Love For Your Brother &
Sister What You Love For
Yourself
Exploring the Islamic Model
Of Customer Service
Why?
• Do You Believe?
• Protect Your Amanah
• Our Character
• Opportunities for Jannat
What is Customer Service
• Customer Service or Customer Engagement?
– Listening or Active Listening?
• Paraphrase or Summarize, Check for Understanding
– Walmart Response or Whole Foods Response
• Show them that you care
– Volunteer or a Host?
• Customer or a Guest?
– Language
• I’m sorry vs. I understand vs. I can see how...
What does “Islamic” Customer Service
Sound Like? Look Like? Feel Like?
• Start with the Islamic Greeting
• Speak with terms of respect
• Service with a Smile
• Saying ‘Thank You’
• Showing Patience
• Treat each person as if they are your own
family member
The Two Sides of Customer Service
Retention
• Treat your customers better than you treat
yourself
• Treat your employees better than you treat
your customers
Being a Leader vs. Being the Boss
Let’s See What We Can Do!
1. Create groups of 5-6 people or less. Try to
work with someone you don’t know.
2. Pick a scenario from the basket
3. Create a SHORT 2-minute video
demonstrating the wrong way and then the
right way on how to handle your scenario
4. Upload to YouTube.com
– Login: dawanetcs@gmail.com
– Password: loveservice

Customer Service

  • 1.
    Love For YourBrother & Sister What You Love For Yourself Exploring the Islamic Model Of Customer Service
  • 2.
    Why? • Do YouBelieve? • Protect Your Amanah • Our Character • Opportunities for Jannat
  • 3.
    What is CustomerService • Customer Service or Customer Engagement? – Listening or Active Listening? • Paraphrase or Summarize, Check for Understanding – Walmart Response or Whole Foods Response • Show them that you care – Volunteer or a Host? • Customer or a Guest? – Language • I’m sorry vs. I understand vs. I can see how...
  • 4.
    What does “Islamic”Customer Service Sound Like? Look Like? Feel Like? • Start with the Islamic Greeting • Speak with terms of respect • Service with a Smile • Saying ‘Thank You’ • Showing Patience • Treat each person as if they are your own family member
  • 5.
    The Two Sidesof Customer Service Retention • Treat your customers better than you treat yourself • Treat your employees better than you treat your customers
  • 6.
    Being a Leadervs. Being the Boss
  • 7.
    Let’s See WhatWe Can Do! 1. Create groups of 5-6 people or less. Try to work with someone you don’t know. 2. Pick a scenario from the basket 3. Create a SHORT 2-minute video demonstrating the wrong way and then the right way on how to handle your scenario 4. Upload to YouTube.com – Login: dawanetcs@gmail.com – Password: loveservice

Editor's Notes

  • #3 None of you truly believes until you love for your brother what you love for yourself (muslim) And if one of you entrusts another, then let him who is entrusted discharge his trust [faithfully] and let him fear Allah , his Lord 2:283 I came for no reason other than to perfect character (ahmad) Sadaqah – Umar ibn Al-Khattab
  • #4 Repeat what the customer has said: shows that you are paying attention, you are trying to empathize (never sympathize), checks for understanding and gives you time to think of a solution Walmart – “It’s over there somewhere” Whole Foods, “Come, let me show you.” Customer or Guest – Go to them, don’t wait for them to come to you – be proactive Language – don’t say sorry, it’s taken as insincere, don’t say you understand because you can’t – you’re not in their shoes in that exact moment – I can see how that would be upsetting is much better to show you can see their point of view – let’s work together to solve the issue, not “I’ll fix it for you right away”
  • #5 “I swear by the one whose hand my soul is in that you will not enter paradise until you believe. And you won’t be believed until you love one another. May I tell you something, that if you practice it you will love another, spread the Islamic greeting among you.” (Saheeh Muslim) O you who have believed, fear Allah and speak words of appropriate justice. 33:70 The Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) said: “Your smile for your brother is charity.” (Ibn Hajar and al–Albani) “He who does not thank the people is ungrateful to Allah.” [Abu Daud] Anfal 8:46 – Verily Allah is with the patient Imran 3:146 Allah loves those who are Patient 21:92 - Verily, this brotherhood of yours is a single brotherhood, and I am your Lord and Cherisher: therefore serve Me (and no other).
  • #7 Walk the walk and talk the talk Wilf McIsaac Dirk Jaffar