People and neighbours · When the moment comes
Rise warmly to welcome loved ones
- The practice
- When people you love arrive, get up and greet them with visible joy.
- When
- Family or friends arriving
- In daily life
- When your parents, spouse or a friend come through the door, put your phone down, get up and go to meet them with a smile. Don't call out 'hi' from the sofa without looking up.
The source
أَبْصَرَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم نِسَاءً وَصِبْيَانًا مُقْبِلِينَ مِنْ عُرْسٍ، فَقَامَ مُمْتَنًّا فَقَالَ " اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتُمْ مِنْ أَحَبِّ النَّاسِ إِلَىَّ ".
“Once the Prophet ﷺ saw some women and children coming from a wedding party. He got up energetically and happily and said, "By Allah! You (i.e., the Ansar) are the most beloved of all people to me”Narrated by Anas bin MalikSahih al-Bukhari 5180
The full hadith, with its chain and grading →Arabic: ara-bukhari · Translation: Muhsin Khan (eng-bukhari), from the eng-bukhari edition of hadith-api (public domain), sunnah.com numbering.
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Get early accessSources: Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, and narrations of Jami at-Tirmidhi graded sahih or hasan sahih by al-Albani.