Etiquette Of The Learner: Ibn Jama'ah, Abridgement of Tadhkirat

Etiquette of the Learner is an abridgement of Imam Badr al-Din Ibn Jama'ah al-Kinani's Tadhkirat al-Sami' wa-l-Mutakallim fi Adab al-'Alim wa-l-Muta'allim, a classical manual devoted entirely to the conduct that should accompany the pursuit of sacred knowledge. Its guiding premise is that etiquette precedes learning: before a student masters texts, he must first master the disposition with which he approaches them.

The work opens with a discussion of the virtue of knowledge and of scholars, and the merit of both teaching and learning it. It then turns to the etiquette of the scholar himself, addressing his personal conduct across a lengthy sequence of points, before moving to the etiquette a scholar must observe within his own teaching sessions. Together these sections offer a detailed, structured guide for aligning one's studies, and one's dealings with fellow students and teachers, with the standards of the Qur'an and Sunnah.

This Turath Publishing edition presents the abridgement in paperback, making a foundational text on the manners of teacher and student accessible to a contemporary readership seeking to approach the study of the sacred sciences with the seriousness and humility it demands.