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not desire the company of the ignorant.’ (28:55) or to the West. Rather, those with true devoutness
We offered the Trust to the heavens, the earth and are those who believe in Allah and the Last Day,
the mountains but they refused to take it on and the Angels, the Book and the Prophets, and who,
shrank from it. But man took it on. He is indeed despite their love for it, give away their wealth to
wrongdoing and ignorant. (33:72) their relatives and to orphans and the very poor,
Say: ‘Do you order me to worship something other and to travellers and beggars and to set slaves
than Allah, you ignorant people?’ (39:64) free, and who perform prayer and give the alms;
He (Hud) said, ‘All knowledge is with Allah. I only those who honour their contracts when they
transmit to you what I have been sent with. But I make them, and are steadfast in poverty and ill-
see that you are a people who are ignorant.’ ness and in battle. Those are the people who are
(46:23) true. They are the people who guard against evil.
(2:177)
IHRAM (STATE OF PILGRIMAGE) (Fasting is prescribed) for a specified number of
You who believe! Do not kill game while you are days. But any of you who are ill or on a journey
in the state of pilgrimage. If one of you kills any should fast a number of other days. For those
deliberately, the reprisal for it is a livestock animal who can (scarcely) afford it, making up for it
equivalent to what he killed, as judged by two just means feeding a poor man. And if someone does
men among you, a sacrifice to reach the Kaaba, or good of his own accord, it is better for him. But
expiation by feeding the poor, or fasting commen- that you should fast is better for you, if you only
surate with that, so that he may taste the evil con- knew. (2:184)
sequences of what he did. Allah has pardoned all The month of Ramadan is the one in which the
that took place in the past; but if anyone does it Qur’an was sent down as guidance for mankind,
again Allah will take revenge on him. Allah is with Clear Signs containing guidance and dis-
Almighty, Exactor of Revenge. (5:95) crimination. Any of you who are resident for the
month should fast it. But any of you who are ill or
IKHLAS (SEE SINCERITY) on a journey should fast a number of other days.
Allah desires ease for you; He does not desire dif-
ILL FORTUNE ficulty for you. You should complete the number
Whenever a good thing came to them, they said, of days and proclaim Allah’s greatness for the
‘This is our due.’ But if anything bad happened to guidance He has given you so that hopefully you
them, they would blame their ill fortune on Musa will be thankful. (2:185)
and those with him. No indeed! The ill fortune is Perform the pilgrimage and the pious visit for
theirs in Allah's sight. But most of them did not Allah. If you are forcibly prevented, make what-
know. (7:131) ever sacrifice is feasible. But do not shave your
So We sent a howling wind against them on disas- heads until the sacrificial animal has reached the
trous ill-fated days to make them taste the punish- place of sacrifice. If any of you are ill or have a
ment of degradation in this world. And the head injury, the expiation is fasting or charity or
punishment of the hereafter is even more degrad- sacrifice when you are safe and well again. And
ing. And they will not be helped. (41:16) if you are secure, then he who takes advantage of
a pious visit before the pilgrimage should make
ILLITERATE whatever sacrifice is feasible. For any one who
Some of them are illiterate, knowing nothing of cannot, there is three days’ fast on pilgrimage
the Book but wishful thinking. They only specu- and seven on your return–that is ten in all. That is
late. (2:78) for anyone whose family does not live near the
Sacred Mosque (Masjid al-Haram). Have fear of
ILLNESS Allah and know that Allah is fierce in retribution.
It is not devoutness to turn your faces to the East (2:196)
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