Page 307 - General Knowledge from the Qur'an

PROPRIETIES IN THE QUR'AN

NOT ENTERING HOUSES OTHER THAN ONE'S
OWN WITHOUT ASKING PERMISSION
You who believe! Do not enter houses other than your own until you
have asked permission and greeted their inhabitants. That is better for
you, so that hopefully you will pay heed. And if you find no one at
home do not go in until permission has been granted you. And if you
are told to go away then go away. That is purer for you. Allah knows
what you do. There is nothing wrong in your entering houses where
no one lives and where there is some service for you. Allah knows
what you divulge and what you conceal. (Surat an-Nur, 27-29)
There is no objection to the blind, no objection to the lame, no objec-
tion to the sick nor to yourselves if you eat in your own houses or your
fathers' houses or your mothers' houses or your brothers' houses or
your sisters' houses or the houses of your paternal uncles or paternal
aunts or the houses of your maternal uncles or maternal aunts or
places to which you own the keys or those of your friends. There is
nothing wrong in your eating together or eating separately. And when
you enter houses greet one another with a greeting from Allah, blessed
and good. In this way Allah makes the Signs clear to you so that hope-
fully you will use your intellect. (Surat an-Nur, 61)

NOT DEPARTING FROM THE PRESENCE
OF ALLAH'S MESSENGER WITHOUT
ASKING HIM FOR PERMISSION
The believers are those who believe in Allah and His Messenger and
who, when they are with him on a matter of common concern, do not
leave until they have asked him for permission. Those people who ask
you for permission are the ones who truly believe in Allah and His
Messenger. If they ask your permission to attend to their own affairs,
give permission to any of them you please; and ask Allah's forgiveness