Ahadith

Ibn Umar relates that the Holy ,Prophet said: Let no one ask another to give up his seat to him; but make’ room and sit at ease. If a person gave up his seat for Ibn Umar he would not take it (Bokhari and Muslim). (Ar-Rum 25)

Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: When someone gets up from among company and returns to it he is the best entitled to occupy the seat he had left (Muslim). : (An-Nur 29, An-Nur 63, An-Nisa' 88, Adh-Dhariyat 26)

Jabir ibn Samurah relates: When we came to the Holy Prophet we sat down at the extremity of the company (Abu Daud). (An-Nur 29, An-Nur 63, An-Nisa' 88, Adh-Dhariyat 26)

Salman Farisi relates that the Holy Prophet said: If a person takes a bath on Friday, cleans himself thoroughly, oils his hair, uses such perfume as is available, sets forth for the mosque, does not intrude between two persons, offers the prescribed portion of the Prayer and listens in silence to the Imam his sins committed since the previous Friday are forgiven (Bokhari). (An-Nur 29, An-Nur 63, An-Nisa' 88, Adh-Dhariyat 26)

Amr ibn Shuaib relates on the authority of his father and grandfather that the Holy Prophet said: It is not permissible for a person to intrude between two people without their consent (Abu Daud and Tirmidhi). Abu Daud’s version. is: No one should sit between two persons without their permission. (An-Nur 29, An-Nur 63, An-Nisa' 88, Adh-Dhariyat 26)

Huzaifah ibn Yaman relates that the Holy Prophet cursed a person who should sit in the middle of a circle (Abu Daud). Tirmidhi’s version on the authority of Mijlaz is: Someone went and sat in the middle of a circle, whereupon Huzaifah said: Cursed is, according to Muhammad, or Allah has cursed through Muhammad, one who sits in the middle of a circle. (An-Nur 29, An-Nur 63, An-Nisa' 88, Adh-Dhariyat 26)

Abu Sa‘id Khudri relates that he heard the Holy Prophet say: The best companies are those in which there is plenty of room (Abu Daud). (An-Nur 29, An-Nur 63, An-Nisa' 88, Adh-Dhariyat 26)

Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: If a person sits in company which indulges in vain talk and before leaving it supplicates: Holy art Thou, O Allah, and Thine is the praise: I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship save Thyself; I ask Thy forgiveness and turn to Thee; he is forgiven his participation in that company (Tirmidhi).

Abu Barzah relates that towards the end the Holy Prophet when he was about to leave a company would supplicate: Holy art Thou, O Allah, and Thine is the praise; I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship save Thyself; I ask Thy forgiveness and turn to Thee. Someone said to him: Messenger of Allah, you have taken to saying something you used not to say before. He said: This is an expiation of that which goés on in the company {Abu Daud and Muslim).

Ibn Umar relates that it was seldom that the Holy Prophet would leave a company without supplicating in these terms: Allah, bestow upon us of Thy fear that should serve as a barrier between us and our sins; and of Thy obedience that should serve to carry us to Thy Paradise; and of the certainty of" faith that should render the misfortunes of this world easy for us to endure. Allah, bestow upon us the benefit of our hearing and our sight and our other faculties so long as Thou dost grant us life and make them survive us; and afflict with our rancour those who might oppress us, and help us against those who are at enmity with us; and do not afflict us with misfortune in our faith, and do not make the world our principal concern, or the ultimate limit of our knowledge! and do not grant authority over us to one who would not show mercy to us (Tirmidhi).