An-Nur 27: Oh you believers! Do not enter houses other than yours without seeking permission from the people of the house and without greeting them. This is better for you, so that you will contemplate.

We have come to verse 27. O you who believe! Do not enter houses other than your own until you have made your coming known, asked permission, and greeted the people of the house, it says. How beautifully it lights our way. Not just opening the door and going inside. No such thing. Everything has its manners and etiquette. Perhaps the people are in an unsuitable state. Perhaps the people are asleep. In fact, you will knock on the door three times. Three times. If you get no answer, you will turn back and go. If, when you knock on the door, they say turn back, go, you are obliged to go. You will turn back and go.

You will never let a word like he did not receive me come to your mind. How beautiful Islam is. Because he is not available to talk with you. How nicely he puts it. (?) we'll meet another time. Of course: a person is in the middle of shopping, a friend phones him. What does he say? I'm busy right now, let's talk (?). Isn't that so? Perfectly fine. Yes. O you who believe! Do not enter houses other than your own until you have made your coming known, asked permission, and greeted the people of the house. That is better for you. Surely you will reflect on this and understand, it says. We will think a little too. Why does Allah Almighty say this?

If people are going to visit any house other than their own, whether it is a friend or a companion, an acquaintance, even if they have important business with them, when they come near the houses of such people, let them (?) knock on the door three times. If no sound comes from inside, let them turn back and go. Or if they say from inside turn back, let them turn back at once. A person's home is his own private sanctum. In that case, an unsuitable time has been come upon. Therefore, if entry is not permitted, the meaning that this householder does not accept you or does not want you in his home should not be drawn.

Since there is an Islamic excuse, since not talking with the guest is deemed beneficial, they are not receiving you. Allah Almighty declares: do not enter until you greet the people of the house. The meaning of this: when the people of the house are greeted from outside, if the person returns your greeting, there is no obstacle to your entering this house. It means he accepts you. If, in his private sphere, there is no obstacle to the secret of his home being known from outside, with the permission of the house owner you may enter his home. Now here I recall what a certain person said. This one does not even say the basmala when starting the lesson, he says.

But is it, when starting the lesson, necessarily, for show to you, Bismillahirrahmanirrahim to say, necessary? I do say it anyway. How do I say it? I say Selamün aleyküm to the center. At the beginning of the lesson. We have entered into everyone's head. And everyone is listening. What is it? There, the verse. Do not enter without greeting, it says. And we give the greeting. They, people are listening to us anyway. Now, such people without knowledge, with some (?) words, try to sling mud at people. Mud. Let them keep throwing. Let us continue our lesson. Isn't that right? Let us continue our lesson.

Allah Almighty declares: do not enter until you greet the people of the house. The meaning of this: when the people of the house are greeted from outside, if the person returns your greeting, there is no obstacle to your entering this house. It means he accepts you. If, in his private sphere, there is no obstacle to the secret of his home being known from outside, with the permission of the house owner you may enter his home. When greeted, if the greeting is not returned and you are told to turn back, it means the person has an excuse. Now here another meaning emerges as well. The person is junub.

Selamün aleyküm, he said. The person does not answer him. He cannot. Ve aleyküm selam, may Allah's mercy be upon me, be upon you, he cannot say it. That is, he is junub. What will he say? Turn back. How beautiful. If he does not return the greeting, turn back. But it does not mean he does not want you. Our people cannot grasp these things. They do not explain these things to people. And because they don't explain it, a pride, an arrogance begins in Islam. Oh, I greeted him and he didn't return the greeting. Hey, is the man in any state to greet you?

In that state the man cannot even drink water. Water, he cannot eat food. Unless forced, he cannot (?) more than seven steps. He is allowed as far as his bathroom. Yes. In that case, if we knew these things as Islam, would we ever take offense at each other? The greeting was given, it was not returned, and when told to turn back, it means the person has an excuse. This person is at home with his wife. For him it is inconvenient for his guest to come into the house. Or the person is junub and has not performed ghusl. Without returning the greeting, he said turn back. So, taking these situations into account, Allah Almighty, lighting our way, teaches us what we do not know.

He ensures that we do not hold it against people when they turn us away, and that people do not fall out with each other.

When He says perhaps, if you reflect on this and understand, when He says if you reflect and understand, Allah Almighty does not, breaking the rules of manners and morality, tell us events haphazardly. Like, this one is junub. You did this like this, you did that, you did that like that. It's obvious anyway. Think, use your mind a little, He says. Allah Almighty does not, breaking the rules of manners and morality, tell us events haphazardly. Since Allah, with His word, makes people His addressees, and since people are created capable, and since, when there is no reason, a person will not turn his guest away without cause, He declares: surely you will reflect and understand.

Allah Almighty leads people to think with good opinion. So that the people who will be guests do not fall into bad assumptions about the Muslim householder, by saying you will reflect and understand, about householders who say turn back, at such times, that we not fall into suspicion and harbor bad thoughts about the householder, He commands. Yes.