سُـبْحٰـنَ الـلّٰــه عَزَّوَجَلَّ! The pious bondmen of Allah don’t look here and there unnecessarily while walking, especially when they are in a crowded place lest their eye should fall on someone who is not permitted by the Shari’ah to look at. This was the piety of our saints رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَالٰی. The ruling is that if you look at a woman unintentionally and avert your gaze immediately, you will not be sinful.

1.         It’s not appropriate to look at someone’s balcony or windows unnecessarily.

2.         While walking or coming up or down the stairs, make sure that your shoes do not make noise. Our Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم did not like the sound made by shoes.

3.         If two women are standing or walking on the way, do not pass them by walking in between them. It is prohibited in a blessed Hadees to do so.

4.         Spitting, blowing your nose, inserting a finger into the nostril, scratching the ear, removing dirt from the body with your fingers, scratching the private parts etc. in front of people while walking, sitting or standing, are all contrary to manners.

5.         Some people are habitual of kicking whatever comes in their way. It is absolutely an uncivilized manner that may also cause injury to their foot. Furthermore, kicking newspapers or boxes, packets and empty bottles of mineral water with inscriptions on them is also an act of disrespect.

6.         While walking, abide by the laws that are not contrary to Shari’ah. For example, use the zebra crossings or the overhead bridges whilst crossing the road, if available.

Cross the road by looking towards the direction of the traffic. If you are in the middle of the road and the vehicle is approaching, then instead of running, stay still where you are standing as this is safer. Moreover, crossing the railway tracks during train times is like inviting death. The one crossing the railway track assuming the train to be very far away should not rule out the danger of getting entangled in wires in haste or carelessness and falling under the train. Furthermore, at certain places,