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REFRAINING FROM SUPPORTING DISBELIEVERS,
TRAITORS AND HYPOCRITES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
NOT BEING AFRAID OF PEOPLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
TRUSTING NOT IN ONE'S POWER AND MEANS BUT GOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
HOLDING NO FEAR OF BEING CONDEMNED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
REFRAINING FROM AVARICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

SPENDING ONE'S WEALTH AND POSSESSIONS IN THE WAY
OF GOD INSTEAD OF HOARDING IT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
PURIFYING THE SELF IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE QUR'AN
INSTEAD OF DEFEND AND JUSTIFY IT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
BEING HELPFUL AND COOPERATIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
REFRAIN FROM LYING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
USING REASON THROUGH LIFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
APPROACHING ANY SITUATION RATIONALLY RATHER THAN
SENTIMENTALLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
NOT SEEKING REFUGE IN DISBELIEVERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
NOT SUBMITTING TO DISBELIEVERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
ALWAYS ASKING GOD FOR HELP IN EVERY SITUATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
NOT GIVING INTO DESPAIR IN THE FACE OF ANY HARDSHIP
AND REMAINING HOPEFUL UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
KEEPING IN MIND THAT GOD HELPS HIS SINCERE SUBJECTS . . . . . . . . . . . .131

KEEPING IN MIND THAT GOD STANDS BY AND LOVES THOSE
WHO ARE PATIENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
EXERCISING GREAT PATIENCE IN THE FACE OF TROUBLES,
HARDSHIPS, ILLNESSES AND ALL OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
NOT SHOWING A TENDENCY TO DISBELIEF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
PAINSTAKINGLY PRESERVING GOD'S RESTRICTIONS AND
NOT ADHERING TO UNLAWFUL DEEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT
THE DAY THAT WILL HELP ONE BECOME CLOSER TO GOD . . . . . . . . . . . . .136