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AND SALUTING THE HOUSEHOLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
RETURNING A SALUTATION IN THE SAME OR A MORE
PLEASANT MANNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
USING DOORS WHEN ENTERING A HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
BEING HOSPITABLE, SERVING PLEASANT FOODS AND DRINKS WITHOUT
DELAY AND ASKING THE GUESTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
REFRAINING FROM HAUGHTINESS; ALWAYS ADOPTING
A MODEST, HUMBLE ATTITUDE IN THE WAY ONE WALKS,
ACTS AND TALKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
REFRAINING FROM SPEAKING LOUDLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209
EXALTING GOD BY SAYING "MASHA'ALLAH"
IN THE FACE OF EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209
EXALTING GOD BY SAYING "INSHA'ALLAH"
FOR EVERY FUTURE PLAN AND KEEPING IN MIND
THAT EVERY PLAN IS MATERIALIZED IF GOD WILLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210
MENTIONING GOD'S NAME IN THE CASE OF FORGETTING
SAYING "INSHA'ALLAH" REGARDING A FUTURE PLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210
TAKING AN INTEREST IN THE SUBJECTS GOD POINTS US
TOWARDS AND WANTS US TO EXPLORE AND CONTEMPLATE . . . . . . . . . . .210
DEVOTING CONSIDERABLE EFFORT TO SERVING ISLAM AND
THE QUR'AN WITHOUT HARBORING ANY DOUBT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212
MAKING PREPARATIONS FOR STRUGGLING
IN THE WAY FOR GOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212
DULY WAGING A STRUGGLE IN THE WAY OF GOD WITH
THE HELP OF THE QUR'AN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214
NEVER ADOPTING A RELUCTANT, HALF-HEARTED EFFORT IN
THE STRUGGLE IN THE WAY OF GOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214
CONTINUING THE STRUGGLE UNTIL ALL MISCHIEF IS WIPED
OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH AND ISLAM BECOMES
THE PREDOMINANT RELIGION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216
KEEPING IN MIND THAT GOD HELPS THE BELIEVERS