Social Etiquette

be heedful. If you find no one at home, do not go in until permission has been granted you. If you are told to go away, then go away. That is more proper for you. God knows well what you do. (24:27-28) These verses give the Quranic etiquette for social living. The Quran emphasizes and encourages good relationship between different members of society. But there are some principles which ensure a better social life and healthy and fruitful interaction. The principles given in these verses can be summarized as follows: 1. The first principle, in this regard is that, if you want to meet someone, you should fix an appointment in advance, so that the person can meet you without any reservation. 2. If you fail to make a prior appointment before visiting someone’s home, you must on arrival knock at the door and wait to have permission from the occupants of the house before entering. Without permission from within, you must refrain from entering the house. 3. If you visit someone’s home without a prior appointment and, after knocking at the door, you find that there is no response from within, you have to go away and return in due course. 4. If you visit a house without a prior appointment and are told by the occupants that at that particular time a