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The Messenger of God (may peace
be upon him) said:
"Keep God in mind wherever
you are; follow a wrong with a right that offsets
it; and treat people courteously"
The
above Hadith was narrated by
At-Tirmithi. Translation by Hamza
Yusuf. Taken from the book: "The Content of Character" |
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The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him)
said:
"The example of the one who
remembers his Lord (God) in comparison with
the one who does not remember his Lord is that
of the living and the dead."
The
above Hadith was narrated in
Sahih al-Bukhari, volume 8 chapter 68 p278 |
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The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him)
said:
"Whoever faults his brother
for some wrong shall not die before doing it
himself"
The
above Hadith was narrated by
At-Tirmithi. Translation by Hamza
Yusuf. Taken from the book: "The Content of Character" |
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The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him)
said:
'The similitude of believers in
regard to mutual love, affection, fellow-feeling
is that of one body; when any limb of it aches,
the whole body aches, because of sleeplessness
and fever.'
The above hadith
was related by Nu'man b. Bashir in Sahih Muslim
Book 032, No. 6258
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On the coming of dawn the The Messenger of
God (may peace be upon him) used to say in his
prayers:
"O Allah (God), illuminate
my heart with light, and my eyes with light
and my ears with light and let there be light
on my right and light on my left. Let there
be light above me and light below me, let there
be light in front of me and light behind me.
O Allah, make me a light"
The above hadith
was related in Sahih al-Bukhari Vol. 8 p. 221-2
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The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him)
said:
"To acquire some useful knowledge
is of greater merit than to perform a hundred
devotional prayers voluntarily."
The
above Hadith was narrated by
Ibn Majah. Translation by Hamza
Yusuf. Taken from the book: "The Content of Character" |
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The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him)
said:
"Veiling the faults of the
faithful is akin to restoring life to the dead"
The
above Hadith was narrated by
At-Tabarani. Translation by Hamza
Yusuf. Taken from the book: "The Content of Character" |
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The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him)
said: God the Almighty has said:
'The son of Adam denied Me and he
had no right to do so. And he reviled Me and
he had no right to do so. As for his denying
Me, it is his saying: He [God] will not remake
me as He made me at first *
and the initial creation [of him] is no easier
for Me than remaking him. As for his reviling
Me, it is his saying: God has taken to Himself
a son, while I am the One, the Everlasting Refuge.
I begot not nor was I begotten, and there is
none comparable to Me.'
*
i.e. bring me
back to life after death
The above hadith Qudsi
was related by al-Bukhari (also by an-Nasa'i) |
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The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him)
said:
'When Allah decreed the Creation
He pledged Himself by writing in His book which
is laid down with Him: My mercy prevails over
my wrath.'
The above hadith was
related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari, an-Nasa'i
and Ibn Majah).
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The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him)
said:
'Allah
(God) the Exalted and Majestic said: Every act
of the son of Adam is for him, except fasting.
It is (exclusively) meant for Me and I (alone)
will eward it. Fasting is a shield. When any
one of you is fasting on a day, he should neither
indulge in obscene language, nor raise the voice;
or if anyone reviles him or tries to quarrel
with him he should say: I am a person fasting.
By Him, in Whose Hand is the life of Muhammad,
the breath of the observer of fast is sweeter
to Allah on the Day of judgment than the fragrance
of musk. The one who fasts has two (occasions)
of joy, one when he breaks the fast he is glad
with the breaking of (the fast) and one when
he meets his Lord he is glad with his fast.'
What
is fasting and Ramadan?
Sahih Muslim Book
006, Number 2566. |
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The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him)
said:
'Whoever does a good act so people
can hear about it, God will make them hear about
it. And whoever does an act so that people can
see him, God will make them see him.'*
*
The implication of the hadith is that God will
not accept the action.
The
above Hadith was narrated on the authority of
Ibn 'Abbas in
Bukhari and Muslim. |
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The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him)
said:
"Whoever fails to care for
our youth, respect our aged, enjoin right, and
denounce wrong is not counted among us"
The
above Hadith was narrated by
Imam Ahmad. Translation by Hamza
Yusuf. Taken from the book: "The Content of Character" |
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The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him)
said:
"The most virtuous behavior
is to engage those who sever relations, to give
to those who withhold from you, and to forgive
those who wrong you"
The
above Hadith was narrated by
At-Tabarani. Translation by Hamza
Yusuf. Taken from the book: "The Content of Character" |
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The Messenger of God (may peace be upon him)
said:
"Abandon desire for this world,
and God will love you. Abandon desire for others'
goods, and people will love you."
The
above Hadith was narrated by
Ibn Majah. Translation by Hamza
Yusuf. Taken from the book: "The Content of Character" |
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It is reported that the Messenger of God
(may peace be upon him) said:
"By Him in Whose Hand is my
soul*!
To take your rope and gather firewood on your
back is better for you than that you come to
a man to whom God has given some of His favour
and ask him, so the man gives to you or refuses."
*
This sentence is an oath, meaning "By God"
Malik's Muwatta,
Book 58: Number 58.2.10 |
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It is reported that the Messenger
of God (may peace be upon him) said:
''The one who cuts family ties will
not enter the Garden'
Bukhari and Muslim
on the authority of Jubair bin Mutim |
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Ibn Mas'ud , may Allah be pleased with him,
said: 'We were on a journey with the
Messenger of Allah, upon him be peace. He left
us to fulfill a need. We saw a red bird with two
chicks. We caught the two chicks at which the
mother became very upset, at which point the Messenger,
upon him be peace, came (and reprimanded us) saying:
'Who has tormented
this bird by (taking) her chicks?'
'Return them to their mother.'
Sahih
Hadith (Hadith No. 2669), Abu Dawud |
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It is reported that the Messenger of
God (may peace be upon him) said: "Never
is a believer stricken with discomfort, hardship,
illness, grief or even with mental worry except
that his/her sins are expiated thereby"
The
above Hadith was related in Sahih
Muslim, Book
032, Number 6242
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It is reported that the Messenger of
God (may peace be upon him) said:
"Do you know who is the one who is bankrupt?
They (the Companions of the Holy Prophet) said:
A bankrupt man amongst us is one who has neither
dirham* with him
nor wealth. He (the Holy Prophet) said: The bankrupt
of my community would be he who would come on
the Day of Resurrection with prayers and fasts
and Zakat**
but (he would find himself bankrupt on that day
as he would have exhausted his funds of virtues)
since he hurled abuses upon others, brought calumny***
against others and unlawfully consumed the wealth
of others and shed the blood of others and beat
others, and his virtues would be credited to the
account of those who suffered at his hand. And
if his good deeds fall short to clear the account,
then the sins of those who suffered at his hand
would be entered in his account and he would be
thrown in the Hell-Fire"
*
A "dirham" is a currency unit.
**
"Zakat" is the act of giving out of
your wealth in charity.
***
"Calumny" is the act of uttering false
charges or misrepresentations maliciously calculated
to damage another's reputation.
The
above Hadith was related in Sahih
Muslim, Book 032, Number 6251. ( The Book of Virtue,
Good Manners and Joining of the Ties of Relationship
(Kitab Al-Birr was-Salat-I-wa'l-Adab)
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The Messenger of God, upon whom be peace, said:
"Do you think that if there was a river at
the door of one of you and he bathed in it five
times a day, there would remain any dirt upon
him?' They said: 'No dirt would remain on him.'
He said: 'That is how it is with the five daily
prayers, through them God washes away the sins"
The
above Hadith was related by Bukhari
(1/506) and Muslim (No. 1410). |
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The Messenger of God, upon whom be peace, said:
"If anyone wrongfully
kills even a sparrow, let alone anything greater,
he will face God’s interrogation"
The above Hadith
was related in Mishkat al Masabih |
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The Messenger of God, upon whom be peace, said:
"The parent is
the central door of The Garden (al-Jannah), you
may look after it or you may leave it."
The above Hadith
was related in Tirmidhi (Hadith
No. 1900), and Ibn Majah (Hadith No. 3663).
In another Hadith which has several
narrations one of which says: "A
man asked the Prophet, upon him be peace, who
are the people most entitled to good companionship
from me? The Prophet said: 'Your mother, then
your mother, then your mother, then your father,
then your nearest relatives and then the next
nearest."
(See Riyad al-Salihin, p. 194).
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The Messenger of God, upon whom be peace, said:
"Be careful of suspicion*,
for it is the most mistaken of all speech. Do
not spy on others, compete**
among yourselves, envy one another, or despise
one another. Rather, be servants of God and brothers"
*The
intended meaning of "Suspicion" is believing
something which is guesswork and then speaking
about it to others.
**There
is nothing wrong with healthy competition, particularly
in doing good deeds. This hadith refers to competition
that destroys team play and equality, etc.
The above
Hadith was related by Sahih Bukhari, Muslim, Abu
Dawud and Tirmidhi
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The Messenger of God, upon whom be peace, said:
The similitude of that guidance and knowledge
with which God, the Exalted and Glorious, has
sent me is that of rain falling upon the earth.
There is a good piece of land which receives the
rainfall (eagerly) and as a result of it there
is grown in it herbage and grass abundantly. Then
there is a land hard and barren which retains
water and the people derive benefit from it and
they drink it and make the animals drink. Then
there is another land which is barren. Neither
water is retained in it, nor is the grass grown
in it. And that is the similitude of the first
one who develops the understanding of the religion
of God and it becomes a source of benefit to him,
with which God sent me. (The second one is that)
who acquires the knowledge of religion and imparts
it to others. (Then the other type is) one who
does not pay attention to (the revealed knowledge)
and thus does not accept guidance of God with
which I have been sent.
The above Hadith
was related by Abu Musa in Sahih Muslim, book
030, Number 5668.
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The Messenger of God, upon whom be peace, said:"Amongst
those in Heaven, the greatest in the sight of
God, are those who reflect upon the Divine beauty
and greatness of God, day and night"
It was related in
Al-Tirmidhi: 2556
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The Messenger of God, upon whom be peace, said:"A
strong person is not the person who throws his
adversaries to the ground. A strong person is
the person who contains himself when he is angry."
It was related in
Malik's Muwatta, Book 47, Number 47.3.12. Sahih
al Bukhari (8:135) and Sahih Muslim (#6313)
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The Messenger of God, upon whom be peace,
said:
If God has loved a servant [of His]
He calls Gabriel (on whom be peace) and says:
I love So-and-so, therefore love him. He (the
Prophet pbuh) said: So Gabriel loves him. Then
he (Gabriel) calls out in heaven, saying: God
loves So-and-so, therefore love him. And the
inhabitants of heaven love him. He (the Prophet
pbuh) said: Then acceptance is established for
him on earth. And if God has abhorred a servant
[of His], He calls Gabriel and says: I abhor
So-and-so, therefore abhor him. So Gabriel abhors
him. Then Gabriel calls out to the inhabitants
of heaven: God abhors So-and-so, therefore abhor
him. He (the Prophet pbuh) said: So they abhor
him, and abhorrence is established for him on
earth.
It was related
by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari, Malik, and at-Tirmidhi).
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The Messenger of God, upon whom be peace, said:
"God, the Majestic and Mighty,
shall say on the Day of Judgment: 'O son of man!
I was ill and you did not visit me ' He will reply:
'O my Lord! How could I visit You and You are
the Lord of the Worlds?' God shall say: 'Did you
not know that My slave, so-and-so, was ill and
you did not visit him? If you had visited him,
you would have found Me with him. O son of man!
I asked you for food and you did not give it to
me.' He will reply: 'O my Lord! How could I give
You food and You are the Lord of the Worlds?'
God shall say: 'Did you not know that My slave,
so-and-so, asked you for food and you did not
give it to him? Did you not know that if you had
given the food, you would have found that with
Me? O son of man! I asked you to quench My thirst
and you did not.' he will say: 'O my Lord! How
could I quench Your thirst and You are the Lord
of the Worlds?' God shall say: 'My slave, so-and-so,
asked you to quench his thirst and you did not.
If you had given him to drink, you would have
found that with Me.' "
The
above Hadith was
related in "Sahih
Muslim".
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The Messenger of God, upon whom be peace, said:
"When a person dies the benefit
of his/her deeds ends, except three: a continuous
charity, knowledge from which benefit is derived,
or a pious child praying to God for him/her."
The
above Hadith was
related by Muslim & Ahmad.
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On the authority of Abu Dharr al-Ghifari (may
God be pleased with him) from the Prophet Muhammad
(pbuh) is that among the sayings he relates from
his Lord (may He be glorified) is that He said:
'O
My servants, I have forbidden oppression for Myself
and have made it forbidden amongst you, so do
not oppress one another.
O My servants, all of you are astray except for
those I have guided, so seek guidance of Me and
I shall guide you.
O My servants, all of you are hungry except for
those I have fed, so seek food of Me and I shall
feed you.
O My servants, all of you are naked except for
those I have clothed, so seek clothing of Me and
I shall clothe you.
O My servants, you sin by night and by day, and
I forgive all sins, so seek forgiveness of Me
and I shall forgive you.
O My servants, you will not attain harming Me
so as to harm Me, and will not attain benefiting
Me so as to benefit Me.
O My servants, were the first of you and the last
of you, the human of you and the jinn of you to
be as pious as the most pious heart of any one
man of you, that would not increase My kingdom
in anything.
O My servants, were the first of you and the last
of you, the human of you and the jinn of you to
be as wicked as the most wicked heart of any one
man of you, that would not decrease My kingdom
in anything.
O My servants, were the first of you and the last
of you, the human of you and the jinn of you to
rise up in one place and make a request of Me,
and were I to give everyone what he requested,
that would not decrease what I have, any more
than a needle decreases the sea if put into it.
O My servants, it is but your deeds that I reckon
up for you and then recompense you for, so let
him who finds good praise Allah and let him who
finds other than that blame no one but himself.'
The
above Qudusi Hadith was
related by Muslim (also by at-Tirmidhi and Ibn
Majah).
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"Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings
be upon him) said: 'You will not enter
Paradise until you have faith, and you will not
have faith until you love each other. Shall I
direct you to something which if you fulfill you
will love one another? Spread
the salutation of peace amongst yourselves
The
above Hadith was reported in Sahih
Muslim (Book 001, Number 0096)
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The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, said:
"A man was walking on a road
when he became very thirsty. He found a well
and went into it and drank and came out. There
was a dog panting and eating earth out of thirst.
The man said, 'This dog has become as thirsty
as I was.' He went down into the well and filled
his shoe and then held it in his mouth until
he climbed out and gave the dog water to drink.
Allah thanked him for it and forgave him."
They said (The Prophet's companions),
"Messenger of Allah, do we have a reward
for taking care of beasts?" He said, "There
is a reward for service to every living creature."
The
above Hadith was narrated by Abu Hurayra in
"Maalik's
Muwatta. Version 1.03. Book 49, Number 49.10.23.
Sahih Muslim (5777) and Sahih al Bukhari (Vol.
3, no.551 & no.646)
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Some people from the Ansar*
asked Allah's Apostle (to give them something)
and he gave to everyone of them, who asked him,
until all that he had was finished. When everything
was finished and he had spent all that was in
his hand, he said to them: '"(Know)
that if I have any wealth, I will not withhold
it from you (to keep for somebody else); And (know)
that he who refrains from begging others (or doing
prohibited deeds), Allah (God) will make him contented
and not in need of others; and he who remains
patient, Allah will bestow patience upon him,
and he who is satisfied with what he has, Allah
will make him self-sufficient. And there is no
gift better and vast (you may be given) than patience.
*Means
"helpers". These were the people of
Madinah who responded to the Prophet's call to
Islam.
The
above Hadith was narrated by Abu Sa`id in the
"Al Jaami` Al Saheeh. Version 1.07 - By Imam
Al Bukhari"
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The Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessing
be upon him) said:
He will not enter Paradise whose neighbor is
not secure from his wrongful conduct.
The
above Hadith was narrated by Abu Huraira in
"Sahih Muslim"
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The Prophet (peace and blessings upon him) said,
"Free the captives, feed the
hungry and pay a visit to the sick."
The above Hadith
was narrated by Abu Musa in the "Al Jaami`
Al Saheeh. Version 1.07 - By Imam Al Bukhari"
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`Umar ibn Khattab (God be pleased with
him) narrated:
``As we sat one day with the Messenger
of Allah (peace and blessings upon him), a man
with pure white clothing and jet black hair
came to us, without a trace of traveling upon
him, though none of us knew him. He sat down
before the Prophet (pbuh) bracing his knees
against his, and resting his hands on his legs,
said:
`Muhammad,
tell me about Islam.' The Messenger of God
(pbuh) said: `Islam is to testify there is no
god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger
of Allah, and to perform the prayer, give zakat,
fast in Ramadan, and perform the pilgrimage
to the House if you can find a way.'
He said:
`You have spoken the truth,' and we were surprised
that he should ask and then confirm the answer.
Then he said: `Tell me about true faith (iman),
' and the Prophet answered: `
It is to believe
in Allah, His angels, His inspired Books, His
messengers, the Last Day, and in destiny, its
good and evil.''
You have spoken the truth,'
he said, `Now tell me about the perfection of
faith (ihsan), ' and the Prophet answered:
It
is to worship Allah as if you see Him, and if
you see Him not, He nevertheless sees you.'
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Tell me of the Hour,' said the visitor, and
he was told:
`The one questioned knows no more
about it than the questioner.'
'Then tell me
of its portents,' he said, and the Prophet replied:
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That the slave woman shall give birth to her
mistress, and that you shall see barefoot, naked,
penniless shepherds vying in constructing high
buildings.'
Then the visitor left. I waited
a while, and the Prophet said to me,
`Do you
know, `Umar, who was the questioner?'
and I
replied, `Allah and His messenger know best.'
He said,
`It was Angel Gabriel (the Angel),
who came to you to teach you your religion ''
Standard Arabic word for God, used by Arab Christians as well as by Muslims.
(Sahih Muslim (y-92), 1.37-38).
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"The Prophet said thrice:"Should
I inform you about the greatest of the great sins?"
They said, "Yes, O Allah's Apostle!"
He said, "To join others in worship with
Allah and to be undutiful to one's parents."
The Prophet then sat up after he had been reclining
(on a pillow) and said, "And I warn you against
giving a false witness, and he kept on saying
that warning 'till we thought he would not stop."
The above Hadith
was narrated by Abu Bakra in the "Al Jaami`
Al Saheeh. Version 1.07 - By Imam Al Bukhari"
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The Prophet (peace and blessings upon him)
said:
"Give (in charity) and do not give reluctantly
lest Allah should give you in a limited amount;
and do not withhold your money lest God should
withhold it from you."
The above Hadith
was narrated by Asma in the "Al Jaami` Al
Saheeh. Version 1.07 - By Imam Al Bukhari" |
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The Prophet (peace and blessings upon him)
said:
"Every Muslim has to give in charity".
The people asked, "O Allah's Prophet! If
someone has nothing to give, what will he do?"
He said, "He should work with his hands and
benefit himself and also give in charity (from
what he earns)." The people further asked,
"If he cannot find even that?" He replied,
"He should help the needy who appeal for
help." Then the people asked, "If he
cannot do that?" He replied, "Then he
should perform good deeds and keep away from evil
deeds and this will be regarded as charitable
deeds."
The above Hadith
was narrated by Abu Burda from his father from
his grandfather in the "Al Jaami` Al Saheeh.
Version 1.07 - By Imam Al Bukhari" |
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The Prophet (peace and blessings upon him) said:
“Show mercy, so that you
will be shown mercy.” The
Prophet also said: “If you reach
the morning don’t expect the evening; And
if you reach the evening don’t expect the
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On the Authoroty of Abu Abbas Abdullah, son
of Abbas: One day I was behind the Prophet (peace
be upon him) and he said to me: “Young
man, I shall teach you some words of Advise. Be
mindful of Allah (God), and Allah will protect
you. Be mindful of Allah, and you will find him
in front of you. If you ask, ask of Allah. If
you seek help, seek help of Allah. Know that if
the nation were to gather together to benefit
you with anything, it will benefit you only with
something Allah had already prescribed for you.
And that if they gather together to harm you with
anything, they would harm you only with something
Allah had already prescribed for you. The pens
had been lifted and the pages have dried” |
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"Charity is incumbent on each
person every day. It is acting justly between
two persons, saying a good word, every step you
take towards prayer, removing a harmful thing,
and showing the way" |
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"He is not a true believer
who eats his fill while his neighbour is hungry" |
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