Islam and Human Rights — Page 55
Social Values 55 (4:87). One is urged to adopt a straightforward manner of speech and not to equivocate (33:71). When calling on people or entering one’s own house one must go in by the front door, as a matter of courtesy, so as not to take anyone by surprise (2:190); furthermore, when calling on people, one must ask permission before one enters; and when one enters; one should greet the inmates with the salutation of peace (24:28). “If you find no one therein, do not enter until permission is granted to you. If it be said to you, ‘Go back,’ then go back; that is purer for you. Allah knows well what you do. There is no harm for you to enter freely uninhabited houses wherein are your goods. Allah knows that which you dis close and that which you conceal” (24:29-30). Before starting on a journey, due provision must be made therefor, to obviate embarrassment (2:198). Only three types of public associations are approved of. First, those formed for the purpose of promoting the general welfare, in other words, charitable associations and the like. Second, those the object of which is to promote the spread and propagation of knowledge and investigation and research into the sciences, arts, philosophy, etc. Third, those established for the purpose of peaceful settlement of disputes and for removing causes of friction, whether in domestic, national, or