If two people engaged in insulting each other, then the sin for that is borne by the one who initiated the insults, because he is the one who initially transgressed, and the other is not sinful because he has the right to answer back and ward off the transgression against him. However, if the wronged transgresses against the wrongdoer, by exceeding the permissible limit in answering back, then his sin will be more than the sin of the one who started.

1. Home
2. Virtues and Manners
3. Jurisprudence of Ethics
4. Blameworthy Morals
5. Hadith

1. Home
2. Virtues and Manners
3. Shariah-approved Manners
4. Manners of Speaking and Keeping Silent
5. Hadith

• When the son of Adam gets up in the morning, all of his body organs humble themselves before the tongue, and say: Fear Allah concerning us! For indeed, we are only as you are (our condition depends upon yours); if you are upright, we shall ...
• When Allah, the Almighty, gathers together (on the Day of Judgment) all the earlier and later generations of mankind, a banner will be raised for every betrayer, and it will be said: "This is the betrayal of so-and-so, the son of so-and-so....
• The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) forbade qaza‘ (shaving part of one's head and leaving other parts unshaven)
• Reviling a Muslim is Fusūq (deobedience) and fighting him is Kufr (disbelief)