۔3When I hear صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب, اُذۡكُرُوا اللّٰه, تُوۡبُوۡا اِلَیاللّٰه, etc., I will reply loudly with the intention of gaining reward.

   ۔4After the Ijtima’, I will approach people to say Salaam, shake hands and make individual efforts upon them.

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                                            صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic brothers! Just as the religion of Islam has purified humans from the filth of Kufr and Shirk and granted them honour and elevation, similarly, it has raised the dignity of the mankind through the great teachings of the internal and external cleanliness. Whether it is the purity of the body or the cleanliness of clothes, whether it is the excellence of outward appearance or the excellence of one’s conduct, whether it is the cleanliness of one’s house and belongings or the washing of one’s conveyance; in short, Islam has given the guidance and encouragement to keep everything clean and pure.

Let us listen to three sayings of the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم regarding cleanliness:

   ۔1Cleanliness is half of Iman. (Muslim, p. 140, Hadees 223)

   ۔2Indeed, Islam is (a) pure and clean (religion) (whereas, in another narration, it states: Allah Almighty has kept the foundation of Islam upon cleanliness), so you should also acquire purity, for only the one who is pure and clean (internally and outwardly) will enter Paradise. (Kanz-ul-Ummal, vol. 5, p. 123, Hadees 25996; Jami’-ul-Jawami, vol. 4, p. 115, Hadees 10624; Fayz-ul-Qadeer, vol. 2, p. 409, under the verse, 1953)

   ۔3Keep the clothes that you wear clean, and look after your rides, and your outward appearances should be so clean that when you go among the people, they honour you. (Jami’-us-Sagheer, p. 22, Hadees 257)

‘Allamah Abdur-Rauf Munaawi رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه states the following: This Hadees indicates to the fact that one should avoid all such things that people show dislike and disdain towards; the people of authority and the scholars should especially avoid them. (Fayz-ul-Qadeer, vol. 1, p. 249, under the Hadees 257)