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To send blessings and salutations upon Muhammad, Salallahu Alaihi Wasallam

his entire household, all his companions, M. Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala

bless every single one of them and may he bless every one of us as well.

I mean, my brothers and sisters, I'm sure when we visit people in their homes

for a meal, we know when to go and we know how long to sit for

and when people visit us, we would expect them to know when to come

and we would expect them to know how long to sit for.

If you've invited someone for supper, for example, you would not be expecting them

at lunchtime, you would expect them close to the supper time

and once the supper is over perhaps, you would not want them to sit up to midnight.

You would actually prefer it if they understood when to leave.

We ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to grant us blessings.

It might sound something very simple but did you know that this issue is

addressed in the Quran? This issue is addressed by Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala

because sometimes we make ourselves comfortable in people's homes

and we don't realize that it is irritating them because we are sitting too long.

I think a lot of the women folk would agree they don't mind feeding 50 people

for as long as the people disface once they are finished the meal

and they don't waste time sitting up to midnight for example the women folk

to have to sit and to wait in order to clear up and all the people who are doing

was just sitting and chatting.

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