Topic · 22 Sunnahs
People and neighbours
How the Prophet ﷺ taught us to treat the people and creatures around us: greeting with salam, welcoming guests, visiting the sick, answering a sneeze, reconciling people, and kindness to animals. These are small courtesies, but they change a household, a street and a workplace. Each one is a single act you can try the next time the moment comes.
Every approved Uswa habit on this topic, each one small enough to start today. Pick one.
Make du'a for your hostLeaving after being hosted for a mealCook a little extra for your neighborWhen you cook soup or stewGive water to an animal in needSeeing an animal in need, or a daily water bowl outsideNever torment a tied or confined animalWhen around animals, games or huntingAccept invitations, even modest onesReceiving an invitation or a small giftGreet people with salam firstmeeting or passing someoneReturn every salam, equal or bettersomeone greets you with salamGreet children with salampassing childrenAsk permission properly at a doorarriving at someone's doorHost your guest generouslya guest stays with youShake hands when you meetmeeting a Muslim brother/sisterVisit someone who is sicksomeone you know falls illCheer someone on in a useful skillseeing someone practise a useful skillInvite others to give at gatheringsspeaking at a community gatheringSay Alhamdulillah when you sneezeyou sneezeReply 'Yarhamuk Allah' to a sneezersomeone sneezes and says AlhamdulillahRise warmly to welcome loved onesFamily or friends arrivingNo 'uff' to those who help youWhen a helper, employee or junior errsDon't laugh at someone's bodily noisesAn embarrassing natural moment in companyHelp reconcile people in a disputelearning of a dispute between peopleDon't whisper and leave the third person outbeing in a group of threeGive salam when you leaveWhen you leave a gathering, class or meeting
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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.