Page 461 - Learning from the Qur'an

NOT TO EAT MEAT OVER WHICH
THE NAME OF ALLAH HAS NOT BEEN
MENTIONED AS IT IS CUT
Do not eat anything over which the name of Allah has not been
mentioned. To do so is sheer deviance. The satans inspire their
friends to dispute with you. If you obeyed them you would then
be idolaters. (Qur'an, 6:121)
Eat that over which the name of Allah has been mentioned, if you
believe in His Signs. (Qur'an, 6:118)

TO FEED BOTH THOSE WHO ASK AND THOSE
WHO ARE TOO SHY TO ASK
We have appointed the sacrificial animals for you as one of the
sacred rites of Allah. There is good in them for you, so invoke
Allah's name over them, as they stand in rows. And then when
they collapse on their sides, eat of them and feed both those who
ask and those who are too shy to ask. In this way We have subjected
them to you so that hopefully you will be thankful. (Qur'an, 22:36)

TO MIGRATE IF NECESSARY
Those who migrate in the Way of Allah will find many places of
refuge on the earth and ample sustenance. If anyone leaves his
home, migrating to Allah and His Messenger, and death catches
up with him, it is Allah Who will reward him. Allah is Ever-
Forgiving, Most Merciful. (Qur'an, 4:100)
Those who believe and have migrated and strived with their
wealth and themselves in the Way of Allah, and those who have
given refuge and help, they are the friends and protectors of one
another. But as for those who believe but have not migrated, you
are not in any way responsible for their protection until they
migrate. But if they ask you for help in respect of the religion, it
is your duty to help them, except against people you have a treaty
with. Allah sees what you do. (Qur'an, 8:72)

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