Page 35 - Learning from the Qur'an

To be fair in measurement and balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
To be compassionate and kind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
Not to take the
unbelievers of the People of the Book as friends . . . . . . . 475
To be merciful and tolerant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476
Not to give in
to the unbelievers of the People of the Book . . . . . . . . . . . 476
To stay loyal to the treaties
made with idolaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476
The attitude adopted to idolaters
when they ask for protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476
To guard one's chastity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
That a believer can only marry a believer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
Not to marry an unbeliever woman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
That single believers
should guard their chastity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
That one may marry those of the
People of the Book who are believers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
To help single believers to marry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
To make one of the believers an arbitrator
between husband and wife who have argued . . . . . . . . . 479
Not to take any of the property
given to the woman
in marriage after divorce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
The period (number of months)
that divorced women have to wait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
To provide the woman's maintenance
in the event of divorce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
That there is no need to calculate the term
if the woman is divorced from her husband
before he has touched her . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
The period the woman has to wait
when her husband dies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
Not to approach women during menstruation . . . . . . . . . 480
The way to approach women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481
The protection of women and
the significance given to women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481
Not to accuse others of fornication
without being certain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481
Not to indulge in fornication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482
Not to equate one's wife with one's mother
and the penance for doing so . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482
The way women must dress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483
To give orphans their property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483

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