Schedule for the study circles of the weekly Ijtima [overseas] (23 September 2021):

1.   Learning Sunnah and etiquettes: 5 minutes

2.   Memorising the Du’a: 5 minutes

3.   Reflection: 5 minutes

4.   Total duration: 15 minutes

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                                                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

The remaining Sunnah and etiquettes of hospitality

*   One should not criticise the food or home, neither should they give dishonest compliments. The host should also avoid asking the guest questions that might result in lying, for example, ‘How was the food?’, ‘Did you like it or not?’ If the guest was to please the host by falsely complimenting the food, despite not liking it, he will be sinful. One should also avoid asking questions like, ‘Did you eat your fill or not?’ as there is a risk of receiving an untruthful reply, because the guest, due to some restriction or necessity, might have eaten little, but will still affirm that they ate their fill to avoid being pestered by the host.

*   From time to time, the host should tell the guest to eat more, but should not be forceful about it (Aalamgeer, vol. 5, p. 344), so that the guest does not overeat due to being forced, and then suffers.

*   The host should not remain completely silent and neither should they just put the food down and leave, rather, they should stay there. (Aalamgeer, vol. 5, p. 345)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                                                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Du’a for abundant sustenance in old age

According to the schedule of the weekly Sunnah-inspired Ijtima of