must be cautious when looking out from the balcony and ensure that his gaze does not fall into their houses.

*   When you visit someone’s home, do not criticise their arrangements unnecessarily. Their feelings could be hurt by this.

*   When leaving, make Du’a for the people of the house, thank them, give Salam and if it is possible, gift them a Sunnah-inspiring booklet etc.

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Du’a when bidding farewell to someone

According to the schedule of the weekly Sunnah-inspired Ijtima of Dawat-e-Islami, ‘The Du’a for when bidding farewell to someone’ will be memorised. The Du’a is as follows:

اَسْتَوْدِعُ اللَّهَ دِينَكَ، وَاَمَانَتَكَ،وَخَوَاتِيمَ عَمَلِكَ

Translation: I entrust your religion, your trusts and the last of your deeds to Allah Almighty.

(Tirmizi, Kitab-ul-Da’wat, vol. 5, p. 277, Hadees 3454)

Sayyiduna Saalim رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ narrates: When Sayyiduna Ibn ‘Umar رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ would bid farewell to someone who was intending to travel, he would say to him, ‘Come close to me! Let me bid you farewell just as the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم would bid us farewell’, and then he would recite these words. (Faizan-e-Du’a, p. 287)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Method of collective Fikr-e-Madinah (72 Madani In’amaat)

Saying of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم: Pondering (over the Hereafter) for a moment is better than the worship of 60 years.