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idolaters wherever you find them, and seize Thankful, All-Knowing. (2:158)
them and besiege them and lie in wait for them Kill them wherever you come across them and
on every road. If they repent and perform prayer expel them from where they expelled you.
and give the alms, let them go on their way. Allah Corruption is worse than killing. Do not fight
is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (9:5) them in the Sacred Mosque (Masjid al-Haram)
There have been twelve months with Allah in the until they fight you there. But if they do fight you,
Book of Allah, from the day He first created the then kill them. That is how the disbelievers
heavens and earth. Four of them are forbidden. should be repaid. (2:191)
That is the True Religion. So do not wrong one Perform the pilgrimage and the pious visit for
another during them. However, fight the idol- Allah. If you are forcibly prevented, make what-
aters totally just as they fight you totally, and ever sacrifice is feasible. But do not shave your
know that Allah is with those who guard against heads until the sacrificial animal has reached the
evil. (9:36) place of sacrifice. If any of you are ill or have a
Deferring a sacred month is an increase in disbe- head injury, the expiation is fasting or charity or
lief by which those who have disbelieved are led sacrifice when you are safe and well again. And
astray. One year they make it profane and an- if you are secure, then he who takes advantage of
other sacred to tally with the number Allah has a pious visit before the pilgrimage should make
made sacred. In that way they profane what whatever sacrifice is feasible. For any one who
Allah has made sacred. Their bad actions are cannot, there is three days’ fast on pilgrimage
made to seem good to them. Allah does not and seven on your return–that is ten in all. That is
guide disbelieving people. (9:37) for anyone whose family does not live near the
Sacred Mosque (Masjid al-Haram). Have fear of
SACRED LANDMARK Allah and know that Allah is fierce in retribution.
There is nothing wrong in seeking bounty from (2:196)
your Lord. When you pour down from Arafat, re- You who believe! Do not profane the sacred rites
member Allah at the Sacred Landmark. of Allah or the sacred months, or the sacrificial
Remember Him because He has guided you, animals, or the ritual garlands, or those heading
even though before this you were astray. (2:198) for the Sacred House, desiring profit and good
pleasure from their Lord. When your pilgrimage
SACRED MOSQUE, THE is over, then you may hunt. Do not let hatred for
(MASJID AL-HARAM) a people who debar you from the Sacred Mosque
And when We made the House (Kaaba) a place (Masjid al-Haram) incite you into going beyond
of return, a sanctuary for mankind: They took the the limits. Help each other to goodness and
place where Ibrahim stood (to pray) as a place of heedfulness. Do not help each other to wrongdo-
prayer. We contracted with Ibrahim and Isma‘il: ing and enmity. Have fear of Allah. Allah is se-
‘Purify My House for those who circle it, and vere in retribution. (5:2)
those who stay there, and those who bow and But why should Allah not punish them now
who prostrate.’ (2:125) when they bar access to the Sacred Mosque
Wherever you come from, turn your face to the (Masjid al-Haram)? They are not its guardians.
Sacred Mosque (Masjid al-Haram). This is cer- Only people who guard against evil can be its
tainly the truth from your Lord. Allah is not un- guardians. But most of them do not know that.
aware of what you do. (2:149) (8:34)
Safa and Marwa are among the Landmarks of Their prayer at the House is nothing but whistling
Allah, so anyone who goes on pilgrimage to the and clapping. So taste the punishment because
House (Kaaba) or does the pious visit incurs no you disbelieved! (8:35)
wrong in going back and forth between them. If How could any of the idolaters possibly have a
anyone spontaneously does good, Allah is All- treaty with Allah and with His Messenger, except
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