Shaykh Rabī ibn Hādī al-Madkhali:

Upon you are lofty manners such as patience, forbearance, truthfulness and firmness upon the truth – may Allah bless you.

Allah, the Most High, said:

لَّقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٍ

“Indeed, in the Messenger of Allāh you have a good example to follow.”

And Allah, the Most High, said:

وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَى خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ

“And verily, you (O Muhammad) are on an exalted standard of character.”

One should complete and perfect lofty manners. Lofty manners are an important affair – May Allah bless you. advise you to have good manners and have these affairs in front of your eyes: Taqwa of Allah, sincerity, kindness to the slaves of Allah, brotherhood with each other, staying far away from the causes of splitting, patience, forbearance and advising one another with wisdom and fair preaching.

Allah, the Most High, said:

ادْعُ إِلَى سَبِيلِ رَبِّكَ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَالْمَوْعِظَةِ الْحَسَنَةِ

“Invite to the Way of your Lord with wisdom and fair preaching.”

Not with coldness, harshness, revilement, cursing and insults. No! This is not from the guidance of the salaf.
Upon you is to love one another for the sake of Allāh, friendliness and visiting each other for His sake.

[Allah said in the Ḥadīth Qudsī:]

“My love is due to those who love each other, sit with each other, visit each other and give to each other generously for My sake.”

These are important affairs that we must establish amongst the Salafis. Many people are heedless of these affairs and they are necessities [which must be established].

The Prophet said:

” By Him in Whose Hand my soul is! You will not enter Jannah until you believe, and you shall not believe until you love one another.” —Understand this well!—”Should I inform you of something, if you do, you will love each other. Spread the greetings amongst you (saying as-Salāmu ‘Alaykum).”

Spread the greetings with the intent of actualising this īmān (faith) which leads to entering Jannah. Do not just give greetings as if it is a norm but rather give greetings your brother to seek nearness to Allāh and as an act of worship. Your goal from it should be brotherhood, unity and love.

Understand this well! There must be love. Īmān is not actualised and perfected except by loving whatever Allah loves.

Spreading greetings sincerely for the Face of Allāh – May Allah bless you – actualise the sought after īmān which leads to entering Jannah. Beware of those things which further you away from Jannah, and from those things is hating one another. Love whatever Allāh loves and hate whatever Allāh hates. Hate disbelief, innovations and misguidance seeking nearness to Allāh. As for hating the one who is upon the true religion then by Allāh, this is an extremely dangerous affair; it shakes and rocks your īmān and furthers you away from entering Jannah.

May Allah bless you. So, take each other as brothers, love each other and visit each other for the sake of Allah be like a solid structure.

One body — when one of the limbs suffers the whole body responds to it with sleeplessness and fever.

The Prophet said:

“The believers in their mutual kindness, compassion and sympathy are just like one body. When one of the limbs suffers, the whole body responds to it with sleeplessness and fever.”

By Allāh, the believing truthful Salafī feels pain for the Salafi even if he is in the furthest part of Japan or America; he is pleased for that which pleases him and saddened for that which harms him. Put into action this ‘aqidah (creed), manhaj (methodology) and these
manners.

May Allāh guide your steps and bring your hearts together upon the truth and may He make me and you firm upon his guidance, indeed our Lord hears and accepts the supplication, and may Allāh make good mention of His Prophet in the highest company and grant him, his family and companions safety.

Source: Slightly abridged for clarity from: http://rsalafs.com/?p=861