After eating when using a toothpick, make the
following intention:
· I am acting upon the Sunnaĥ of using a wooden toothpick.
صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
· In order to seek the pleasure of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, I will act as a host. I will meet my guests with a warm welcome and serve them food or tea etc. wholeheartedly.
· I will not make my guest serve. C Act upon the Sunnaĥ of walking with the guest to the door to see him off.[1]
· I will bear in mind the rulings of Sharī’aĥ about attending a feast.[2]
· I will not act like a greedy person whilst eating.
[1] Muftī Aḥmad Yār Khan عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الْـحَنَّان said: Our guest is one who visits us from outside, whether we already know him or not. Anyone who visits us from our own neighbourhood or city for two or three minutes (i.e., for a short time) is a visitor not a guest; treat him well but you do not need to serve him with food. Any unfamiliar person who comes to us for his work is not a guest, such as claimants or people asking religious questions, come to a ruler or a Muftī are not the guests of the ruler (or Muftī). (Mirāt, vol. 6, pp. 54)
[2] For example, I will not attend a feast if music is being played there or men and women are intermingled without Shar’ī Purdah.