FORTY TRADITIONAL PRACTICES
OF THE HOLY PROPHET(
)
| Faizan-e-Sunnat |
FORTY TRADITIONAL PRACTICES
OF THE HOLY PROPHET()
| 1. | Every good/virtuous and lawful (piece of) work should be
started after reciting the sacred "" (Allah 
in the name of). Of-course! no recitation of the sacred "" be
done, before starting to do (any) unlawful and non-permissible work, at
all. |
| 2. | When "One" intends meeting any Islamic brother then extending
him salutations/sending "one's" compliments to him is the (sacred)
traditional practice of the Prophet |
| 3. | Shaking of hands becomes the traditional practice of the Prophet
only when after the two Islamic brothers
have met they extend salutations/send compliments to each other first and
then shake hands. |
| 4. | The traditional practice of the Prophet's
at the time of shaking of hands being that no handkerchief etc. stands
in the way; both side hands are empty and the palm should join/embrace
the palm. |
| 5. | To talk/converse smilingly and cheerfully is the (sacred) traditional
practice of the Prophet |
| 6. | To talk screamingly / shriekingly as friends are prone to do these
days in frankness / informality between themselves is against the sacred
tradition of the Prophet |
| 7. | For the "One" who sneezes to say "AL-HAMDU-LILLAH"
(All praise (s) being for Allah "
is acting according to the traditional practice of the Prophet .
It is better/preferable that "AL-HAMDU-LILLAH-I-RABBIL AALAMEEN"
(All praise(s) being for Allah
who (alone) is the cherisher/sustainer of all the universe (eighteen hundred
or eighteen thousand) is said (uttered). For the one who hears (the sound
of) sneeze, it is expedient/proper that be says immediately "YERHAMUKALLAH"
(that is to say that Allah
(may) show mercy to you); And he should say these words so loudly that
the one who sneezed is able to listen of his own-self. If the "one"
answering the "Sneeze" causes delay (in uttering the words "YERHAMUKALLAH"
he shall be regarded sinful, and could not be absolved of the sin merely
by the late answer to the "sneeze"; Rather along with that penitence
in the courts of Allah
shall have to be caused (mandatorily) (BAHARE-SHARIAT) |
| 8. | After hearing the answer to his sneeze the "One" who sneezed
is to say "YAGHFIRULLAHU-LANAA WALAKUM" (May Allah cause
yours/and ours forgiveness) or says this (YAHDEEKUM-ULLAHU WA-YUSLIHU BAALAKUM)
(May Allah show you the
path of righteousness and cause your reformation) |
| 9. | The tradition of the Prophet
with regard to the collar-less long and loose traditional shirt being that
length of its skirt is up to the shin/calf of the leg, the length of sleeve
up to the phalange of fingers the maximum and the width of the sleeves
the length of a span. |
| 10. | Tieing of leg sheet (the loose sheet of cloth for the lower part
of the body of a male member) around the waist is the tradition of the
Prophet ;
wearing of (traditional) trousers (eastern style) is permissible
/ lawful too as the Lord
liked (approved) the same and the companions of the Prophet
have worn it too. |
| 11. | Keep the (fall of) trousers or leg sheet above the ankles of feet. |
| 12. | Put on trousers while in sitting position / posture and tie the turban while in standing position. Any one who conducted/executed these exercises in reverse order shall fall a prey to such disease which is incurable (ZIA-UL-QULOOB-FI-LIBAS-UL-MAHBOOB). |
| 13. | Put on the shirt first and then the trousers. |
| 14. | While beginning to put-on clothes start from the right side. For example first enter the right hand in the right sleeve of the shirt then (the left hand) in the opposite sleeve. Similarly enter the right foot in the right leg of the trousers and then the left foot in the left leg of trousers. |
| 15. | When about to take off clothes recite "BISMILLAH" (Allah
in the name of) first. By its auspiciousness the privy parts of your body
(i.e. from the "Navel" to the "Knees") would remain
concealed / obscured from "Satan". |
| 16. | While taking off the clothes start in the order reverse to the order
(as in Point no. 14 above). |
| 17. | Start to wear new clothes from Fridays as that is the tradition of
the Prophet |
| 18. | While taking off clothes or getting up from the bed after sleep, keep the clothes in folded form and the bed in rolled up form. Don't leave these (things) in the state (these (things) happen to be); otherwise the "Satan" would use the same. (Fatawaa-e-Razvia) |
| 19. | Place (both of your) buttocks over the ground and keep both the knees
in upright position (and then) enclose/blockade the knees by means of the
two arms holding one hand by the other; To sit in such posture being the
tradition of the Prophet |
| 20. | To sit in cross-legged squatting posture too is, the tradition of the
Prophet |
| 21. | To sit at the place, where there is some sunshine and some shade, is (as per Islamic law) forbidden. |
| 22. | Whenever you come to attend (any) congregation or party don't (try to) go forward jumping/striding across the people; Rather! get seated where-ever you find room to sit. |
| 23. | While sitting take off your shoes; your feet would be relieved/be at ease. (AL-HADEES) |
| 24. | When some one arrives, to slide or to widen the space for him is the
(sacred) tradition of the Prophet |
| 25. | As far as possible sit with the face set towards the direction of sacred
Ka'aba as our Dear Master/Lord
used to sit often on the hams (i.e. with folded legs), with the face set
towards the direction of sacred Ka'aba and both the auspicious hands placed
on the knees. In addition to this there, are other ways/methods of His
sitting too that have already been described before. |
| 26. | If there are two women standing in the way or walking don't (try to) pass from in between themselves. |
| 27. | While walking on the path way guard yourself from walking in confused/perplexed state (i.e. looking hither and thither or right and left). |
| 28. | In walking be cautious as well that the shoes don't create any sound. |
| 29. | Put on the right shoe first then the left and while taking the shoes off take out the left foot first then the right foot. |
| 30. | To wash both hands up to the wrists before and after taking meals,
to gargle/rinse the mouth and to wash the front (outside) portion of the
mouth is the (sacred) tradition of the Prophet .
Of course even if "One" did not wash the mouth after having taken
the meals it won't be said (considered) that the tradition of the Prophet
was not discharged/complied with. |
| 31. | While taking meals laying the left foot (on the floor) and keeping
the right foot in upright/erect position or sitting on the buttocks and
keeping both the knees in upright position or sitting on the hams/sitting
with folded legs; By sitting (while taking meals) in any of the three positions/forms
the sacred tradition of the Prophet
would stand having been followed/acted upon. |
| 32. | Hold (the loaf of) bread in left hand and break the same with right
hand as this is the tradition of the Prophet |
| 33. | If a morsel (of food) or a piece of bread or particles of grain etc.
fall on the ground/table cloth then pick those up, wipe/clean the same
and eat those up, as for the "One" doing so, there is the divine
inspiration (glad tidings) of him being salved/pardoned "AL-HAMDU-LILLAH"
(All praise being for Allah ). |
| 34. | To eat by means of one finger (only) is the rite/course of "Satan"
and to eat with two fingers is the way/custom of the proud/self-conceited
people (and) to eat with three fingers is the (sacred) tradition of the
Prophet |
| 35. | After having taken the meals pick the teeth by means of a straw/dried
stalk as that is the tradition of the Prophet |
| 36. | Drink water while in sitting posture, in the (broad) day light, with
the glass (of water) held in the right hand (and) after reciting "BISMILLA-HIR-RAHMAN-IR-RAHEEM"
(Allah in the name of),
by looking/seeing at the water; drink in three breaths in such a way that
each breath is inhaled when the glass (of water) is removed away from the
mouth. In the first and the second turns (i.e. breaths) take one drought/gulp
(of water) each and in the third breath take as many droughts (of water)
as you wish to take. After having taken the water (to your satiation) say/recite
"AL-HAMDU-LILLAH", (all praise being for Allah ) |
| 37. | After having drank the water (to your satiation) don't, on any account,
throw away the water remaining in the glass as to do so is extravagance,
and extravagance is unlawful. Have the remaining water in the glass taken
by some one else. It is stated in the sacred saying of the Prophet
:- (There is cure/healing in the residue food or the drinking stuff of a Muslim believer)." |
| 38. | To wash the teeth using "Miswak" (i.e. one span length natural
traditional tooth brush made out of small finger wide stem of a tree)
before going to bed/sleep is the tradition of the Prophet
And to sleep with the ablution purification performed (too) is the (sacred)
tradition of the Prophet |
| 39. | Before going to bed/sleep (and) after reciting "BISMILLAH"
(Allah in the name of)
dust the bed three times so that if there are any pernicious (harmful)
animal species i.e. insects/worms in the bed the same get dispelled. |
| 40. | Sleep sometimes on the (palm) mat, sometimes on hide/skin, sometimes
on bed stead, sometimes on floor for no reason and some time form pillow
like support of the right fore-arm and the right hand (for sleeping). All
these (modes) are the (sacred) traditions of the Prophet .
By appropriating these practices (for the purposes of following the same)
the spiritual love for the Madni Sovereign
would (tend to) grow/prosper. (If Allah
willing). |
| "O' Our Dear Allah
grant us continuous help and guidance in practicing the traditions of the
Prophet
in getting up and sitting down i.e. His
manners and etiquettes there-of. |
| I) | "O, My Allah
my Benediction being that when Raza (i.e. His Highness As-Shah Ahmed Raza
Khan of sacred Bareily ) lifts His head (i.e. wakes up), on the day of
resurrection from the unbearably long sleep in the grave |
| II) | He be maintaining even at that very moment the (celestial) wealth of
Divine / spiritual love for the divinely chosen of all the Prophets
and the Apostles
that He maintained during his live period in this mortal world, (and
which enabled Him being blessed whenever He desired to be blessed with
the "Sight" as in wakefulness, of the Prophet |