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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 (saw). 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 (saw) 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 these three positions/forms, the sacred tradition of the Prophet (saw) 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 (saw).

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-hamduilillah."

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 (saw).

35. After having taken the meals pick the teeth by means of a straw/dried stalk as that is the tradition of the Prophet (saw).

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 "Bismillah Hir-Rahman Ir-Raheem" - (In the name of Allah, Most Beneficient, Most Merciful) by looking at the glass (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-hamdulillah".

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 (saw):- (There is cure/healing in the residue food or the drinking stuff of a Muslim believer)."

38. To wash the teeth using "Miswak" before going to bed/sleep is the tradition of the Prophet (saw) and to sleep with the ablution purification performed (too) is the (sacred) tradition of the Prophet (saw).

39. Before going to bed/sleep (and) after reciting "Bismillah", 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 the floor for no reason, and sometimes form a pillow-like support of the right forearm and the right hand (for sleeping). All these (modes) are the (sacred) traditions of the Prophet (saw). By appropriating these practices (for the purposes of following the same) the spiritual love for the Madni Sovereign would (tend to) grow/prosper. By the Will of Allah (swt).

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This article is adapted from the book 'Faizan-e-Sunnat' with the introduction written by IAA. Visit the website of dawat-e-islami for more information.

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