pected and from whose evil (men) are not secure. —Abu-Hurayrah, TI: BA. Three people will be in paradise: a person in authority who is just, charitable, helpful, a man who is merciful, tender-hearted to all who are of kin, and to Muslims, and a chaste man trying to live chastely. And five people will be in the fire (of hell): the weak man who has no sense, who is among you a dependent, seeking neither house nor wealth; and the deceitful who does not hide his avarice, and though it be a rap, he defrauds it; and a man who enters on the morning and evening of a day deceiving thee of thy people and thy wealth. And verily God has re- vealed to me, saying, ‘Show humility, so that none may be proud above another, and none may rebel against another.’ —TIyad b. Himar, MU. [Boy] tel I can swear for three things: wealth suffers not by charity; no servant of God is wronged, and bears it patient- ly but God increases thereby his honour; and no servant of God opens for himself the door of beggary but God (also) opens up for him the door of poverty. —Abu-Kabshah al-Anmariy, TI. He who visits a sick person ceases not to plunge in (the ocean of) mercy until he sits down; and when he sits down he is immersed therein. —Jabir, MA: AH. Pe oro Whoso visits a sick person, a crier calls out (to him) SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD 219 from heaven, saying, ‘Be thou of good cheer! cheerful thy walk! take thou a happy home in paradise.’ —Abu-Hurayrah, IB, When ye go in to the sick (to visit him), cheer him ap in his distress; for verily that would not avert anything but would improve his spirits. —Abu-Sa‘id, TI: IB.
oles | When ye ‘go in to visit a sick man, wish for him a length of life, for that will please him. —Abu-Sa‘id, TI.
Ios iS al | Verily, vows do neither accelerate a thing nor keep it back. —Sa‘id b. al-Harith, BU: MU: AB: NA.
Whoso vows that he will obey God, let him obey Him; but whoso vows that he will rebel against God, let him not rebel against Him. —‘A‘ishah, BU: AB: TI: NA: MA.
There is no vow in sinful things. —A‘ishah, AB: NA: IB, There is no fulfilling a vow in which is sin. —Imran b. Husayn, MU. Pen,” | There is no vow but in what the pleasure of God is sought, nor in disregarding (the ties of) kinship. —Ibni ‘Amru b. al-‘As, AB.
220 SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD [io Oere There are two vows; one is what a man vows in obedi- ence to God—that is for God, and it must be fulfilled; and whoso vows to disobey God—that is for Satan in which there is no fulfilling it. —Imran b. Husayn, NA. (See | ‘My sister has vowed,’ said one of his disciples, ‘that she would walk up to the Ka‘bah barefooted, but she can- not do that, and she bids me inquire of thee concerning her.’ The Prophet said, ‘Let her walk on foot or ride, for verily God has no need of thy sister’s walking.’ —Ugbah b. ‘Amir, BU: MU: AB: TI: NA; Ibni ‘Abbas, AB. rer! wi A woman said, ‘O Prophet of God! I have vowed that when thou wouldst return safe from thy expedition I would beat the drum over thy head.’ The Prophet said, “Chen if thou hast vowed, fulfil thy vow, otherwise not.’ —Amru b. Shu‘ayb, AB: RA. The Prophet saw an old man being led between his two sons, and said, ‘What is the matter with him?’ ‘They said, ‘He has vowed that he would (thus) walk.’ The Prophet said, ‘Verily, God needs not this punishing of himself;’ and bade him ride. —Anas, BU: MU: AB: TI: NA. bt 99le J The Prophet saw a man standing in the sun, and in- quired about him. They said, “This is Abu-Isra‘’l, who SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD 221 has vowed that he would stand in the sun, and fast, and not break it, nor come in the shade, nor speak.’ ‘The Prophet said, “Tell him to come in the shade, and speak, and let him complete (his fasting).’ } —Ibni ‘Abbas, BU: AB: MA. A man stood up on the day of the conquest of Makkah, and said, ‘O Prophet of God! I have vowed to God that if He gave thee the victory over Makkah, I will offer a short prayer of thanksgiving to Him in the Sacred Temple at Jerusalem.’ The Prophet said, ‘Pray here.’ ‘The man said the same thing again. The Prophet said, ‘Pray here.’ The man again said the same thing. ‘Then,’ said the Prophet, ‘it is thy own concern.’ —Jabir, AB. deeeetiod War is deceit. —Ka'b b. Malik, AB. Of all men, the people who have faith abstain most from killing. —Ibni Mas‘ud AB. ae lal On the day when the Prophet of God would meet (his) enemies (in battle), he would wait until the declin- ing of the sun; and then he would stand up among his companions, and say, ‘Never wish to meet (your) enemies (on the battle-field), but ask God for protection; and when ye do meet them, then stand steadfast, and know that ire SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD paradise is beneath the shade of swords.’! ‘Then would he say, ‘O God! who hast sent down the book, and drivest the clouds, and dost rout the hosts, do Thou rout these, and help us against them.’
—Abdu’llah b. Aufa, BU: MU: AB.
When the Prophet appointed a commander over an army, great or small, he would enjoin upon him more especially the fear of God, and upon the Muslims who were with him, goodness; then would he say, ‘March in the name of God, and fight with him who believes not in God; and march forth and defraud not, nor betray, nor mutilate, nor kill children or old men.’
—Buraydah, MU: AB: TI.
‘There are two sorts of warfare: then as to him who seeks the good-will of God, and obeys (his) leader, and spends liberally (towards it), and is kind to his compan- ions, and avoids evil-doing, verily, his sleep and keeping awake has each its own reward; and whoso engages in it to boast of it, and to be seen (of men), and to tell (it) abroad, and rebels against (his) leader, and does evil in the land, verily he shall not return unharmed.
—Mu‘adh b. Jabal, AB: NA: MA. Per The Prophet of God was asked concerning a man who fought for bravery or fought for attachment or fought to be seen (of men), which of them was in the way of God?
' 7Not on the bed of roses. Cf. Saying 323.
SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD 293 He said, ‘He who fights that the word of God be exalted, is in the way of God.’ ; —Abu-Musa, BU: MU: AB: TI: NA.
EN When the Prophet sent an army, great or small, he would tell them, ‘When ye see a place of prayer or hear a crier calling (men to worship), then kill no one.’
—TIsam al-Muzaniy, AB: TI.
The Prophet of God used to take his womenfolk with him in his expeditions, and they used to nurse the wounded, and were given a portion out of the spoils. —Najdah b. ‘Amir al-Haruriy, MU: AB: TTI.
fe yl0Ol eg I accompanied the Prophet in seven expeditions, and lived in the dwellings of men; I prepared food for them, and nursed the wounded. —Ummi ‘Atiyyah, MU.
I went forth with the Prophet of God in his expedition to Khaybar with five other women, and offered to assist men in the way of God by helping them with arrows; and we had also medicine with us for the wounded, and a drink of sawiq. ‘Then when God gave the Prophet victory he divided the spoils between us as he divided among men. —Hashraj b. Ziyad, from his grandmother, AB.
In one of the battles of the Prophet a woman was found killed; whereupon the Prophet forbade the killing of women and children. 1. —Ibni ‘Umar, BU: MU: AB: NA: MA.
224 SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD No one shall torment (another) with fire except God. —Abu-Hurayrah, BU: AB: TI. Pe LOUD Te" When one of you fights, avoid (hurting) the face. —Abu-Hurayrah, BU: MU. I heard the Prophet of God forbidding to bind one in order to kill him. —Abu-Ya'‘la, AB. The Prophet of God forbade plundering and mutila- ‘tion. —‘Abdu'llah b. Yazid al-Ansariy, BU. Whoso purposely kills any with whom he is bound by ‘a treaty, without real cause, God will forbid him paradise. —Abu-Bakr, AB: NA. Whoso wrongs one with whom he is bound by a treaty, or injures him, or charges him with what is beyond his power, or takes away from him anything without the plea- sure of his soul, I will argue for him on the day of resur- rection. —Safwan b, Sulaym, AB. The Prophet also divided the booty among the Jewish people who fought with him. —Zuhriy, TI.
SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD 225 fs JOR.) ] Fear the prayer of the wronged, for, verily, there is no veil between him and God. —Ibni ‘Abbas, BU: MU: AB: TI: NA. preeqor2s\] If thou hast execessive strength, do not injure the weak. - —Ibni ‘Auf, RA. [ @urS| Seek me among the weakest of you, for verily ye are helped and given provision only for the weakest among you. —Abu-Hurayrah, AB: NA. rier] He who fulfils the wants of any one of my people, desiring to please him thereby, pleases me. —Anas, BA. ea! | Whoso protects a Mu‘min from a hypocrite, God will raise up an angel to protect his flesh on the day of resur- rection from the fire of hell; and whoso inveighs against a Muslim for anything, desiring thereby his disgrace, God will confine him on the causeway to hell until he comes * out (clear) of what he said. —Mu‘adh b. Anas, AB.
He who comes to help the aggrieved, God writes down for him three and seventy acts of pardon, one of which makes amends for all his affairs, and two and seventy (go) 15 226 SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD to make for him degrees. (of excellence) on the day of re- surrection, —Anas, BA. [sd Olgii4 Whoso relieves a Mu‘min from a distress in this world, God will relieve him from his distress on the day of re- surrection; and whoso makes it easy for a man in straitened. circumstances to. pay his debt, God will make (everything) easy for him in this world and the hereafter; and whoso hides the faults of a Muslim, God will cover up his faults in this world and the hereafter. God is always ready to help his servant so long as the servant is ready to help his. brother. And whoso walks in the path seeking know- ledge therein, God will make easy to him the path of paradise. —Abu-Hurayrah, MU: AB: TI:. There are three things which if a man does, God will draw him under His own shadow, and will make him enter into paradise: kindness to the weak, affection towards parents, and doing good to the slave. 4 —Jabir, 11 There is trial for every people, and the trial of pil sel is by wealth. » —Ka’b b. ‘tyad, ue Abundance of accidental gobds is not Be bur om Ww ealth of soul. ars; G ob (ow) ‘¢ 5 PLE GAS ee BU: MU: fens — SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD 227 i tUee | ‘What is the best wealth?’ it was asked of the Prophet. “The best of it is a tongue that mentions (God), and a grateful heart, and a righteous wife, and assisting a Mu‘min because of his faith.’ —Thauban, TI.
There is no harm in riches, for him who fears God (in what he does); and for him who works piety, health is better than riches, and cheerfulness of disposition better that pleasures. —AF.
The Prophet said, ‘Which of you loves his heir’s wealth better than his own?’ His disciples said, ‘O Prophet ot God! there is none of us whose own wealth is not dearer to him than his heir’s.’ The Prophet said, ‘His wealth is what is gone before him, and what remains behinds is the wealth of his heirs.’
—Ibni Mas‘ud, BU.
The servant (of God) says: ‘My wealth! my wealth!’ but ‘verily only three things are his out of (all) his wealth; what he has eaten and used up, or worn and worn out, or given away and acquired (as a merit); and what is be- sides these shall be gone, and he shall leave it for (other) people. —Abu-Hurayrah, MU; cf. Mutarrif, MU.
228 SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD Whoso among you is able to benefit his brother, must do it. —Jabir, MU. Envy not the wicked because of the bounty (of God towards him), for verily thou knowest not what he may meet with after his death; for him there is, with God, a killer who will not die. —Abu-Hurayrah, BG.
Plane When a wicked man is praised, the Lord God is angered, and (His) Throne is agitated thereat.
’ —Anas, BA.
‘He is indeed a poor man who has no wife,’ said the Prophet. ‘What although he has plenty of wealth?’ it was asked of him. The Prophet said, ‘And though he have plenty of wealth.’ ‘And poor indeed is the woman who has no (help) -male, although she be ever so rich!’
Let no Mu‘min hate a Mu‘minah*: if he hate her for one trait in her character, let him be pleased with another that is in her. —Jabir, MU; Abu-Hurayrah, MU.
The best of you is he who is the best among you to his wife.1 —‘A‘ishah, TI: DA; Ibni ‘Abbas, IB.
*Or, family.
SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD 229 Admonish thy wife, and if there be any good in her, she will receive (it); and beat not thy wife with the beating of thy slave.
—Laqit b. Sabrah, AR.
Beat not the hand-maids of God.
—Ayas b. ‘Abdu’llah, AB: IB: DA.
And enjoin upon one another goodness towards women; verily they are married to you: ye have no power over them at all, unless they come in for a flagrant filthy action; but if they be devoted to you, then seek no way against them. And, verily, ye have rights over your women, and your women have rights over you. —Amru b. al-Ahwas, TI.
Should I not tell thee of the best treasure of man? (it is) a virtuous woman; when he looks upon her, she gladdens him; and when he tells her (anything), she obeys him; and when he is absent from her, she watches his (interests). —Abni ‘Abbas, AB.
‘What rights has a wife over her husband?’ it was asked of the Prophet. “That he feed her when he eats himself, and that he clothe her when he clothes himself, and not strike her upon the face, nor revile her, nor leave her alone unless in her own house.’ —Hakim b. Mu‘awiyah, AB.
230 SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD Hind, wife of Abu-Sufyan, said, ‘O Prophet of God! Abu-Sufyan is a miserly fellow; he does not give me what may be enough for me and for my children, unless I take it from him while he does not know.’ The Prophet said, “Take what may be enough for thee and for thy children, in reason.’
—A‘ishah, BU: MU: AB: NA.
‘What is the best woman?’ it was asked of the Prophet. ‘She who gladdens her husband when he looks up to her and obeys him when he tells her anything, and who does not fail him in regard to herself or her riches so as to dis- please him.’
—Abu-Hurayrah, NA.
Whoso has two wives, and does not deal equitably be- tween them shall come on the day of resurrection with half his body fallen off.
—Abu-Hurayrah, AB: NA: IB. fir 1039 sad When thou comest from a journey, come not to thy women by surprise, until the woman whose husband is absent puts herself in order to receive him.
—Jabir, BU: MU: AB: TL The Prophet also forbade the people from surprising (their) womenfolk, lest they charge them for dealing falsely, and seek their weak points.
—Jabir, BU: MU: AB: TI.
When the Prophet returned from an expedition or a journey, and night befell him, he would never enter his house until it was morning; and even if he reached home just before the morning he would never enter it until it was morning time. He used to say, ‘Wait awhile that the women may put themselves in order to receive you.’ —Jabir, BU: MU: AB: TI.
Pele When God created Wisdom, He said to it, ‘Stand up;’ and it stood up; then He said to it, “Turn thy back;’ and it turned its back. ‘Then God said to it, ‘Come up (to Me);’ and it went up (to Him). Then He said to it, ‘Sit down;’ and it sat down. ‘Then He said to it, ‘I have not created anything in (all) creation which is better than thyself, nor more excellent than thyself, nor more beauti- ful than thyself; by thee I take, by thee I give; by thee am I known; by thee I punish; by thee is success, and by thee is punishment.’ —Abu-Hurayrah, BA.
Every man shall only be rewarded on the day of resurrection according to the measure of his wisdom. Ibni ‘Umar, BA.
A man who is present sees what the absent man sees not. —Anas, MU.
Bearing false witness is equal to associating (another 232 SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD God) with God.’ This the Prophet repeated thrice, and then recited, ‘And avoid the abomination of idols, and avoid the speaking of falsehood, being Hanif* to God, not joining (anything) with Him.’! —Huzaym b. Fatik, AB: IB; Ayman b. Huzaym, TI: AH.
The world is a provision, and the best provision ot the world is a virtuous woman.
fe lien I and the woman whose cheeks have grown dark (on account of the cares and anxieties of her children) shall be like this on the day of resurrection; (here the Prophet put together his middle and fore-fingers.). —‘Auf b. Malik al-Ashja‘iy, AB.
I have left behind me no more hurtful trial for men than women. —Abu-Sa’id, NA.
A woman is all weakness; so that when she goes out, Satan looks at her with head uplifted.
fehl We 2k No man is apart with a strange woman, but Satan is the third among them.
—Ibni Mas‘ud, TI.
—Ibni ‘Umar, ‘TI.
Take care that no man sit alone with a woman, unless. she be his near relative. —Ibni ‘Abbas, BU: MU- SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD 233 Join not with the women whose husbands are absent, for verily Satan runs into each son of Man with the run- ning of (his) blood. ‘They asked, ‘And what about thee, O Prophet of God?’ He said, ‘It also flows in my veins, but God has strengthened me against him, and has kept me safe.’
—Jabir, BU: MU: AB: TI. Paglooga: | I questioned the Prophet with regard to a sudden glance cast on a woman; he said, “Turn away thy glance.’ —Jarir, MU: AB: TI.
O ‘Aliy! do not follow up a glance by another, for thou mayest have the first, but thou mayest not have the second.
—Buraydah, AB: TTI. ee ay ‘The Prophet forbade men from walking between two women.
—Ibni ‘Umar, AB.
The Prophet would call women ‘Glasses.’
—Anas, BU: MU. ee yee Take care! verily good, all of it, with its diversities will be in paradise, and evil, all of it, with its diversities, will be in the fire (of hell). And work on, being also in dread of God, and know that ye shall be set upon your works; and whoso shall have done an atom’s weight of 234 SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD good, shall see it, and whoso shall have done an atom’s weight of evil shall see it. Verily what I most fear for my people are lust and long hope; then as to lust, it turns away from the truth, and as to long hopes, they cause the hereafter to be for- gotten; and this world is departing evanescent; and the —Amru, SH: Z.
hereafter is approaching, nearing; and each one of these has (its) children; then if ye are able not to be the child of this world, do (it); for verily ye are to-day in the abode of works, and not of accounts, and ye shall be tomorrow in the abode of the hereafter and not of works. —Jabir, BA; cf. ‘Aliy, BU.
Ye people! verily this world is an accidental (good); the good and the wicked eat of it; and verily the hereafter is a true appointment; therein will judge a just and power- ful King, verifying the truth, and making vain the vain. Be ye of the sons of the hereafter, and be ye not of the sons of this world, for verily a child follows its mother.
—Shaddad, AN.
None of you expects (any other) than richness leading into error, or poverty causing to forget (everything), or sickness ruining (everything) or weakness from old age making a dotard, or death coming on suddenly; or the Hour (of judgment), for the Hour will be most subtle and most bitter.: —Abu-Hurayrah, TI: NA.
SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD 235 ‘Verily,’ said the Prophet, ‘out of (many things) which I fear for you after me, is the splendour of this world and the adornment thereof, which will be opened up to you.’ A man said, ‘O Prophet of God! shall good bring evil?) The Prophet kept silent for a while, and then spoke: ‘Certainly good brings no evil; but verily out of (the many) vegetations which the spring brings forth is also that which, when the belly is puffed up with it, would kill, or nearly destroy; and verily this wealth is pleasant and sweet, and a good companion of the Mus. lim who gives out of it to the poor and the orphan and the homeless; so he who takes it by his right and lays it out in its right (place), a good help is that; and he who takes it without having any right to (it), is as he who cats and is not filled, and it shall be a witness against him on the day of resurrection.’ —Abu-Sa'id al-Khudriy, BU: MU: NA.
Verily the world is accursed; accursed is what is there- in, except the remembrance of God, and what He loves, and the learned man and the learner.
—Abu-Hurayrah, TI: IB.
The world is pleasant to the eye, and sweet; and verily God will set you up as (His) vice-gerents therein, and see how ye would act. ‘Take care! fear the world, and fear women; and let not the fear of men hinder a man from speaking the truth when he knows it. —al-Khudriy, MU: ‘TI: NA.
236 SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD He who seeks the world in a lawful manner in order to abstain from begging, and to strive for (the mainte- nance of) his people, and for affection to his neighbour, shall meet God on the day of resurrection, his face (shin- ing) like the moon of the full-moon night; and he who: seeks the world in an unlawful manner for ostentation: and pride and show, shall meet God, and He will be angry with him.
—Abu-Hurayrah, BA.
Verily the highest distinction which the people of the world go in for is that of wealth.
—Buraydah, NA.
What I fear most for you is a passion for wealth, and your greed, and your immodesty, and mischief-making: that will lead you astray. —Abu-Hurayrah, RA.
Verily, this accidental good is a treasure, and for this. treasure there are keys. Happy the servant (of God) whom He has made a key to good, a bolt to evil.
—Sahl b. Sa‘d, IB.
Once while we were sitting with the Prophet, Mus’ab b. ‘Umayr came up to us: he had nothing upon his body except a garment which was patched with fur. When the Prophet saw him, he wept for him, now that he was re- duced to this from his former affluence. The Prophet SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD 237 said, ‘How must ye be when ye put on a raiment in the morning, and another in the evening, and a dish shall be served to you and another taken off, and when ye shall ‘screen your houses as the Ka‘bah?’ They said, ‘O Pro- phet of God! we shall be happier on that day than we are to-day: we should then be above want and more free for the service of God.’ The Prophet said, “Thou art more happy to-day than thou shalt be on that day.’ —Aliy, TI. The love of this world is the beginning of all sins. —Anas, AB: RA. Petz The Prophet said, ‘Can any one walk over water with- out wetting his feet?’ They said, ‘No, O Prophet of God!’ “Like that is the man of the world: he is not safe from sins,’ said the Prophet. —Anas, BA. Pape Re When God loves a servant (of His), He keeps him away from the world like as one of you keeps away his sick fellow from water. —Qatadah b. a’n-Nu‘man, TI: AH. Verily, the steep path lies before you: no laden (soul) shall pass it. —Ummi Darda’‘, BA.
Be thou in this world as though thou wert a stranger, or a traveller on the road. —Abdu'llah b. ‘Umar, BU.
238 SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD fi TOs] The world is the abode of him who has no abode, and wealth is his who has no wealth, and he puts it together who has no wisdom. —A‘ishah, AH: BA, [reat OD val A man came to the Prophet and said, ‘Verily I love thee.’ He said, ‘Look to what thou sayest.’ The man said, ‘By God! I love thee,’ This he repeated thrice. The Prophet said, ‘If thou art truthful and sincere, then pre- pare armour for poverty: poverty certainly hurries more quickly to him who loves me than the torrent to its ex- There are two things to which the son of Man is averse: he is averse to death, whereas death is better for the Mu‘min than trials; and he is averse to want of wealth, whereas want of wealth will be least reckoned with.
—Mahmud b, Labid, AH.
PavkO7¥e 3 When your leaders are your best men, and your rich; men are (also) your liberal men, and your affairs are guided by consultation among yourselves, then the back of the earth is better for you than its belly. —Abu-Hurayrah, TI. ° The son of Man becomes weak from old age, but two things grow young in him; greed for wealth, and eager- ness for life. hee . : —Anas, BU: MU.
SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD 239 The heart of the old man continues to be young in two things, namely, in the love of this world, and in the length of hope. —Abu-Hurayrah, BU: MU.
The Prophet seized me (by the hand), and said, ‘Be thou in this world as though thou wert a stranger, or a passer-by on the road, and count thyself among the people of the graves.’ —Ibni ‘Umar, BU.
ee ss Beware of the cry of the wronged! for he only asks God for his right; and verily God will not refuse the right of a rightful man. —‘Aliy, BA.
He who claims what is not his is not of us; and let him take his place in the fire (of hell). _ —Abu-Dharr, MU.
God puts the wrongdoer off for a time, so that when He catches him up, He will not spare him. ' —Abu-Musa, BU: MU.
Whoso sets out (to fight) against my people, strik- ing the good and the bad among them, and leaving no Mu‘min* among them, and who fulfils not his covenant with whom he has covenanted—he is not of me, and I am not of him. —Abu-Hurayrah, MU: NA.
240 SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD A man shall be brought on the day of resurrection and thrown into the fire (of hell), and his intestines shall forthwith come out in the fire, and he shall therein turn wound and round like the turning round of the ass with hhis mill; whereupon the people of the fire shall come out together, and say, ‘O such and such! what art thou doing? Didst thou not bid us do what was good, and forbid us to do wrong?’ He shall say, ‘I bade you do good, but did not go in for it myself, and forbade you to do wrong, but went in for it myself.’ —Usamah b. Zayd, BU: MU. Why should one of you laugh (at another) for what he himself does? -“Abdu'llah b. Zam‘an, BU: MU: TI.
INDEX INDEX 242 INDEX Companion, 113-5.
Concord, 116.
Cowardice, 58.
Dependents, 97.
Entertainment, 191.
Equal distribution of wealth, 195.
Evidence, 202, 203.
INDEX 243 Friendship, 603.
Gentleness, 50.
Gloating over suffering, 83.
Graves, 287-93.
Guardians of children, 312, 313.
Hearsay, 319.
Homeless, the, 150.
Impulses, good and wicked, 335-7.
Invectives, 349.
244 INDEX Judgement, private, 363, 364.
Luxury, 453.
Martyrs, 155.
Medicine, 493, 494.
Monopoly, 551.
Mourning, 552-61.
INDEX 245 Murder. See Bloodshedding.
Necessaries of life, 640.
Patriotism, 696-9.
Penitence, 152.
People of the Book, 700, 723.
Pilgrimage, 360.
Plague, 717.
Pledge of faith, 718.
Privacy, 793.
Progress of ideas, 794.
246 INDEX Reformers, 804.
Regularity, 805.
Reliance upon God, 252, 806.
Science, 426.
Seduction, 19. —;: Shaking of hands, 847.
Slandering, 880-82.
Soothsayers, 57.
‘Testament, 905.
INDEX 247 Unnatural crimes, 932-4.
Violence, 213.
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Other books of the series like the Preaching of Islam by ‘IT. W. Arnold in preparation.
To Muslim Readers Let us send a book (or all of the series) to your non- Muslim friends, or to a library on your behalf, if you think it will go a long way to remove their misunderstand- ing and prejudice and thus earn for your self what God has promised in the following verse.
“O You who believe! shall I lead you to a merchan- dise which will save you from grievous woe? ‘To believe in God and His Apostle, and to exert strenuously in God's cause with your property and your person that is better for you, if ye did but know! He will pardon you your sins, and bring you into gardens, beneath which rivers flow, and a goodly dwellings in the garden of Eden;—that is the mighty bliss. (LXI. 10) ABBAS MANZIL LIBRARY a ALLAHABAD-3: 7 re ee eee i a ee Oo ee ES Be ee ee te eB eee oe eee Let us be honest to ourselves and plainly tell you our aims and objects without mincing the matter.