1.         If permission for entry is not given, return happily without getting annoyed. Perhaps they may not have given permission due to some compulsion.

2.         When someone knocks on your door, it is a Sunnah to ask who it is. The person who knocked should tell his name, for example, Muhammad Ilyas. Instead of telling the name, saying such things as Madinah! ‘It’s me’, ‘open the door’ etc. is not a Sunnah.

3.         After you have mentioned your name, stand at a side so that you do not look inside the house as soon as the door opens.

4.         It is prohibited to glance into someone’s home. Some houses are higher than the other adjoining ones. Therefore, those living in higher houses should take great care when looking out from the balcony or window of their house.

5.         When you go to someone’s home, do not unnecessarily criticize their home arrangements, as this could be hurtful to them.

6.         When leaving, make Du’a for the household, thank them, make Salam, and gift them with a Sunnah-Inspiring booklet, if possible.

To learn various Sunan, obtain the following books, Bahar-e-Shari’at part 16 comprising of 312 pages and Sunnatayn aur Adaab, comprising of 120 pages, both published by Maktaba-tul-Madinah, the publishing department of Dawat-e-Islami. One of the best ways to learn Sunan is to travel in the Madani Qafilahs of Dawat-e-Islami with the lovers of the Beloved Prophet.

مجھ کو جَذبہ دے سفر کرتا رہوں پَروَردِگار سُنتَّوں کی تربیَّت کے قافلے میں بار بار

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب       صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد