Manner-Orphan
Manner:
You who believe! People should not ridicule others who may be better than themselves; nor should any women ridicule other women who may be better than themselves. And do not find fault with one another or insult each other with derogatory nicknames. How evil it is to have a name for evil conduct after coming to faith! Those people who do not turn from it are wrongdoers. (11)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Hujurat (The Chambers), Surah # 49: Ayah # 11)
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Marriage:
Do not marry women of the idolaters until they believe. A slavegirl who is one of the believers is better for you than a woman of the idolaters, even though she may attract you. And do not marry men of the idolaters until they believe. A slave who is one of the believers is better for you than a man of the idolaters, even though he may attract you. Such people call you to the Fire whereas Allah calls you, with His permission, to the Garden and forgiveness. He makes His Signs clear to people so that hopefully they will pay heed. (221)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #221)
Nor is there anything wrong in any allusion to marriage you make to a woman, nor for any you keep to yourself. Allah knows that you will say things to them. But do not make secret arrangements with them, rather only speak with correctness and courtesy. Do not finally decide on the marriage contract until the prescribed period has come to its end. Know that Allah knows what is in your selves, so beware of Him! And know that Allah is Ever- Forgiving, All-Forbearing. (235)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #235)
If you are afraid of not behaving justly towards orphans, then marry other permissible women, two, three or four. But if you are afraid of not treating them equally, then only one, or those you own as slaves. That makes it more likely that you will not be unfair. (3)Give women their dowry as an outright gift. But if they are happy to give you some of it, make use of it with pleasure and goodwill. (4) Do not hand over to the simple-minded any property of theirs for which Allah has made you responsible, but provide for them and clothe them out of it, and speak to them correctly and courteously. (5)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’(Women), Surah # 4: Ayah # 3-5)
Do not marry any women your fathers married– except for what may have already taken place. That is an indecent act, a loathsome thing and an evil path. (22) Forbidden for you are: your mothers and your daughters and your sisters, your maternal aunts and your paternal aunts, your brothers’ daughters and your sisters’ daughters, your foster mothers who have suckled you, your foster sisters by suckling, your wives’ mothers, your stepdaughters who are under your protection: the daughters of your wives whom you have had sexual relations with (though if you have not had sexual relations with them there is nothing blameworthy for you in it then), the wives of your sons whom you have fathered, and marrying two sisters at the same time–except for what may have already taken place. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (23) And also married women, except for those you have taken in war as slaves. This is what Allah has prescribed for you. Apart from that He has made all other women lawful for you provided you seek them with your wealth in marriage and not in fornication. When you consummate your marriage with them give them their prescribed dowry. There is nothing wrong in any further agreement you might come to after the dowry has been given. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise. (24) If any of you do not have the means to marry free women who are believers, you may marry slave girls who are believers. Allah knows best about your faith; you are all the same in that respect. Marry them with their owners’ permission and give them their dowries correctly and courteously as married women, not in fornication or taking them as lovers. When they are married, if they commit fornication they should receive half the punishment of free women. This is for those of you who are afraid of
committing fornication. But being patient is better for you. Allah is Ever- Forgiving, Most Merciful. (25)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’(Women), Surah # 4: Ayah # 22-25)
Marry off those among you who are unmarried and those of your slaves and slavegirls who are righteous. If they are poor, Allah will enrich them from His bounty. Allah is All- Encompassing, All-Knowing. (32) Those who cannot find the means to marry should be abstinent until Allah enriches them from His bounty. If any slaves you own want to make a contract to free themselves, write it for them if you know of good in them and give them some of the wealth Allah has given you. Do not force your slavegirls to prostitute themselves if they desire to be virtuous women out of your desire for the goods of this world. If anyone forces them, then after they have been forced, Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (33)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Nur (The light), Surah # 24: Ayah # 32-33)
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Masjid-al-Haram:
Each person faces a particular direction so race each other to the good. Wherever you are, Allah will bring you all together. Truly Allah has power over all things. (148) Wherever you come from, turn your face to the Sacred Mosque (Masjid al-Haram). This is certainly the truth from your Lord. Allah is not unaware of what you do. (149) Wherever you come from, turn your face to the Sacred Mosque (Masjid al-Haram). Wherever you are, turn your faces towards it so that people will have no argument against you–except for those among them who do wrong and then you should not fear them but rather fear Me–and so that I can complete My blessing to you so that hopefully you will be guided. (150)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah # 148-150)
Fight in the Way of Allah against those who fight you, but do not go beyond the limits. Allah does not love those who go beyond the limits. (190) Kill them wherever you come across them and expel them from where they expelled you. Corruption is worse than killing. Do not fight them in the Sacred Mosque (Masjid al-Haram) until they fight you there. But if they do fight you, then kill them. That is how the disbelievers should be repaid. (191)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #190-191)
They will ask you about the Sacred Month and fighting in it. Say, ‘Fighting in it is a serious matter; but barring access to the Way of Allah and rejecting Him and barring access to the Sacred Mosque (Masjid al-Haram) and expelling its people from it are far more serious in the sight of Allah. Discord is worse than killing.’ They will not stop fighting you until they make you revert from your religion, if they are able. As for any of you who revert from their religion and die disbelievers, their actions will come to nothing in this world and the hereafter. They are the Companions of the Fire, remaining in it timelessly, for ever. (217)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #217)
You who believe! Do not profane the sacred rites of Allah or the sacred months, or the sacrificial animals, or the ritual garlands, or those heading for the Sacred House, desiring profit and good pleasure from their Lord. When your pilgrimage is over, then you may hunt. Do not let hatred for a people who debar you from the Sacred Mosque (Masjid al-Haram) incite you into going beyond the limits. Help each other to goodness and heedfulness. Do not help each other to wrongdoing and enmity. Have fear of Allah. Allah is severe in retribution. (2)
(Holy QUran, Surah Al-Ma’ida (The Table, The Table Spread), Surah # 5: Ayah # 2)
The mosques of Allah should only be maintained by those who believe in Allah and the Last Day and perform prayer and give the alms, and fear no one but Allah. They are the ones most likely to be guided. (18) Do you make the giving of water to the pilgrims and looking after the Sacred Mosque (Masjid al- Haram) the same as believing in Allah and the Last Day and striving in the Way of Allah? They are not equal in the sight of Allah. Allah does not guide
wrongdoing people. (19)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Tawbah (The Repentance) or Bara’ah (The Disavowal), Surah # 9: Ayah # 18-19)
You who believe! The idolaters are unclean, so after this year they should not come near the Sacred Mosque (Masjid al-Haram). If you fear impoverishment, Allah will enrich you from His bounty if He wills. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise. (28)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Tawbah (The Repentance) or Bara’ah (The Disavowal), Surah # 9: Ayah # 28)
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Men:
Men receive a share of what their parents and relatives leave and women receive a share of what their parents and relatives leave, a fixed share, no matter whether it is a little or a lot. (7) If other relatives or orphans or poor people attend the sharing-out, provide for them out of it and speak to them correctly and courteously. (8) People should show concern in the same way that they would fear for small children if they were to die leaving them behind. They
should have fear of Allah and say words that are appropriate. (9)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’(Women), Surah # 4: Ayah # 7-9)
Say to the believers that they should lower their eyes and guard their chastity. That is purer for them. Allah is aware of what they do. (30)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Nur (The light), Surah # 24: Ayah # 30)
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Menstruation:
They will ask you about menstruation. Say, ‘It is an impurity, so keep apart from women during menstruation and do not approach them until they have purified themselves. But once they have purified themselves, then go to them in the way that Allah has enjoined on you.’ Allah loves those who turn back from wrongdoing and He loves those who purify themselves. (222)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #222)
Divorced women should wait by themselves for three menstrual cycles; and it is not lawful for them to conceal what Allah has created in their wombs if they believe in Allah and the Last Day. Their husbands have the right to take them back within that time, if they desire to be reconciled. Women possess rights similar to those held over them to be honoured with fairness; but men have a degree above them. Allah is Almighty, All- Wise. (228)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #228)
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Metaphor:
It bears fruit regularly by its Lord’s permission. Allah makes metaphors for people so that hopefully they will pay heed. (25)
(Holy Quran, Surah Ibrahim (The Prophet Abraham), Surah # 14: Ayah # 25)
Make a metaphor for them of the life of this world. It is like water which We send down from the sky and the plants of the earth combine with it but then become dry chaff scattered by the winds. Allah has absolute power over everything. (45)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Kahf (The Cave), Surah # 18: Ayah # 45)
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Migrants:
Those who believe and migrate and strive in the Way of Allah with their wealth and themselves have a higher rank with Allah. They are the ones who are victorious. (20)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Tawbah (The Repentance) or Bara’ah (The Disavowal), Surah # 9: Ayah # 20)
Those who were already settled in the abode, and in faith, before they came, love those who have migrated to them and do not find in their hearts any need for what they have been given and prefer them to themselves even if they themselves are needy. It is the people who are safeguarded from the avarice of their own selves who are successful. (9)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Hushr (The Mustering), Surah # 59: Ayah # 9)
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Mothers:
Mothers should nurse their children for two full years–those who wish to complete the full term of nursing. It is the duty of the fathers to feed and clothe them with correctness and courtesy–no self is charged with more than it can bear. No mother should be put under pressure in respect of her child nor any father in respect of his child. The same duty is incumbent on the heir. If the couple both wish weaning to take place after mutual agreement your children, there is nothing wrong in your doing that provided you hand over to them what you have agreed to give with correctness and courtesy. Have fear of Allah and know that Allah sees what you do. (233)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #233)
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Murder:
Do not kill any person Allah has made inviolate, except with the right to do so. If someone is wrongly killed We have given authority to his next of kin. But he should not be excessive in taking life. He will be helped. (33)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Isra’ (The Night Journey) or Bani Isra’il (The Children of Israel), Surah # 17: Ayah # 33)
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Negotiation (see discussion)
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Neighbours:
Worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him. Be good to your parents and relatives and to orphans and the very poor, and to neighbours who are related to you and neighbours who are not related to you, and to companions and travellers and your slaves. Allah does not love anyone vain or boastful. (36)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’ (Women), Surah # 4: Ayah #36)
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Obedience:
You who believe! Have fear of Allah the way He should be feared and do not die except as Muslims. (102) Hold fast to the rope of Allah all together, and do not separate. Remember Allah’s blessing to you when you were enemies and He joined your hearts together so that you became brothers by His blessing. You were on the very brink of a pit of the Fire and He rescued you from it. In this way Allah makes His Signs clear to you, so that hopefully you will be guided. (103)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al ‘Imran (The Family Of 'Imran, The House Of 'Imran), Surah # 3: Ayah # 102-103)
When Allah and His Messenger have decided something it is not for any man or woman of the believers to have a choice about it. Anyone who disobeys Allah and His Messenger is clearly misguided. (36)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Ahzab (The confederates), Surah # 33: Ayah # 36)
You who believe! When you are told: ‘Make room in the gathering,’ then make room and Allah will make room for you! And when it is said, ‘Get up’, get up. Allah will raise in rank those of you who believe and those who have been given knowledge. Allah is aware of what you do. (11)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Mujadilah (The Woman Who Pleads), Surah # 58: Ayah # 11)
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Orphan:
(Allah makes the Signs clear to you, so that hopefully you will reflect) on this world and the hereafter. They will ask you about the property of orphans. Say, ‘Managing it in their best interests is best.’ If you mix your property with theirs, they are your brothers. Allah knows a squanderer from a good manager. If Allah had wanted, He could have been hard on you. Allah is Almighty, All-Wise. (220)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #220)
Worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him. Be good to your parents and relatives and to orphans and the very poor, and to neighbours who are related to you and neighbours who are not related to you, and to companions and travellers and your slaves. Allah does not love anyone vain or boastful. (36)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’ (Women), Surah # 4: Ayah #36)
Give orphans their property, and do not substitute bad things for good. Do not assimilate their property into your own. Doing that is a serious crime. (2) If you are afraid of not behaving justly towards orphans, then marry other permissible women, two, three or four. But if you are afraid of not treating them equally, then only one, or those you own as slaves. That makes it more likely that you will not be unfair. (3) Give women their dowry as an outright gift. But if they are happy to give you some of it, make use of it with pleasure and goodwill. (4) Do not hand over to the simple-minded any property of theirs for which Allah has made you responsible, but provide for them and clothe them out of it, and speak to them correctly and courteously. (5) Keep a close check on orphans until they reach a marriageable age, then if you perceive that they have sound judgement hand over their property to them. Do not consume it extravagantly and precipitately before they come of age. Those who are wealthy should abstain from it altogether. Those who are poor should use it sensibly and correctly. When you hand over their property to them ensure that there are witnesses on their behalf. Allah suffices as a Reckoner. (6)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’(Women), Surah # 4: Ayah # 2-6)
Men receive a share of what their parents and relatives leave and women receive a share of what their parents and relatives leave, a fixed share, no matter whether it is a little or a lot. (7) If other relatives or orphans or poor people attend the sharing-out, provide for them out of it and speak to them correctly and courteously. (8) People should show concern in the same way that they would fear for small children if they were to die leaving them behind. They should have fear of Allah and say words that are appropriate. (9)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’(Women), Surah # 4: Ayah # 7-9)
Worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him. Be good to your parents and relatives and to orphans and the very poor, and to neighbours who are related to you and neighbours who are not related to you, and to companions and travellers and your slaves. Allah does not love anyone vain or boastful. (36)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’(Women), Surah # 4: Ayah # 36)
What is in the heavens and in the earth belongs to Allah. Allah encompasses all things. (126) They request from you a ruling concerning women. Say, ‘Allah gives you a ruling about them; and also what is recited to you in the Book about orphan girls to whom you do not give the inheritance they are owed, while at the same time desiring to marry them; and also about young children who are denied their rights: that you should act justly with respect to orphans.’ Whatever good you do, Allah knows it. (127)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’(Women), Surah # 4: Ayah # 126-127)
Say: ‘Come and I will recite to you what your Lord has made forbidden for you’: that you do not associate anything with Him; that you are good to your parents; that you do not kill your children because of poverty–We will provide for you and them; that you do not approach indecency– outward or inward; that you do not kill any person Allah has made inviolate– except with the right to do so. That is what He instructs you to do so that hopefully you will use your intellect. (151) And that you do not go near the property of orphans before they reach maturity–except in a good way; that you give full measure and full weight with justice– We impose on no self any more than it can bear; that you are equitable when you speak–even if a near relative is concerned; and that you fulfill Allah’s contract. That is what He instructs you to do, so that hopefully you will pay heed. (152) This is My Path and it is straight, so follow it. Do not follow other ways or you will become cut off from His Way. That is what He instructs you to do, so that hopefully you will guard against evil. (153)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-An’am (The Cattle), Surah # 6: Ayah # 151-153)
Know that when you take any booty a fifth of it belongs to Allah, and to the Messenger, and to close relatives, orphans, the very poor and travellers, if you believe in Allah and in what We sent down to Our servant on the Day of Discrimination, the day the two groups met–Allah has power over all things. (41)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War), Surah # 8: Ayah # 41)
Do not go near the property of orphans before they reach maturity, except in a good way…
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Isra’ (The Night Journey) or Bani Isra’il (The Children of Israel), Surah # 17: Ayah # 34)
So as for orphans, do not oppress them. (9) Nor repulse the petitioner (unheard); (10) And as for the blessing of your Lord, speak out! (11)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Duha (The Glorious Morning Light), Surah # 93: Ayah # 9-11)
You who believe! People should not ridicule others who may be better than themselves; nor should any women ridicule other women who may be better than themselves. And do not find fault with one another or insult each other with derogatory nicknames. How evil it is to have a name for evil conduct after coming to faith! Those people who do not turn from it are wrongdoers. (11)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Hujurat (The Chambers), Surah # 49: Ayah # 11)
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Marriage:
Do not marry women of the idolaters until they believe. A slavegirl who is one of the believers is better for you than a woman of the idolaters, even though she may attract you. And do not marry men of the idolaters until they believe. A slave who is one of the believers is better for you than a man of the idolaters, even though he may attract you. Such people call you to the Fire whereas Allah calls you, with His permission, to the Garden and forgiveness. He makes His Signs clear to people so that hopefully they will pay heed. (221)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #221)
Nor is there anything wrong in any allusion to marriage you make to a woman, nor for any you keep to yourself. Allah knows that you will say things to them. But do not make secret arrangements with them, rather only speak with correctness and courtesy. Do not finally decide on the marriage contract until the prescribed period has come to its end. Know that Allah knows what is in your selves, so beware of Him! And know that Allah is Ever- Forgiving, All-Forbearing. (235)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #235)
If you are afraid of not behaving justly towards orphans, then marry other permissible women, two, three or four. But if you are afraid of not treating them equally, then only one, or those you own as slaves. That makes it more likely that you will not be unfair. (3)Give women their dowry as an outright gift. But if they are happy to give you some of it, make use of it with pleasure and goodwill. (4) Do not hand over to the simple-minded any property of theirs for which Allah has made you responsible, but provide for them and clothe them out of it, and speak to them correctly and courteously. (5)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’(Women), Surah # 4: Ayah # 3-5)
Do not marry any women your fathers married– except for what may have already taken place. That is an indecent act, a loathsome thing and an evil path. (22) Forbidden for you are: your mothers and your daughters and your sisters, your maternal aunts and your paternal aunts, your brothers’ daughters and your sisters’ daughters, your foster mothers who have suckled you, your foster sisters by suckling, your wives’ mothers, your stepdaughters who are under your protection: the daughters of your wives whom you have had sexual relations with (though if you have not had sexual relations with them there is nothing blameworthy for you in it then), the wives of your sons whom you have fathered, and marrying two sisters at the same time–except for what may have already taken place. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (23) And also married women, except for those you have taken in war as slaves. This is what Allah has prescribed for you. Apart from that He has made all other women lawful for you provided you seek them with your wealth in marriage and not in fornication. When you consummate your marriage with them give them their prescribed dowry. There is nothing wrong in any further agreement you might come to after the dowry has been given. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise. (24) If any of you do not have the means to marry free women who are believers, you may marry slave girls who are believers. Allah knows best about your faith; you are all the same in that respect. Marry them with their owners’ permission and give them their dowries correctly and courteously as married women, not in fornication or taking them as lovers. When they are married, if they commit fornication they should receive half the punishment of free women. This is for those of you who are afraid of
committing fornication. But being patient is better for you. Allah is Ever- Forgiving, Most Merciful. (25)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’(Women), Surah # 4: Ayah # 22-25)
Marry off those among you who are unmarried and those of your slaves and slavegirls who are righteous. If they are poor, Allah will enrich them from His bounty. Allah is All- Encompassing, All-Knowing. (32) Those who cannot find the means to marry should be abstinent until Allah enriches them from His bounty. If any slaves you own want to make a contract to free themselves, write it for them if you know of good in them and give them some of the wealth Allah has given you. Do not force your slavegirls to prostitute themselves if they desire to be virtuous women out of your desire for the goods of this world. If anyone forces them, then after they have been forced, Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (33)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Nur (The light), Surah # 24: Ayah # 32-33)
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Masjid-al-Haram:
Each person faces a particular direction so race each other to the good. Wherever you are, Allah will bring you all together. Truly Allah has power over all things. (148) Wherever you come from, turn your face to the Sacred Mosque (Masjid al-Haram). This is certainly the truth from your Lord. Allah is not unaware of what you do. (149) Wherever you come from, turn your face to the Sacred Mosque (Masjid al-Haram). Wherever you are, turn your faces towards it so that people will have no argument against you–except for those among them who do wrong and then you should not fear them but rather fear Me–and so that I can complete My blessing to you so that hopefully you will be guided. (150)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah # 148-150)
Fight in the Way of Allah against those who fight you, but do not go beyond the limits. Allah does not love those who go beyond the limits. (190) Kill them wherever you come across them and expel them from where they expelled you. Corruption is worse than killing. Do not fight them in the Sacred Mosque (Masjid al-Haram) until they fight you there. But if they do fight you, then kill them. That is how the disbelievers should be repaid. (191)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #190-191)
They will ask you about the Sacred Month and fighting in it. Say, ‘Fighting in it is a serious matter; but barring access to the Way of Allah and rejecting Him and barring access to the Sacred Mosque (Masjid al-Haram) and expelling its people from it are far more serious in the sight of Allah. Discord is worse than killing.’ They will not stop fighting you until they make you revert from your religion, if they are able. As for any of you who revert from their religion and die disbelievers, their actions will come to nothing in this world and the hereafter. They are the Companions of the Fire, remaining in it timelessly, for ever. (217)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #217)
You who believe! Do not profane the sacred rites of Allah or the sacred months, or the sacrificial animals, or the ritual garlands, or those heading for the Sacred House, desiring profit and good pleasure from their Lord. When your pilgrimage is over, then you may hunt. Do not let hatred for a people who debar you from the Sacred Mosque (Masjid al-Haram) incite you into going beyond the limits. Help each other to goodness and heedfulness. Do not help each other to wrongdoing and enmity. Have fear of Allah. Allah is severe in retribution. (2)
(Holy QUran, Surah Al-Ma’ida (The Table, The Table Spread), Surah # 5: Ayah # 2)
The mosques of Allah should only be maintained by those who believe in Allah and the Last Day and perform prayer and give the alms, and fear no one but Allah. They are the ones most likely to be guided. (18) Do you make the giving of water to the pilgrims and looking after the Sacred Mosque (Masjid al- Haram) the same as believing in Allah and the Last Day and striving in the Way of Allah? They are not equal in the sight of Allah. Allah does not guide
wrongdoing people. (19)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Tawbah (The Repentance) or Bara’ah (The Disavowal), Surah # 9: Ayah # 18-19)
You who believe! The idolaters are unclean, so after this year they should not come near the Sacred Mosque (Masjid al-Haram). If you fear impoverishment, Allah will enrich you from His bounty if He wills. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise. (28)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Tawbah (The Repentance) or Bara’ah (The Disavowal), Surah # 9: Ayah # 28)
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Men:
Men receive a share of what their parents and relatives leave and women receive a share of what their parents and relatives leave, a fixed share, no matter whether it is a little or a lot. (7) If other relatives or orphans or poor people attend the sharing-out, provide for them out of it and speak to them correctly and courteously. (8) People should show concern in the same way that they would fear for small children if they were to die leaving them behind. They
should have fear of Allah and say words that are appropriate. (9)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’(Women), Surah # 4: Ayah # 7-9)
Say to the believers that they should lower their eyes and guard their chastity. That is purer for them. Allah is aware of what they do. (30)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Nur (The light), Surah # 24: Ayah # 30)
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Menstruation:
They will ask you about menstruation. Say, ‘It is an impurity, so keep apart from women during menstruation and do not approach them until they have purified themselves. But once they have purified themselves, then go to them in the way that Allah has enjoined on you.’ Allah loves those who turn back from wrongdoing and He loves those who purify themselves. (222)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #222)
Divorced women should wait by themselves for three menstrual cycles; and it is not lawful for them to conceal what Allah has created in their wombs if they believe in Allah and the Last Day. Their husbands have the right to take them back within that time, if they desire to be reconciled. Women possess rights similar to those held over them to be honoured with fairness; but men have a degree above them. Allah is Almighty, All- Wise. (228)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #228)
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Metaphor:
It bears fruit regularly by its Lord’s permission. Allah makes metaphors for people so that hopefully they will pay heed. (25)
(Holy Quran, Surah Ibrahim (The Prophet Abraham), Surah # 14: Ayah # 25)
Make a metaphor for them of the life of this world. It is like water which We send down from the sky and the plants of the earth combine with it but then become dry chaff scattered by the winds. Allah has absolute power over everything. (45)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Kahf (The Cave), Surah # 18: Ayah # 45)
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Migrants:
Those who believe and migrate and strive in the Way of Allah with their wealth and themselves have a higher rank with Allah. They are the ones who are victorious. (20)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Tawbah (The Repentance) or Bara’ah (The Disavowal), Surah # 9: Ayah # 20)
Those who were already settled in the abode, and in faith, before they came, love those who have migrated to them and do not find in their hearts any need for what they have been given and prefer them to themselves even if they themselves are needy. It is the people who are safeguarded from the avarice of their own selves who are successful. (9)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Hushr (The Mustering), Surah # 59: Ayah # 9)
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Mothers:
Mothers should nurse their children for two full years–those who wish to complete the full term of nursing. It is the duty of the fathers to feed and clothe them with correctness and courtesy–no self is charged with more than it can bear. No mother should be put under pressure in respect of her child nor any father in respect of his child. The same duty is incumbent on the heir. If the couple both wish weaning to take place after mutual agreement your children, there is nothing wrong in your doing that provided you hand over to them what you have agreed to give with correctness and courtesy. Have fear of Allah and know that Allah sees what you do. (233)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #233)
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Murder:
Do not kill any person Allah has made inviolate, except with the right to do so. If someone is wrongly killed We have given authority to his next of kin. But he should not be excessive in taking life. He will be helped. (33)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Isra’ (The Night Journey) or Bani Isra’il (The Children of Israel), Surah # 17: Ayah # 33)
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Negotiation (see discussion)
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Neighbours:
Worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him. Be good to your parents and relatives and to orphans and the very poor, and to neighbours who are related to you and neighbours who are not related to you, and to companions and travellers and your slaves. Allah does not love anyone vain or boastful. (36)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’ (Women), Surah # 4: Ayah #36)
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Obedience:
You who believe! Have fear of Allah the way He should be feared and do not die except as Muslims. (102) Hold fast to the rope of Allah all together, and do not separate. Remember Allah’s blessing to you when you were enemies and He joined your hearts together so that you became brothers by His blessing. You were on the very brink of a pit of the Fire and He rescued you from it. In this way Allah makes His Signs clear to you, so that hopefully you will be guided. (103)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al ‘Imran (The Family Of 'Imran, The House Of 'Imran), Surah # 3: Ayah # 102-103)
When Allah and His Messenger have decided something it is not for any man or woman of the believers to have a choice about it. Anyone who disobeys Allah and His Messenger is clearly misguided. (36)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Ahzab (The confederates), Surah # 33: Ayah # 36)
You who believe! When you are told: ‘Make room in the gathering,’ then make room and Allah will make room for you! And when it is said, ‘Get up’, get up. Allah will raise in rank those of you who believe and those who have been given knowledge. Allah is aware of what you do. (11)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Mujadilah (The Woman Who Pleads), Surah # 58: Ayah # 11)
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Orphan:
(Allah makes the Signs clear to you, so that hopefully you will reflect) on this world and the hereafter. They will ask you about the property of orphans. Say, ‘Managing it in their best interests is best.’ If you mix your property with theirs, they are your brothers. Allah knows a squanderer from a good manager. If Allah had wanted, He could have been hard on you. Allah is Almighty, All-Wise. (220)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #220)
Worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him. Be good to your parents and relatives and to orphans and the very poor, and to neighbours who are related to you and neighbours who are not related to you, and to companions and travellers and your slaves. Allah does not love anyone vain or boastful. (36)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’ (Women), Surah # 4: Ayah #36)
Give orphans their property, and do not substitute bad things for good. Do not assimilate their property into your own. Doing that is a serious crime. (2) If you are afraid of not behaving justly towards orphans, then marry other permissible women, two, three or four. But if you are afraid of not treating them equally, then only one, or those you own as slaves. That makes it more likely that you will not be unfair. (3) Give women their dowry as an outright gift. But if they are happy to give you some of it, make use of it with pleasure and goodwill. (4) Do not hand over to the simple-minded any property of theirs for which Allah has made you responsible, but provide for them and clothe them out of it, and speak to them correctly and courteously. (5) Keep a close check on orphans until they reach a marriageable age, then if you perceive that they have sound judgement hand over their property to them. Do not consume it extravagantly and precipitately before they come of age. Those who are wealthy should abstain from it altogether. Those who are poor should use it sensibly and correctly. When you hand over their property to them ensure that there are witnesses on their behalf. Allah suffices as a Reckoner. (6)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’(Women), Surah # 4: Ayah # 2-6)
Men receive a share of what their parents and relatives leave and women receive a share of what their parents and relatives leave, a fixed share, no matter whether it is a little or a lot. (7) If other relatives or orphans or poor people attend the sharing-out, provide for them out of it and speak to them correctly and courteously. (8) People should show concern in the same way that they would fear for small children if they were to die leaving them behind. They should have fear of Allah and say words that are appropriate. (9)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’(Women), Surah # 4: Ayah # 7-9)
Worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him. Be good to your parents and relatives and to orphans and the very poor, and to neighbours who are related to you and neighbours who are not related to you, and to companions and travellers and your slaves. Allah does not love anyone vain or boastful. (36)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’(Women), Surah # 4: Ayah # 36)
What is in the heavens and in the earth belongs to Allah. Allah encompasses all things. (126) They request from you a ruling concerning women. Say, ‘Allah gives you a ruling about them; and also what is recited to you in the Book about orphan girls to whom you do not give the inheritance they are owed, while at the same time desiring to marry them; and also about young children who are denied their rights: that you should act justly with respect to orphans.’ Whatever good you do, Allah knows it. (127)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’(Women), Surah # 4: Ayah # 126-127)
Say: ‘Come and I will recite to you what your Lord has made forbidden for you’: that you do not associate anything with Him; that you are good to your parents; that you do not kill your children because of poverty–We will provide for you and them; that you do not approach indecency– outward or inward; that you do not kill any person Allah has made inviolate– except with the right to do so. That is what He instructs you to do so that hopefully you will use your intellect. (151) And that you do not go near the property of orphans before they reach maturity–except in a good way; that you give full measure and full weight with justice– We impose on no self any more than it can bear; that you are equitable when you speak–even if a near relative is concerned; and that you fulfill Allah’s contract. That is what He instructs you to do, so that hopefully you will pay heed. (152) This is My Path and it is straight, so follow it. Do not follow other ways or you will become cut off from His Way. That is what He instructs you to do, so that hopefully you will guard against evil. (153)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-An’am (The Cattle), Surah # 6: Ayah # 151-153)
Know that when you take any booty a fifth of it belongs to Allah, and to the Messenger, and to close relatives, orphans, the very poor and travellers, if you believe in Allah and in what We sent down to Our servant on the Day of Discrimination, the day the two groups met–Allah has power over all things. (41)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War), Surah # 8: Ayah # 41)
Do not go near the property of orphans before they reach maturity, except in a good way…
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Isra’ (The Night Journey) or Bani Isra’il (The Children of Israel), Surah # 17: Ayah # 34)
So as for orphans, do not oppress them. (9) Nor repulse the petitioner (unheard); (10) And as for the blessing of your Lord, speak out! (11)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Duha (The Glorious Morning Light), Surah # 93: Ayah # 9-11)
