The manners of giving advice

Monday 5th May 2025
Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 7, 1446 AH

Lesson: The manners of giving advice!

WALT: Understand the importance of advising Islam.

Objectives:
Identify the proper Islamic manners of giving advice.

Apply these manners in real-life situations.

The manners of giving advice

​Can you think of a time when someone gave you advice with love and compassion? How did it make you feel?

​Think of the advice you believe is important to give to your friend

Multiple Choice

What was last week Islamic lesson about?

• Permitted and forbidden acts During Ihram

• The conquest of Makkah

• The battle of the trench

The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said

“The deen (religion) is naseehah (advice, sincerity)

” We said, “To whom?” He (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said 

“To Allah, His Book, His Messenger, and to the leaders of the Muslims and their common folk”

Hadeeth of the prophet (pbuh)

The leaders of the Muslims

His Messenger

His Book

To Allah

Their common folk

Reorder

Reorder the Hadith

• To Allah

• His Book

• His Messenger

• to the leaders of the Muslims

• their common folk

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

What is the significance of advice?

1.It is for the benefit and

good of the person being
advised.

2.It is an important part of

our religion.

3.It saves society from

corruption

Wishing Goodness to others
What is the meaning of Advice?

Naseeha (نصيحة) is the Arabic word for advice. It can also mean
recommendation or sincerity (particularly in Islamic contexts).
Prophet Muhammad described deen (religion) as naseehah (advice,
sincerity).[1] Seeking naseeha is mostly looked upon positively,
as an act of devotion

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of advice in Arabic?

• Sameeha

• Naseeha

• Naseema

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following is the word advice in Arabic?

• نصيحة

• ربيحة

• فصيحة

Meaning of the Hadith

The hadith makes clear that one of the core
aspects of true faith is to give good advice, to wish well,
and to act towards everything with honesty and sincerity
.

1.Giving advice for Allah: it means the call to faith
and to believe in his Oneness; and to follow his
commands and to avoid his prohibitions

2.Giving advice for his book: to believe
in the Holy Quran is the word of Allah,
it is an act of worship by reciting and
committing to its rules.

3.Giving advice for the messenger of Allah
(pbuh): To believe and obey him in every
command and warning, because obeying the
prophet is obeying Allah

Multiple Choice

The meaning of Advice is...........................................

• Wishing Goodness to yourself

• Wishing Goodness to others

• Wishing nothing to anyone

Multiple Select

What is the significance of advice? choose more than one answer.

• It saves society from corruption

• There is no point of giving advice.

• It is an important part of our religion.

• There is no benefit to the person being advised.

4.Giving advice for the leaders of the Muslims: to
assist them in establishing truth and justice and to
follow them unless they disobey Allah.

5.Giving advice for the general Muslims:
It means calling them to Islam and guiding
them to do good deeds and stay away from
bad deeds.

Giving advice is obligatory on every
Muslim to his Muslim brother.

Ruling

Multiple Choice

Giving advice for the general Muslims means calling them to Islam

and guiding them to do good deeds

• True

• False

Manners of giving advice

1.Being gentle and kind
2.Keep away from being cruel and rude
3.To advise them in secret
4.To choose the right time for the advice
5.To be committed to good manners

The prophet(pbuh) said ((Whoever advises

his brother secretly, actually, he
advised him, and whoever advises in
public, he had, actually, exposed and
humiliated him))

Multiple Choice

Giving advice is ................................ on every Muslim.

• Optional

• Disliked

• Obligatory

Why is it important to listen to advice from others, even if we may disagree with it?

The value of the lesson
To love giving advice

Multiple Select

Manners of giving advice? choose more than one answer

• To advise them in public

• To be gentle and kind

• To choose any time for the advice

• To keep away from being cruel and rude

• To be committed to good manners