A Critical Study of Etiquette in Islamic Heritage and Contemporary Works (Shortcomings and Solutions)

Researches and books on the ethics and customs of association have deficiencies that can be achieved by critically examining a number of writings on Islamic heritage from the third to sixth centuries and a number of contemporary writers' works. These shortcomings will be briefly addressed in this article. The aforementioned shortcomings fall into two categories: The first is centered on Etiquette's research and can be summarized in seven areas: 1. Technical meaning of association; 2. References to the Qur'an and Sunnah; 3. the research on the chain of narrators of the traditions of etiquettes. 4. Scientific analyses of etiquettes 5. Jurisprudential approach to social customs; 6. Homogeneity of headings; and 7. Issues related to social customs. The second part deals with how research's data can be presented and it is evoked in two areas: 1. Classification of information; and 2. Paying attention to the encyclopedia format in presenting information. To address these shortcomings and to remove them, a number of solutions and research approaches are suggested to scholars and writers in the field of Islamic and social studies.