✍️Works of Ibn Abi al-Dunya

Politeness towards people

مداراة الناس

Author: أبو بكر عبد الله بن محمد بن عبيد بن سفيان بن قيس البغدادي الأموي القرشي المعروف بابن أبي الدنيا (المتوفى: 281هـ) (d. 281)

About this work

كتاب "مداراة الناس" لابن أبي الدنيا هو مصنف في الآداب الإسلامية، يجمع أحاديث وآثارًا تتعلق بفن التعامل مع الناس. يتناول الكتاب موضوعات متنوعة كالصبر على أذى الناس، والتودد إليهم، وحسن المعاشرة بالخلق الجميل، وذم سوء الخلق، كما يخصص أبوابًا لمداراة الرجل زوجته ومداراة المرأة لزوجها، واعتزال الشر وأهله، والإصلاح بين الناس.

Translation

The book “Politeness of People” by Ibn Abi Al-Dunya is a work of Islamic literature, collecting hadiths and traces related to the art of dealing with people. The book deals with various topics, such as patience with people’s harm, being courteous to them, good relations with good manners, and condemning bad manners. It also devotes chapters to a man being kind to his wife and a woman being kind to her husband, avoiding evil and its people, and reconciliation between people.

Topics covered

People's politeness to Ibn Abi Al-Dunya
Chapter on being polite to people and being patient with their harm
The door to courting people
Chapter on politeness, fluency in the face and good people
A beautiful chapter on cohabitation with good manners
Chapter on condemning bad behavior
Door to politeness, soft side and good speech
Chapter: Beware of people, avoid their evil, and be kind to them
Chapter: Retiring from evil and its people
Chapter on reconciliation between people
Chapter on a man being courteous to his wife and being kind to her
Chapter on a woman being courteous to her husband and being kind to him

مقتل أمير المؤمنين علي بن أبي طالب عليه السلام