7.   Whenever you go from one part of the masjid to the other (for instance, going to the courtyard of the masjid or going from the courtyard to the inner portion), place your right foot first. If prayer mats are laid on the floor of the masjid, step on them with your right foot first and also step off them onto the floor of the masjid with your right foot (this means, whilst walking, step onto every mat with your right foot first). Likewise, when the khateeb (one delivering the sermon) steps onto the mimbar (the pulpit), he should place his right foot on it first, and he should also step off the mimbar with his right foot first.

8.   If you sneeze or cough in the masjid, try to keep the voice as low as possible. The beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم disliked loud sneezing in the masjid. One should also avoid burping. If it is not possible to stop a burp, one should keep the sound as low as possible whether he is in the masjid or not. It is especially discourteous to do so when one is present in a gathering or before a religious personality.

A blessed Hadith states, “A person burped in the presence of the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. He صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, ‘Keep your burp far from us, as those who filled their stomachs in the world for a lengthy time, will remain hungry for a lengthy time on the Day of Judgement.’”^[1]

One should not make a sound whilst yawning, whether he is in the masjid or anywhere else, because yawning is the laughter of Satan. Try your best to keep your mouth closed when yawning, because if a person yawns with the mouth open, the devil spits in it. If the yawn does not stop, press your lower lip with your upper teeth. If this does not help, avoid opening your mouth too much and put the back of your left hand over the mouth. As yawning is from the devil and the prophets عَـلَـيْهِمُ السَّلَام are safe from it, if you begin to yawn, recall that the