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shaded them with clouds and sent down manna and you should free a believing slave. Anyone
and quails to them: ‘Eat of the good things We who cannot find the means should fast two con-
have provided you with.’ They did not wrong Us; secutive months. This is a concession from Allah.
rather it was themselves they wronged. (7:160) Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise. (4:92)
How many gardens and fountains they left be- Allah does not take you to task for your inadver-
hind. (44:25) tent oaths, but He will take you to task for oaths
The people who guard against people will be in a you make intentionally. The expiation in that
safe place amid gardens and fountains, (44:51- case is to feed ten poor people with the average
52) amount you feed your family, or clothe them, or
The heedful will be among Gardens and free a slave. Anyone without the means to do so
Fountains, (51:15) should fast three days. That is the expiation for
The heedful will be amid shade and fountains. breaking oaths when you have sworn them. Keep
(77:41) your oaths. In this way Allah makes His Signs
A fountain at which Those Brought Near will clear to you, so that hopefully you will be thank-
drink. (83:28) ful. (5:89)
Those who divorce their wives by equating them
FREE (MAN) with their mothers, and then wish to go back on
You who believe! Retaliation is prescribed for what they said, must set free a slave before the
you in the case of people killed: free man for free two of them may touch one another. This is what
man, slave for slave, female for female. But if you are enjoined to do. Allah is aware of what
someone is absolved by his brother, blood- you do. (58:3)
money should be claimed with correctness and It (the steep ascent) is freeing a slave... (90:13)
paid with good will. That is an easement and a
mercy from your Lord. Anyone who goes beyond FRIDAY (THE DAY OF JUMU‘A)
the limits after this will receive a painful punish- You who believe! When you are called to prayer
ment. (2:178) on the Day of Friday, hasten to the remembrance
If any of you do not have the means to marry free of Allah and abandon trade. That is better for you
women who are believers, you may marry slave- if you only knew. (62:9)
girls who are believers. Allah knows best about Then when the prayer is finished spread through
your faith; you are all the same in that respect. the earth and seek Allah’s bounty and remember
Marry them with their owners’ permission and Allah much so that hopefully you will be suc-
give them their dowries correctly and courte- cessful. (62:10)
ously as married women, not in fornication or But when they see a chance of trade or entertain-
taking them as lovers. When they are married, if ment they scatter off to it and leave you standing
they commit fornication they should receive half there. Say: ‘What is with Allah is better than trade
the punishment of free women. This is for those or entertainment. Allah is the Best of Providers.’
of you who are afraid of committing fornication. (62:11)
But being patient is better for you. Allah is Ever-
Forgiving, Most Merciful. (4:25) FRIEND
A believer should never kill another believer un- You who believe! Give away some of what We
less it is by mistake. Anyone who kills a believer have provided for you before a Day arrives on
by mistake should free a believing slave and pay which there is no trading, no close friendship
blood-money to his family unless they forgo it as and no intercession. It is the disbelievers who are
a charity. If he is from a people who are your en- the wrongdoers. (2:254)
emies and is a believer, you should free a believ- The believers should not take disbelievers as
ing slave. If he is from a people you have a treaty friends rather than believers. Anyone who does
with, blood money should be paid to his family that has nothing to do with Allah at all–unless it
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