uncovered, calamities descend into the food and drink (water etc.) and spoil them causing illness.

1.         To throw bread at such places where it would be treated with disrespect and get trampled by people’s feet. (Edited from Sunni Bihishti  Zaywar, pp. 595-601)

The following are some of the causes of poverty that Sayyiduna Burhanuddin Zarnooji رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has mentioned:

2.         To sleep in excess. (This can also cause ignorance).

3.         To sleep unclothed.

4.         To urinate shamelessly. (Those that urinate in public on roadsides should pay heed.)

5.         To be lazy in picking up fallen crumbs or bits of food from the dining-mat.

6.         To burn the peel of onion and garlic.

7.         To sweep home with clothes.

8.         To sweep at night.

9.         To leave trash (garbage) inside home.

10.      To walk ahead of the Mashaaikh (scholars and saints).

11.      To call parents by their names.

12.      To clean hands with mud or sand.

13.      To stand leaning on one side of the door.

14.      To make Wudu in the toilet.

15.      To sew clothes etc. whilst having them on (wearing them).

16.      To wipe one’s face with the dress one is wearing.

17.      To leave spiders’ webs in home.

18.      To be lazy in offering Salah.

19.      To exit the Masjid early after offering Salat-ul-Fajr.

20.      To go to the market very early in the morning.