Page 31 - Learning from the Qur'an

Not to kill children out of fear of being poor . . . . . . . . . ..439
Not to see oneself as sufficient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..439
Not to defend and protect the lower self . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..439
Not to take one's lower self as god . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..440
To purify the lower self . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..440
Not to wrong one's own self . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .440
To be together with the believers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .441
Not to see one's self as ascendant over the others . . . . . . .441
Not to be envious of others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .441
Not to ridicule anyone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .441
Not to backbite and slander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .441
To be humble and gentle with the believers . . . . . . . . . . . .442
Not to gossip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .442
Not to call the believers
by nicknames they do not like . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .442
To say that which is best to the believers . . . . . . . . . . . . . .442
To take the believers as friends
and intimates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .442
To prefer the believers to one's own self . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .443
To bring the good news of the Garden
to the believers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .443
To perform prayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .443
To pray in earnest humility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .443
To perform prayers 5 times a day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .444
To perform prayers
at the obligatory times of the day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .444
To keep up one's prayers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .444
To turn one's face to Mecca
when performing prayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .444
Not to pray to show off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .445
To recite the Qur'an in the prayers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .445
To bow and prostrate oneself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .445
To be continuous in prayers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .445
To instruct one's family to pray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .445
Not to approach the prayer when drunk
or in a state of major impurity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .446
To shorten the prayers during war and
remember Allah afterwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .446
To perform prayers on Friday (Jumu'a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .447
To pray over someone who dies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .447
To wash oneself (ablution)
or perform tayammum before prayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .447
To ask for forgiveness in the morning prayer . . . . . . . . . .448
To communicate the message of the religion . . . . . . . . . . .448

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