*Wearing shoes

Put shoes on starting with right foot and take them off starting with left:

When you put shoes on , begin with the right and when you remove them , begin with the left. Or , wear them both, or leave them both off.

Muslim do this many times during the day and night - when entering and leaving masjid, the bathroom, the house, when going to work etc. Whenever the muslims puts on or removes his shoes in accordance with the sunnah, with this intention in mind, he obtains a great reward. And all his actions of Harakaat and Sakanaat will then be according to the Sunnah

*Meeting people

• Give Tasleem:

The messenger of Allah(sal) was asked:

"Which Islam is good (in terms of action)?"

He said: " To feed the people and to say Salaam to those who know and those you do not know."

• Lengthen the greeting:

A man entered upon the Messenger of Allah (sal ) and said:

" Assalamu Alaikum"

The Messenger (sal) replied to the salaam. Then the man sat down and the Messenger (sal) said: "Ten".

Then another man came and said:

"Assalamu Alaikum wa rahmatullah"

The Messenger (sal) replied. Then the man sat down and the Messenger (sal) said:

"Twenty".

Then another man came and said:

"As-salaamu alaykum wa rahumatullahi wa barakaatuh"

The Messenger (sal) replied. Then the mansat down and the Messenger(sal) said:

"Thirty"

Look at how much reward a person inflicts himself by sufficing himself with saying only a part of the salutation. The person should say the entire salaam so that he he attains thirty good deeds.

• Smile, as the Prophet (sal) said:

Do not consider any good things as insignificant-even if it is that you meet your brother with a cheerful face.

• Shake hands,as prophet (sal)said:

There are two muslims who meet each other and shake hands, except that they are forgiven before they depart(from each other).

• Say a Kalimah Tayyibah:

"Say to my slaves to say that which is better. Verily, Shaytaan incites to evil between them. Verily, Shytaan is for mankind a clear enemy"

The prophet(sal)said:

"Al Kalimah Tayyibah is charity"

Al Kalimah Tayyibah has a powerful affect on a person- it brings peace and tranquility ti a person's soul and puts serenity into his heart.

Entering and leaving the Toilet

• Enter with the left foot and leave with the right.
• Supplicate when entering the toilet.

"O Allah, I seek refuge in You from Al-Kubth and Al-Khabaa'ith".

• Supplicate while leaving:

"I ask You (Allah) for forgiveness."

People use the bathroom many times during the day and night. If they observe these sunan for entering and leaving everytime they go, they will fulfill two sunan for entering and two for leaving.

(There are two opinions as to the meaning of Al-Kubth and Al-Khabaa'ith. The first is that it means, all evil and evil doers and the second is taht it means, male and female devils. The toilet is one of their places of abode)

*Benefits of adhering to the Sunnah :

• To reach the level of Love-Love of Allah for his believing slave.
• It is a mean to compensate for any deficiency in the obligatory actions.
• It is a protection from falling into innovation
• It indicates the exaltation of those things that represent the religion of Allah

*Sunnah

It is not Amazing that in the course of a normal day, many of us are capable of practising more than 1,000 sunan?

Surely, in clinging to the sunnah is safety and security, as Imaam Maalik said:

"The sunnah is like the Ark of Noah whoever embarks on it reaches salvetion and whoever refuses is drowned."

Under this category Sunnah I post all the statements and Actions of the prophet Muhammad (sal) that are performed in a typical day-How may of these are part of our daily lives?

* Waking up

This is the sunnah to be followed after waking up from sleep.

• Wipe the effects of sleep from the face with your hands.

Imaan An Nawawee and Ibn Hajar stated this wiping to de desirable based on the following.

When the Messenger of Allah(sal) woke up, he would sit up and rub away the effects of sleep from his face with his hand.

• Say the supplication for waking up:

"All praise is for Allah who gave us life after death(sleep) and to Him is the resurrection."

• Use a Siwak:

When the prophet(sal) woke up from the night (sleep),he used to clean his mouth with a Siwak.

• Snuff Water:

When one of you wakes up from sleep, then snuff water three times. For indeed, Shaytaan spends the night in the upper part of his nose.

• Wash both hands three times:

When one of oyu wakes up from sleep, he must not dip his hands into a utensil until he washes it three times.