Chosen Islamic Manners

*One should give gifts to their family, for this is what causes them to rejoice.
*The Prophet () would greet and play with the youngsters whenever he came back from a travel.
*The Companions would embrace one who came from a trip and shake each others’ hands on a daily basis. (Tabarani)

Guidelines One Should Follow in Relation to Homes
*Know that the manner in which the Messenger of Allah () lived his life was the best, and that his method is also the best. The Prophet () knew that this world was only a transient stage, not a place of permanent stay. Thus, he lived in homes that gave him his privacy and safeguarded him from the extreme heat and cold, rain and wind. These homes would safeguard whatever was placed in them. He did not decorate them, nor were they built high. They were not cumbersome, such that it would be feared that they would collapse under their weight. His homes were neither spacious nor built underground. His homes were of mid class luxury, and smelt of the best of scents due to his sweat.'
*Umar () used to say: 'O people patch the holes in your homes, so that snakes will not enter them and frighten you.'
*Allah has made one's home as inviolable. He, the Exalted, says:

They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the new moons. Say, '"They are measurements of time for the people and for Hajj [pilgrimage]." And it is not righteousness to enter houses from the back, but righteousness is [in] one who fears Allah. And enter houses from their doors. And fear Allah that you may succeed. (42:20)

*When one leaves his home, they should say: 'Bismillah tawak'kalto alal-laah wa laa hawla wa laa qo'wata il'la bil'laah.'