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LIVING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE QUR'AN

believers to draw their outer garments closely round themselves.
This makes it more likely that they will be recognised and not be
harmed. God is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (Surat al-Ahzab, 59)

Men and women who are Muslims, men and women who are
believers, men and women who are obedient, men and women who
are truthful, men and women who are steadfast, men and women
who are humble, men and women who give charity, men and
women who fast, men and women who guard their chastity, men
and women who remember God much: God has prepared forgive-
ness for them and an immense reward. (Surat al-Ahzab, 35)

And she (Maryam) who protected her private parts. We breathed
into her some of Our Spirit and made her and her son a Sign for all
the worlds. (Surat al-Anbiya’, 91)

SALUTING THE HOUSEHOLD WHEN ENTERING
A HOUSE
... And when you enter houses greet one another with a greeting
from God, blessed and good. In this way God makes the Signs clear
to you so that hopefully you will use your intellect. (Surat an-Nur,
61)
Has the story reached you of the honoured guests of Ibrahim? When
they entered his dwelling and said, ‘Peace!’ he said, ‘Peace, to peo-
ple we do not know.’ (Surat adh-Dhariyat, 24-25)

NOT ENTERING A HOUSE WITHOUT ASKING FOR
PERMISSION AND SALUTING THE HOUSEHOLD
You who believe! Do not enter houses other than your own until
you have asked permission and greeted their inhabitants. That is

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