DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDER. Yawm athalaatha, 12th day of Sha’abaan 1446AH, Tuesday. 11th Feb. 2025). SEEKING PERMISSION TO ENTER SOMEONE'S HOME OR OFFICE continues. BismilLaah.

As I shared in yesterday's reminder, there are guidelines on seeking permission to enter someone's home, which is fixed and does not change in ISLAM. They include the following:

4.  It is essential to mention one’s name if the people inside the house ask who is there. It was narrated that Jaabir ibn ‘Abdullah (may ALLAH be pleased with him) said: I came to the Prophet (blessings and peace of ALLAH be upon him) and knocked on the door, and he said: “Who is there?” I said: It’s me. And he said: “Me, me?” as if he disliked that, Narrated by al-Bukhaari (6250).

That is because if the one who is seeking permission to enter says “It’s me,” he is not properly identifying himself.

It is strictly forbidden and dangerous for a husband brother to be alone with the wife or enter her brother's wife's home or room without permission and without the presence of the husband or another adult. The biological brother of your husband is not your relative as such cannot be alone with you, my sisters. The Prophet warned against both been alone, so let's avoid that. Don't leave your wife living alone with your brother in a house, please. It's forbidden and compared to death by the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam, which has been neglected in our Muslim communities today.  The Prophet (peace and blessings of ALLAH be upon him) forbade non-mahrams (unrelated men) to enter upon women. He said: "Beware of entering upon women." One of the Sahaabah said to him, "O Messenger of ALLAAH, what about the brother-in-law?" He said: "The brother-in-law is (as dangerous as) death!" (Reported by al-Bukhaari, Fath al-Baari, 9/330).

Alhamdulillah for guiding us through all ways of life. May ALLAH Azzawajal keep guiding and protecting us from any satanic influences. Aameen.