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Adnan Oktar (Harun Yahya)

writer should refuse to write; as God has taught him, so he should
write. The one incurring the debt should dictate and should have
fear of God his Lord and not reduce it in any way. If the person
incurring the debt is incompetent or weak or unable to dictate, then

his guardian should dictate for him justly. Two men among you
should act as witnesses. But if there are not two men, then a man
and two women with whom you are satisfied as witnesses; then if
one of them forgets, the other can remind her. Witnesses should not
refuse when they are called upon. Do not think it too trivial to write
down, whether small or large, with the date that it falls due. Doing
that is more just in God’s Sight and more helpful when bearing wit-

ness and more likely to eliminate any doubt–unless it is an imme-
diate transaction hand to hand, taken and given without delay.
There is nothing wrong in your not writing that down. Call witness-
es when you trade. Neither writer nor witness should be put under
pressure. If you do that, it is deviancy on your part. Have fear of God
and God will give you knowledge. God has knowledge of all things.
(Surat al-Baqarah, 282)

HOLDING FAST TO THE CAUSES WITHOUT
FORGETTING THAT GOD IS THE CREATOR
OF EVERYTHING

He (Yusuf) said to the one of them he knew was saved, ‘Please
mention me when you are with your lord,’ but Satan made him for-
get to remind his lord, and so he stayed in prison for several years.
(Surah Yusuf, 42)
He (Ya‘qub) said, ‘My sons! You must not enter through a single
gate. Go in through different gates. But I cannot save you from
God at all, for judgement comes from no one but God. In Him I

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