Adab in Daily Life: Learning, Companionship, and Refined Conduct

In Part 2 of Adab – Reviving Subtle Islamic Etiquettes of Daily Living, Shaykh Amir Abdelzaher moves from foundations into practice—how adab is learned, embodied, and lived in everyday moments. This session explores how adab refines our learning, speech, movement, hosting, visiting, eating, and relationships, showing how Islam cultivates a deeply humane, God-centered way of life. We reflect on why adab brings us closer not only to Jannah, but to Allah Himself, and how the Sunnah of Rasulullah ﷺ offers guidance for every situation, subtle or apparent. From learning with humility, to guarding the heart in modern spaces, to honoring people through presence, restraint, and generosity—this is a call to restore beauty, awareness, and mercy in our daily conduct. May Allah ﷻ teach us adab, adorn us with it, and make us people of refined character. 🤲🏽 Chapters 0:14 – Continuing the adab journey & purpose of refinement 1:08 – Adab as regaining our humanity (insaniyah) 2:18 – Reaching Allah through adab, not actions alone 3:48 – Warnings against the loss of adab 5:26 – The danger of neglecting adab in spiritual presence 8:27 – Rasulullah ﷺ as the sovereign of adab 9:49 – Learning adab from the Sunnah 11:32 – Who is closest to Rasulullah ﷺ on the Day of Judgment 12:15 – How adab is truly learned (overview) 12:43 – Asking Allah ﷻ to teach us adab 13:42 – Sohbah: learning adab through companionship 16:26 – Learning adab from teachers and righteous role models 20:32 – Tazkiyah and the purity of the heart 22:18 – Why specific adab are selected 24:00 – Learning with humility and restraint 25:09 – Guarding oneself from doubts and unqualified voices 26:33 – Physical adab in learning and seeking knowledge 29:25 – Adab with books, the mushaf, and sacred knowledge 31:00 – Adab of teaching and sharing knowledge 35:05 – Adab of sitting and bodily conduct 41:33 – Adab in walking and movement 44:25 – Lowering the gaze and spiritual sensitivity 48:38 – Adab of travel and leadership in groups 52:11 – Adab in communication and speech 57:28 – Speaking appropriately to context and audience 1:02:26 – Listening, restraint, and presence 1:09:34 – Devices, distraction, and modern challenges 1:10:51 – Adab of eating and drinking 1:15:33 – Hosting with generosity and dignity 1:29:12 – Honoring guests and farewell etiquette 1:32:36 – Adab of visiting others 1:39:13 – Living with awareness, refinement, and mercy 1:54:27 – Closing reflections and du‘a