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REFRAIN FROM SPEAKING ILL OF OTHERS OR USING HURTFUL, SHARP
LANGUAGE, A CHARACTERISTIC OF IDOLATERS AND
HYPOCRITES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
ALWAYS MAINTAINING A COMPASSIONATE AND LENIENT
DEMEANOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

DEFENDING AND PRACTICING ISLAM IN THE SINCEREST MANNER
THROUGH A STRONG PERSONALITY, EVEN WHEN ALONE . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
BEING BRAVE AND UNYIELDING IN THE WAY OF GOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
NOT GIVING INTO PANIC AND WORRY IN THE FACE OF
TROUBLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
DELIGHTING IN THE HAPPINESS AND JOY OF FAITH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
KNOWING THAT GOD DEFINITELY HELPS THOSE WHO HELP
HIS RELIGION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
DELEGATING DUTIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

ACTING CONSCIENTIOUSLY IN EVERY SITUATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
SEEKING THE ADVICE OF OTHERS IN ALL AFFAIRS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
REMEMBERING THAT EVERY BLESSING WE ENJOY IS A MEANS
OF TRIAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
REFRAINING FROM BREACHING THE TRUST OF OTHERS; KEEPING ANY
GIVEN PROMISES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
BEING JUST IN ALL SITUATIONS AND BEING HONEST WHEN
TESTIFYING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

BEING METICULOUS IN TRADE, REFRAINING FROM MAKING
ILL-GOTTEN PROFITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
FORGIVING A DEBT IF THE DEBTOR IS IN DIRE STRAITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
NOTING DOWN A DEBT ALONG WITH ITS DUE TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
HOLDING FAST TO THE CAUSES WITHOUT FORGETTING
THAT GOD IS THE CREATOR OF EVERYTHING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
NEVER BEING SATISFIED WITH ONESELF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
IT IS GOD WHO TEACHES KNOWLEDGE. REFRAIN FROM GIVING
INTO IMPERTINENCE BY GIVING CREDIT TO ONE'S SELF FOR
BEING KNOWLEDGEABLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95