Want Your Home to Be Blessed?

✒ Abdu Rauf Al-Hikami

12 September 2026, 01 Rabi'ul Akhir 1448

Our home is a great blessing from Allah, providing us with safety, happiness, and a place to rest.

“And Allah has made for you from your homes a place of rest.” (Qur’an 16:80)

A home is meant to be a place of peace, filled with blessings. Yet today, many homes are gradually losing their tranquillity, peace, and prosperity (barakah). The main reasons for this are our growing distance from Islamic teachings and the intrusion of things that go against Islam into our lives.

Today’s homes are filled with big screens and satellite channels. We have been given so many blessings that our predecessors never knew or experienced. Yet, somehow, despite enjoying all these blessings, the barakah in our lives seems to have diminished. No matter how much we earn, it never seems to be enough; our health is declining, and we are afflicted with illnesses that were unknown among our predecessors. Life has become so hectic, and there never seems to be enough time…

Are you experiencing a lack of barakah in your time, wealth, work, family life, etc.? If so, it is essential that we understand the ways to bring barakah into our homes and make an effort to follow them. How can we fill our homes with barakah, goodness, comfort, and peace?

1. Live with Taqwa

The Qur’an teaches that Allah’s barakah will be present in homes where people live with taqwa, fulfilling what Allah has commanded, staying away from what He has forbidden, earning through halal means, and leading a life of God-consciousness.

“And if only the people of the cities had believed and feared Allāh, We would have opened [i.e., bestowed] upon them blessings from the heaven and the earth; but they denied [the messengers], so We seized them for what they were earning.” (Qur’an 7:96)

2. Remember Allah When Entering the Home

Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

“I heard Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, ‘If a person mentions the Name of Allah upon entering his house or eating, Shaithan says, addressing his followers: “You will find nowhere to spend the night and no dinner.” But if he enters without mentioning the Name of Allah, Shaithan says (to his followers), “You have found (a place) to spend the night in,” and if he does not mention the Name of Allah at the time of eating, Satan says, “You have found (a place) to spend the night in as well as food.” (Muslim)

Consider how the Prophet ﷺ described a home in which Allah is remembered:

“The example of the house in which Allah is remembered and the house in which Allah is not remembered is like the example of the living and the dead person.” (Muslim)

Barakah in our homes does not come from decorations on the walls, but from the remembrance of Allah. We must understand that spiritual awakening is more important than worldly luxuries.

A home that may appear ordinary in the eyes of people, but in which Allah is remembered, will shine for the inhabitants of the heavens like a star. Therefore, we should strive not merely to make our homes buildings, but to make them blessed places filled with the remembrance of Allah.

3. Greet the Members of the Household with Salam

One of the matters emphasized more than once in the Noble Qur’an is the importance of greeting the members of your household with Salam. Allah says:

“O you who have believed, do not enter houses other than your own houses until you ascertain welcome and greet their inhabitants. That is best for you; perhaps you will be reminded [i.e., advised].” (Qur’an 24:27)

“But when you enter houses, give greetings of peace upon each other, a greeting from Allāh, blessed and good.” (Qur’an 24:61)

Although saying Salam when we enter our homes may seem like a small act, it fills our homes with barakah, love, and the remembrance of Allah. Homes where Salam is exchanged are homes with living hearts. The home most deserving of Salam is our own, and the first people among whom we should spread Salam are our family members.

Anas ibn Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me:

“O my son, when you enter upon your family, greet them with peace. It will be a blessing for you and the people of your household.” (Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi)

Some people greet strangers with great warmth and affection, yet hesitate to say Salam when they enter their own homes. In reality, isn’t one’s own home, spouse, and children most deserving of barakah?

Shaykh Ahmad Isa Al-Ma‘sarawi says:

"Today, people say only ‘Assalamu Alaikum’ and have abandoned saying the full greeting, ‘Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh.’ That is why mercy and barakah have been lost from many areas of our lives.”