‘Whoever loves my Sunnah, loves me, and whoever loves me will be with me in Jannah.’ (Ibn ‘Asakir, vol. 9, pp. 343)

سینہ تری سُنَّت کا مدینہ بنے آقا         جنَّت میں پڑوسی مجھے تم اپنا بنانا

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب       صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Sunnahs and manners of walking

1.         Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ has said in Surah Bani Israel, part 15, verse 37:

وَ  لَا   تَمۡشِ  فِی  الۡاَرۡضِ   مَـرَ حًا  ۚ

 اِنَّکَ    لَنۡ    تَخۡرِقَ    الۡاَرۡضَ    وَ  لَنۡ   تَبۡلُغَ    الۡجِبَالَ   طُوۡلًا   ﴿۳۷﴾

And do not walk arrogantly on the earth; undoubtedly, you cannot tear the earth and nor can you achieve height of the mountains.

[Kanz-ul-Iman (Translation of Quran)] (Part 15, Bani Israel, verse 37)

2.         The Beloved and Blessed Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has said, ‘A man wearing two shawls was strutting [i.e. walking arrogantly]. He was sunk into the ground and he will continue to sink until the Day of Judgement. (Sahih Muslim, pp. 1156, Hadees 2088)

3.         When the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم walked, he صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم would lean a little bit forward as though he صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم was descending from a height. (Shumaail-ut-Tirmizi, pp. 87, Hadees 118)

4.         If there is no hindrance, walk on the side of the pathway at a medium pace. Neither walk so fast that people start looking at you in surprise, nor walk too slowly that people consider you to be ill.

5.         It is not Sunnah to look here and there (unnecessarily) while walking. Walk in a dignified manner with your gaze lowered.