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(On the Day of Threat, they will be told,) ‘You UNCLE
were heedless of this so We have stripped you of There is no objection to the blind, no objection
your covering and today your sight is sharp.’ to the lame, no objection to the sick; nor to your-
(50:22) selves if you eat in your own houses or your fa-
Restrain yourself patiently with those who call on thers’ houses or your mothers’ houses or your
their Lord morning and evening, desiring His brothers’ houses or your sisters’ houses or the
face. Do not turn your eyes from them, desiring houses of your paternal uncles or paternal aunts
the attractions of this world. And do not obey or the houses of your maternal uncles or mater-
someone whose heart We have made neglectful nal aunts or places to which you own the keys or
of Our remembrance and who follows his own those of your friends. There is nothing wrong in
whims and desires and whose life has trans- your eating together or eating separately. And
gressed all bounds. (18:28) when you enter houses greet one another with a
Warn them of the Day of Bitter Regret when the greeting from Allah, blessed and good. In this
affair will be resolved. But they take no notice. way Allah makes the Signs clear to you so that
They have no faith. (19:39) hopefully you will use your intellect. (24:61)
Mankind’s Reckoning has drawn very close to O Prophet! We have made lawful for you: your
them, yet they heedlessly turn away. (21:1) wives to whom you have given dowries and any
And (when) the True Promise is very close, the slavegirls you own from the booty Allah has al-
eyes of those who disbelieved will be transfixed: lotted you and the daughters of your paternal un-
‘Alas for us! We were unmindful of this! No, cles and the daughters of your paternal aunts and
rather we were definitely wrongdoers.’ (21:97) the daughters of your maternal uncles and the
So leave them in their glut of ignorance for a daughters of your maternal aunts who have mi-
while. (23:54) grated with you and any believing woman who
However, their hearts are overwhelmed by igno- gives herself to the Prophet if the Prophet desires
rance about this matter and they do other things to marry her: exclusively for you as opposed to
as well. (23:63) the rest of the believers–We know very well what
If you asked them, ‘Who created the heavens and We have prescribed for them regarding their
the earth?’ they would say, ‘Allah!’ Say: ‘Praise be wives and any slavegirls they possess–in order
to Allah!’ But most of them do not know. (31:25) that there be no restriction on you. Allah is Ever-
They say, ‘Our hearts are covered up against Forgiving, Most Merciful. (33:50)
what you call us to and there is a heaviness in
our ears. There is a screen between us and you. UNCLEAN
So act–we are certainly acting.’ (41:5) Say: ‘I do not find, in what has been revealed to
Have you seen him who takes his whims and de- me, any food it is forbidden to eat except for car-
sires to be his god–whom Allah has misguided rion, flowing blood, and pork–for that is un-
knowingly, sealing up his hearing and his heart clean–or some deviance consecrated to other
and placing a blindfold over his eyes? Who then than Allah. But if anyone is forced to eat it, with-
will guide him after Allah? So will you not pay out desiring to or going to excess in it, your Lord
heed? (45:23) is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful.’ (6:145)
That is because they have believed and then re- You who believe! The idolaters are unclean, so
turned to disbelief. So their hearts have been after this year they should not come near the
sealed up and they cannot understand. (63:3) Sacred Mosque (Masjid al-Haram). If you fear
Say: ‘Allah gives you life, then causes you to die, impoverishment, Allah will enrich you from His
and then will gather you together for the Day of bounty if He wills. Allah is All-Knowing, All-
Rising about which there is no doubt. But most Wise. (9:28)
people do not know it.’ (45:26)

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