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SLANDER Allah, and animals which have been strangled,
If you desire to exchange one wife for another and animals which have been killed by a blow,
and have given your original wife a large and animals which have fallen to their death,
amount, do not take any of it. Would you take it and animals which have been gored, and ani-
by means of slander and outright crime? (4:20) mals which wild beasts have eaten–except those
Anyone who commits an error or an evil action, you are able to slaughter properly–and animals
and then ascribes it to someone innocent, bears which have been sacrificed on altars, and decid-
the weight of slander and clear wrongdoing. ing things by means of divining arrows–that is
(4:112) deviance. Today those who disbelieve have de-
And on account of their disbelief, and their utter- spaired of overcoming your religion. So do not
ance of a monstrous slander against Maryam, be afraid of them but be afraid of Me. Today I
and their saying, ‘We killed the Messiah, ‘Isa son have perfected your religion for you and com-
of Maryam, Messenger of Allah.’ They did not kill pleted My blessing upon you and I am pleased
him and they did not crucify him but it was made with Islam as a religion for you. But if anyone is
to seem so to them. Those who argue about him forced by hunger, not intending any wrongdoing,
are in doubt about it. They have no real knowledge Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (5:3)
of it, just conjecture. But they certainly did not kill And also (He provides) animals for riding and for
him. (4:156-157) haulage and animals for slaughtering and for
Why, when you heard it, did you not say, ‘We have wool. Eat what Allah has provided for you and
no business speaking about this. Glory be to You! do not follow in the footsteps of Satan. He is an
This is a terrible slander!’? (24:16) outright enemy to you. (6:142)
And those who abuse men and women who are Remember when Musa said to his people,
believers, when they have not merited it, bear the ‘Remember Allah’s blessing to you when He res-
weight of slander and clear wrongdoing. (33:58) cued you from the people of Pharaoh. They were
(Do not obey) any backbiter, slandermonger, inflicting an evil punishment on you, slaughter-
(68:11) ing your sons and letting your women live. In
(A band of the jinn listened and said,) "The fools that there was a terrible trial from your Lord.’
among us have uttered a vile slander against (14:6)
Allah. " (72:4) (Sulayman said,) ‘I will certainly punish it (the
hoopoe) most severely or slaughter it if it does
SLAUGHTER not bring me clear authority.’ (27:21)
Remember when We rescued you from the peo- Pharaoh exalted himself arrogantly in the land
ple of Pharaoh. They were inflicting an evil pun- and divided its people into camps, oppressing
ishment on you–slaughtering your sons and one group of them by slaughtering their sons and
letting your women live. In that there was a terri- letting their women live. He was one of the cor-
ble trial for you from your Lord. (2:49) rupters. (28:4)
Allah fulfilled His promise to you when you were When he (Musa) brought them the truth from Us
slaughtering them by His permission. But then they said, ‘Slaughter the sons of those who be-
you faltered, disputing the command, and dis- lieve with him but let their women live.’ The
obeyed after He showed you what you love. stratagems of the disbelievers are nothing but er-
Among you are those who want this world and rors. (40:25)
among you are those who want the hereafter.
Then He turned you from them in order to test SLAVE
you–but He has pardoned you. Allah shows It is not devoutness to turn your faces to the East
favour to the believers. (3:152) or to the West. Rather, those with true devoutness
Forbidden for you are carrion, blood and pork, are those who believe in Allah and the Last Day,
and what has been consecrated to other than the Angels, the Book and the Prophets, and who,
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