Al Minah Al `Aliyyah (34)

14 - It is Sunnah to end the gathering with : Kaffarat al-Majlis:

Abu Hurairah mentions that the Prophet r said,

“Anyone who sits in his place and utters a lot of prattle in it, but says before getting up from it,

سُبْحَانَكَ اللّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ أَشْهَدُ أن لاَ إلَهَ إلاّ أنْتَ، أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ

‘Glory be to You, O Allah and Your praise. I testify that there is no god but You. I ask Your forgiveness and I turn in patience to You;’

will be forgiven what occurred during that time.”_[1]

 That is the wording of At-Tirmidhi. It was reported by Ahmad and Abu Dawud through the hadith of ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amr (may Allah be pleased with them). Besides, An-Nasa’i reported it through ‘Aishah – (may Allah be pleased with her). Ibn Hajar said in Fath al-Bari that the sanad (chain of narrators) of this hadith is strong. Ibn as-Salah graded it as sound and the hadith in general is strong and sound. It was also graded sound by Sheikh Al-Albani (may Allah have mercy on him).

In this chapter the following are forbidden :

To initiate a greeting to the People of the Book.

To sit alone with a woman that you are allowed to marry/a woman with a man that she is allowed to marry.

To shake hands with a non-Mahram man/woman.

For the visitor to be the Imam in a house except if the owner of the house gives him permission.

To sit between two men without their permission.

For any couple out of a crowd to speak secretly excluding the latter.

To listen in on any conversation between people who did not want anyone to hear them.

To repeat or say things that people have said without confirming first whether it is the truth, as it may be lies.

To frighten a Muslim.

To walk with pride.

To backbite.

To gossip.

 To revile others. 

To be involved in blameworthy debates.

Hatred

To swear by anything else other than Allah the Almighty especially in selling and buying.

To boost ancestors and feeling proud of their achievements and lineage.

To disdain others.

To involve in false accusation against Muslims.

To feel happy upon the disasters of others and so on.

Envy

Spleen and so on of the heart diseases.