Table of Contents 1
Translator's Note 2
About The Author 5
Introduction 7
The Blessing of Speech and Expression 14
Guarding the Tongue and Speaking Only Good 16
Suspicion and Spying 27
Kindness and Gentleness 29
The Position of Ahl-us-Sunnah Regarding
the Scholar Who Makes a Mistake: He is Excused,
and is not Called a Person of Bid’ah, Nor is He Ostracized 33
The Solution to the Current Fitnah of (Tajreeh)
Defaming People and (Hajr) Ostracizing Them
That is Coming From Some of the People of Ahl-us-Sunnah
of Our Time 41

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All praise is for Allah; we praise Him and seek His Help and
Forgiveness. And we seek refuge in Allah, Most High, from the evil of our own
selves and from our wicked deeds. Whomsoever Allah has guided, none can
misguide him. And whomsoever has been misguided by Allah none can guide
him. And I bear witness that there is no god worthy of being worshipped except
Allah, alone without partner or associate. I further bear witness that Muhammad
is His true worshipper and Messenger. May Allah the Exalted bestow His peace
and blessings on the final Prophet Muhammad, upon his good and pure family
and upon all of his noble companions.
O you who believe! Fear Allah (by doing all that He ordered and
by abstaining from all that He has forbidden) as He should be feared, and
die not except in a state of Islam [as Muslims (with complete submission to
Allah)].
O mankind! Be dutiful to your Lord Who created you from a
single person and from it created its mate and from them both created
many men and women, and fear Allah through Whom you demand your
mutual rights and do not cut the relations of the wombs (kinship). Surely
Allah is Ever Watcher over you.
O you who believe! Keep your duty to Allah and speak (always)
the truth, He will direct you to do good deeds and will forgive you your sins.
And whosoever obeys Allah and His Messenger, he has indeed achieved a
great success.
Know then...
That the most truthful speech is that of Allah’s Book (The Qur’aan) and
that the best of guidance is that of Muhammad (

), and the worst of evils are the
novel (foreign to the true teachings of Islam), and every novel matter is a Bid’ah
(innovation), and every Bid’ah is a going astray.
To proceed:
I hope this book, which focuses on the importance of kindness and
gentleness as it relates to achieving love, unity and harmony amongst the People
of Ahl-us-Sunnah wal-Jamaa’ah, will help to do that. I believe that this book
contains valuable advice for Muslims all over the world. However, none of the
advice contained herein should be considered as some sort of a ‘victory’ for
some people, nor should it be considered a ‘defeat’ for others. It is simply
excellent advice that with the help of Allah, and if the advice is followed, will
bring about much needed healing and improvement in many communities
around the world, and may restore some of the severed ties between brothers
and sisters who used to love one another, and may restore the sometimes

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interrupted pathway between us and those who have busied themselves seeking
knowledge. I pray for the restoration of love, unity and harmony amongst us all.
I ask Allah to gather us all together upon the truth and right guidance, and to
protect us from all fitnah – that which is apparent from it as well as that which is
hidden. Ameen.
During the translation of this work I found it necessary to add a few
footnotes for the following reasons:
1. Define some terms that the average English reader might not be
familiar with.
2. Sometimes I mentioned the entire Hadeeth in a footnote for the benefit
of the English reader who might not have understood the full
implication of the portion of the Hadeeth that was mentioned in the
text, or because I felt that the reader may benefit even more by
knowing the full context that surrounds the portion of the Hadeeth that
was mentioned.
3. I also mentioned in the footnotes where a Hadeeth might be found in
the English translations of Saheeh Al-Bukhaari, Saheeh Muslim, and
the Sunan of Abu Dawood hoping to encourage English readers to look
up the Hadeeth in these books and to encourage them to read and
benefit from those translations.
4. I mentioned the level of authenticity of all of the Hadeeth that were not
narrated in Saheeh Al-Bukhaari or Saheeh Muslim.
5. I added a brief biography of the life of Shaykh ‘Abd-ul-Muhsin Al-
‘Abbaad. Sadly, until now, I think that the Shaykh was largely
unknown to those in the West who have become much more familiar
with other scholars of Medina.
I pray that Allah makes this humble effort purely for His Face and accepts it and
that He makes this book a benefit for all who read it. Verily Allah is Capable of
all things.

All praise is for Allah Who joined the hearts of the believers together in
love, and created a desire in them to join together in unity and harmony, and
Who warned the believers against disunity and conflict. I bear witness that there
is no deity worthy of worship except Allah Who is alone without partner, Who
created everything and then proportioned it, and Who legislated (the religion of
Islam) and then made the path easy for us, and was merciful towards the
Believers. I (further) bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and
Messenger, who ordered (those calling to Islam as well as those in positions of
authority) to make things easy for the people and to give them good tidings,
saying:

يَسِّروا وَلا تُعَسِّروا وَبَشِّروا وَلا تُنَفِّروا

“Facilitate things for the people (treat the people in the most agreeable
way), and do not make things difficult for them, and give them glad tidings,
and do not drive people away (i.e. to make the people hate good deeds)...”2
O Allah, send peace and blessings upon (Muhammad), upon his good
and pure family, and upon all of his noble companions - who have been
described by Allah as being harsh towards disbelievers yet merciful amongst
themselves, and upon all of those who follow them with sincerity until the Day
of Judgment.
O Allah! Guide me and guide others through me. O Allah! Purify my
heart of any hatred (for the believers), and guide my tongue to always speak the
truth. O Allah! I seek refuge with you lest I stray or be led astray, or slip or be
made to slip, or oppress or be oppressed by others, or to do wrong or have
wrong done to me.
To Proceed:
Ahl-us-Sunnah wal-Jamaa’ah are those people who follow that which
the Messenger of Allah (

) and his Companions were upon, and they refer to
themselves as ‘People of the Sunnah’ referring to the Sunnah of the Messenger
of Allah (
). The Prophet (

) encouraged strict adherence to his Sunnah saying:

 People of Sunnah, be kind with one another