Islamic adab is concerned with all areas of an individual's life, not merely the list mentioned above. Examples in hadiths of encouraging Adab Hadith Sunni hadith Abu 'Amr ash-Shaybani said, "The owner of this house (and he pointed at the house of 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud) said, "I asked the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, which action Allah loves best. He replied, 'Prayer at its proper time.' 'Then what?' I asked. He said, 'Then kindness to parents." I asked, 'Then what?' He replied, 'Then jihad in the Way of Allah.'" He added, "He told me about these things. If I had asked him to tell me more, he would have told me more." Kitab Al Adab Al Mufrad p. 29 Qahwama.com Shia hadith Ali ibn Abi Talib the first Shiite Imam said:" Whoever leads the people must discipline others in his own way, deeds, and behavior before disciplining others with his language, and his instructor and educator deserve more respect than the educator and educator of the people". and Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin said:"It is your child's right to bring him up with good manners and morals". Literature A class of literature known as Adab is found in Islamic history. These were works written on the proper etiquette, manners for various professions and for ordinary Muslims, (examples include "manuals of advice for kings on how to rule and for physicians on how to care for patients"), and also works of fiction literature that provide moral exemplars within their stories. See also Etiquette in the Middle East List of Islamic terms in Arabic lexicon Notes and references Bruce Privratsky, Muslim Turkistan, pgs. 98-99 Arabic words and phrases in Sharia Islamic terminology