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THE QUR'ÂN.
XXIV, 60-64.
or the houses of your maternal aunts, or what ye possess the keys of, or of your friend, there is no crime on you that ye eat all together or separately!
And when ye enter houses then greet each other with a salutation from God, blessed and good.
Thus does God explain to you His signs, haply ye may understand.
Only those are believers who believe in God and His Apostle, and when they are with Him upon public business go not away until they have asked his leave; verily, those who ask thy leave they it is who believe in God and His Apostle.
But when they ask thy leave for any of their own concerns, then give leave to whomsoever thou wilt of them, and ask pardon for them of God; verily, God is forgiving and merciful.
Make not the calling of the Apostle amongst yourselves like your calling one to the other %; God knows those of you who withdraw themselves covertly. And let those who disobey his order beware lest there befall them some trial or there befall them grievous woe. Ay, God's is what is in the heavens and the earth, He knows what ye are at; and the day ye shall be sent back to Him then He will inform you of what ye have done, for God all things doth know.
· The Arabs in Mohammed's time were superstitiously scrupulous about eating in any one's house but their own.
2 That is, do not address the prophet without some respectful title.
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