B- To embrace him and read on his right shoulder...
B- To embrace him and read on his right shoulder: (ان الدي فرض عليك القران لرادك الى معاد)" "Verily He Who has ordained the Qur'an unto you certainly brings you back (to your) home;…" Holy Qur'an: (28: 85) And on his left shoulder: فالله خير حافظا وهو ارحم الراحمين) ) "But Allah is the Best Guard, and He is the Most Merciful of the merciful ones." (Holy Qur'an (12: 64) C. To hope for his safety while travelling and on his way back.
D- If it is possible you should escort him to where he will start the journey, be it a motor station, railway station or airport; this will make him happy. E- Do not face him with your needs or what you want him to buy for you unless he asks you to do so. F- Try to ask about his condition from his relatives or to phone him, if it is possible, and also reply to his letters if he sends any to you. And when he comes back: A- Welcome him in the station, if it is possible.
B- Embrace him warmly and thank Allah for his safe return. Show your happiness for his return. It is narrated in a hadith that: "The best and complete greetings of he who is at home is hand shaking, and the best and complete greetings for a traveler is embracement." C- Visit him in his house and go with a gift to show your happiness for his return.
**8- The Manners of Condolence: ** The art of social relations doesn't mean that we should only be with people at the time of happiness; rather it requires us to be with them at the time of tragedy also. Maybe the need for comfort and a comforter, for an angry man, is much greater than a happy man. Among the manners of condolence are: A.
Taking part in the burial activities of the deceased, to walk in a sad mood as if the deceased is ours; and we should continue to recite the words of believing in the will of Allah, like: (لا اله الا الله) 'La'ilaha Illallah' (There is no god, but Allah), و(لا حول ولا قوة الا بالله) 'La hawla wa la quwata illa billah' (There is nor power but with Allah) انا لله وانا اليه راجعون)) 'Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi Raji'un'; (We are from Allah, and to Him we return) We should also hold a part of the coffin and continue seeking Allah's forgiveness for the deceased.
B- We should take part in the prayer for the deceased and read chapter 'Fatihah' (the opening chapter in the Qur'an) for him. C- We should escort the deceased to his final resting-place; and, also, comfort his/her family and relatives with the words of sympathy and ask them to be patient with what has happened to them.