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specified period, write it down. A writer should with you. If you obeyed them you would then be
write it down between you justly. No writer should idolaters. (6:121)
refuse to write; as Allah has taught him, so he Say: ‘I do not find, in what has been revealed to
should write. The one incurring the debt should me, any food it is forbidden to eat except for car-
dictate and should have fear of Allah his Lord and rion, flowing blood, and pork–for that is un-
not reduce it in any way. If the person incurring the clean–or some deviance consecrated to other
debt is incompetent or weak or unable to dictate, than Allah. But if anyone is forced to eat it, with-
then his guardian should dictate for him justly. Two out desiring to or going to excess in it, your Lord
men among you should act as witnesses. But if is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful.’ (6:145)
there are not two men, then a man and two (Our Messengers said to Lut,) ‘We will bring
women with whom you are satisfied as witnesses; down on the inhabitants of this city a devastating
then if one of them forgets, the other can remind punishment from heaven because of their de-
her. Witnesses should not refuse when they are viance.’ (29:34)
called upon. Do not think it too trivial to write Know that the Messenger of Allah is among you. If
down, whether small or large, with the date that it he were to obey you in many things, you would
falls due. Doing that is more just in Allah’s sight suffer for it. However, Allah has given you love of
and more helpful when bearing witness and more faith and made it pleasing to your hearts, a n d
likely to eliminate any doubt–unless it is an imme- has made disbelief, deviance and disobedience
diate transaction hand to hand, taken and given hateful to you. People such as these are rightly
without delay. There is nothing wrong in your not guided. (49:7)
writing that down. Call witnesses when you trade.
Neither writer nor witness should be put under DEVIATORS
pressure. If you do that, it is deviancy on your Allah is not ashamed to make an example of a
part. Have fear of Allah and Allah will give you gnat or of an even smaller thing. As for those who
knowledge. Allah has knowledge of all things. believe, they know it is the truth from their Lord.
(2:282) But as for those who disbelieve, they say, ‘What
Forbidden for you are carrion, blood and pork, does Allah mean by this example?’ He misguides
and what has been consecrated to other than many by it and guides many by it. But He only
Allah, and animals which have been strangled, misguides the deviators. (2:26)
and animals which have been killed by a blow, But those who did wrong substituted words other
and animals which have fallen to their death, than those they had been given. So We sent
and animals which have been gored, and ani- down a plague from heaven on those who did
mals which wild beasts have eaten–except those wrong because they were deviators. (2:59)
you are able to slaughter properly–and animals We have sent down Clear Signs to you and no
which have been sacrificed on altars, and decid- one rejects them except the deviators. (2:99)
ing things by means of divining arrows–that is Any who turn away after that are deviators.
deviance. Today those who disbelieve have de- (3:82)
spaired of overcoming your religion. So do not You are the best nation ever to be produced be-
be afraid of them but be afraid of Me. Today I fore mankind. You enjoin the right, forbid the
have perfected your religion for you and com- wrong and believe in Allah. If the People of the
pleted My blessing upon you and I am pleased Book were to believe, it would be better for
with Islam as a religion for you. But if anyone is them. Some of them are believers but most of
forced by hunger, not intending any wrongdoing, them are deviators. (3:110)
Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (5:3) He (Musa) said, ‘My Lord, I have no control over
Do not eat anything over which the name of Allah anyone but myself and my brother, so make a
has not been mentioned. To do so is sheer de- clear distinction between us and this deviant
viance. The Satans inspire their friends to dispute people.’ (5:25)
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