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Book 26. KITAB AS-SALAM - Book on Salutions and Greetings Chapter The rider should first greet the pedestrian and the small number should greet the large number of persons The duty that one owes on the roadside is to respond the greeting of as-Salam-u-'Alaikum The right of a Muslim upon another Muslim is that his greeting should be responded Prohibition of saying first as-Salam-u-Alaikum to the people of the book, and how their salutations should be responded Excellence of greeting the children Permissibility of giving permission to enter the house - by raising the curtain or making some other signs like it - Permissibility of women going out in the fields for easing themselves It is prohibited to sit with a strange lady in privacy or to enter her house when she is alone It is excellent to tell a man when one is accompanied by one's wife or Mahram lady that she is one's wife or Mahram and to remove his doubt If a person comes to a meeting and finds space there he should sit there, otherwise he should depart If a person goes away from the place occupied by him, he has a better right to occupy it after coming back The entrance of the Eunuch - in a house where there are female inmates - is prohibited Permission of seating a woman on the ride behind one's back if one finds her completely exhausted in the way It is prohibited for two persons to converse secretly without the consent of the third one Medicine and spell Magic and spell Poison The excellence of curing the patient with the help of incantation Curing of the patient with the recitation of Mu'awwidhatan - Suras CXIII., CXIV - The excellence of curing - with the help of incantation - the influence of the evil eye and small pustules and the poison - especially of snake and scorpion - Permissibility of getting reward for incantations from the words of the Qur'an Excellence of placing one's hands at the spot of pain at the time of practising incantation Seeking refuge against satan from the evil promptings in prayer There is a remedy for every malady and its excellence to get treatment Disapproval of Applying Remedy by Pouring the medicine in the mouth forcibly. Treatment with the help of Indians Aloeswood Remedy by applying Nigella seed Talbina gives confort to the patient Remedy with help of honey Plague, ill omen and magic There is no inferction, no evil omen, no Hama, no safar, no star promising rain, no ghoul and the ill should not go to those who are healthy Omen, divinations and that which is unlucky Kahanat - Divination - is prohibited and it is forbidden to go to Kahin It is advisable to avoid mixing with the leper Killing of snakes The desirability of killing a Gecko - House Lizard - Prohibition of killing the ants It is forbidden to kill the cat The merit of supplying water and food to animals