ وَلَا الْهَدْيَ وَلَا الْقَلَائِدَ وَلَا آمِّينَ الْبَيْتَ الْحَرَامَ يَبْتَغُونَ فَضْلًا مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ وَرِضْوَانًا ۚ وَإِذَا حَلَلْتُمْ فَاصْطَادُوا ۚ وَلَا يَجْرِمَنَّكُمْ شَنَآنُ قَوْمٍ أَن صَدُّوكُمْ عَنِ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ أَن تَعْتَدُوا ۘ وَتَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوَىٰ ۖ وَلَا تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِ ۚ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ

( سُورَةُ المَائـِدَةِ (5:2) )

Translation: " O you who believe! Violate not the sanctity of the Symbols of Allah, nor of the Sacred Month, nor of the animals brought for sacrifice, nor the garlanded people or animals, and others, nor the people coming to the Sacred House (Mecca) seeking the bounty and good pleasure of their Lord. But when you finish the state of Ihram (of Hajj or Omra), you may hunt, and let not the hatred of some people who (once) debarred you from Al-Masjid Al-Haram (The House of Allah at Mecca) lead you to transgression (and hostility on your part). Help one another in what leads to virtue, righteousness, and piety, but do not help one another in sin and transgression. And fear Allah. Verily, Allah is Severe in punishment. * 39 (5: 2)]