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‘Allah is poor and we are rich.’ We will write mal equivalent to what he killed, as judged by
down what they said and their killing of the two just men among you, a sacrifice to reach the
Prophets without any right to do so and We will Kaaba, or expiation by feeding the poor, or fast-
say, ‘Taste the punishment of the Burning.’ ing commensurate with that, so that he may taste
(3:181) the evil consequences of what he did. Allah has
Keep a close check on orphans until they reach a pardoned all that took place in the past; but if
marriageable age, then if you perceive that they anyone does it again Allah will take revenge on
have sound judgement hand over their property him. Allah is Almighty, Exactor of Revenge.
to them. Do not consume it extravagantly and (5:95)
precipitately before they come of age. Those Know that when you take any booty a fifth of it
who are wealthy should abstain from it alto- belongs to Allah, and to the Messenger, and to
gether. Those who are poor should use it sensibly close relatives, orphans, the very poor and trav-
and correctly. When you hand over their prop- ellers, if you believe in Allah and in what We
erty to them ensure that there are witnesses on sent down to Our servant on the Day of
their behalf. Allah suffices as a Reckoner. (4:6) Discrimination, the day the two groups
If other relatives or orphans or poor people at- met–Allah has power over all things. (8:41)
tend the sharing-out (of what one leaves), pro- The alms are for: the poor, the destitute, those
vide for them out of it and speak to them who collect it, reconciling people’s hearts, free-
correctly and courteously. (4:8) ing slaves, those in debt, spending in the Way of
Worship Allah and do not associate anything Allah, and travellers. It is a legal obligation from
with Him. Be good to your parents and relatives Allah. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise. (9:60)
and to orphans and the very poor, and to neigh- Give your relatives their due, and the very poor
bours who are related to you and neighbours and travellers but do not squander what you
who are not related to you, and to companions have. (17:26)
and travellers and your slaves. Allah does not Do not kill your children out of fear of being
love anyone vain or boastful. (4:36) poor. We will provide for them and you. Killing
You who believe! Be upholders of justice, bear- them is a terrible mistake. (17:31)
ing witness for Allah alone, even against your- (He said to Musa,) ‘As for the boat, it belonged to
selves or your parents and relatives. Whether some poor people who worked on the sea. I
they are rich or poor, Allah is well able to look wanted to damage it because a king was coming
after them. Do not follow your own desires and behind them, commandeering every boat.’
deviate from the truth. If you twist or turn away, (18:79)
Allah is aware of what you do. (4:135) Announce the Pilgrimage to mankind. They will
Allah does not take you to task for your inadver- come to you on foot and on every sort of lean an-
tent oaths, but He will take you to task for oaths imal, coming by every distant road so that they
you make intentionally. The expiation in that can be present at what will profit them and in-
case is to feed ten poor people with the average voke Allah’s name on specific days over live-
amount you feed your family, or clothe them, or stock He has provided for them. Eat of them and
free a slave. Anyone without the means to do so feed those who are poor and in need. (22:27-28)
should fast three days. That is the expiation for We have appointed the sacrificial animals for
breaking oaths when you have sworn them. Keep you as one of the sacred rites of Allah. There is
your oaths. In this way Allah makes His Signs good in them for you, so invoke Allah’s name
clear to you, so that hopefully you will be thank- over them, as they stand in rows. And then when
ful. (5:89) they collapse on their sides, eat of them and feed
You who believe! Do not kill game while you are both those who ask and those who are too shy to
in the state of pilgrimage. If one of you kills any ask. In this way We have subjected them to you
deliberately, the reprisal for it is a livestock ani- so that hopefully you will be thankful. (22:36)
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