15/09/2023
Adab: Manners, Etiquette or Behaviour
Amal: Practice
Actually both of adab and amal are interrelated as is we are doing a good adab then we will have a good amal and ofcourse when we are having good amal then we will have a good adab.
Adab is natural, it is not really taught, or learnt, but it is naturally developed. Children acquire adab from their parents, students from their teachers, the young from the elders. We may have much knowledge but lack adab and we may have much adab but lack knowledge; but it is adab that holds the greater value and importance. In today’s society, where parents, teachers, and elders are no longer given their correct honours, respect or rights; basic manners have made a swift exit, whilst we compete for glory, knowledge, or worldly gain.
Ibn Al-Mubarak said, “Mukhlid Ibn al-Husayn once said: ‘We are more in need of acquiring adab than learning Hadith’.
This highlights shows that knowledge alone is insufficient to build a sound and balanced Islamic personality.