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TREATING PARENTS WELL AND TAKING GREAT CARE OF THEM
IN THEIR ELDERLY YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192
TREATING ORPHANS WELL AND BEING METICULOUS ABOUT
THEIR RIGHTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193
ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO FEED THE POOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195
NOT REBUKING THOSE WHO BEG OF THEIR OWN ACCORD . . . . . . . . . . . .196
REFRAINING FROM SHOWING OFF TO OTHERS AND
PLEADING WITH PEOPLE WHEN HELPING OTHERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196

GIVING AWAY ONE'S POSSESSIONS DAY AND NIGHT, OVERTLY
OR COVERTLY, IN PROSPERITY OR IN NEED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198
GIVING AWAY THE NICE AND GOOD THINGS ONE LIKES;
REFRAINING FROM TRYING TO GIVE AWAY THE THINGS
ONE DOES NOT WANT OR LIKE TO OTHERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198
KEEPING IN MIND THAT GOD GREATLY AWARDS THOSE WHO
GIVE THEIR POSSESSIONS AWAY AND BESTOWS A GREAT
BLESSING UPON THEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
MENTIONING THE NAMES OF GOD WHILE PRAYING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200
PRAYING TO GOD BESEECHINGLY AND EARNESTLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200
KEEPING IN MIND THAT IT IS GOD WHO GRANTS WISDOM
AND PRAYING TO GOD TO BE BESTOWED WITH WISDOM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200
INVITING PEOPLE TO BELIEF IN GOD AND ISLAM BY
PREACHING RELIGION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202

GIVING ADVICE AND PREACHING IF IT WILL PROVE
BENEFICIAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
NOT REQUESTING ANY PAYMENT FOR PREACHING RELIGION . . . . . . . . . .204
REFRAINING FROM COERCION AND COMPULSION WHERE
RELIGION IS CONCERNED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205
PRESERVING ONE'S CHASTITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205
SALUTING THE HOUSEHOLD WHEN ENTERING A HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
NOT ENTERING A HOUSE WITHOUT ASKING FOR PERMISSION