Ihyaaud Deen An Effort to Revive Deen in Totality
1. You should not hope or desire that your elders call you by respectable titles, etc.
2. Do not address your seniors from a distance by shouting out to them if you need to enquire regarding anything. Rather, you should respectfully go up to them and then address them.
3. Do not wait for your seniors to ask you to fulfil some service which is expected from you. You should carry it out before they ask you to do so.
4. If your seniors reprimand you for some mistake which you did not commit, then remain silent and accept their correction. Later on, when the occasion is appropriate, you may respectfully explain yourself.
5. When walking with your seniors, let them walk ahead of you.[1]
6. If your seniors request you to do a task for them, then you should inform them upon its completion.
[1] وعن أبي الدرداء قال: رآني رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وأنا أمشي أمام أبي بكر فقال: لا تمش أمام من هو خير منك إن أبا بكر خير ممن طلعت عليه الشمس أو غربت (رواه الطبراني وقال: فيه بقية وهو مدلس وبقية رجاله وثقوا كذا في مجمع الزوائد، الرقم: ١٤٣١٤)
