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The Orchard of Guidance

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Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said:

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“O ye who believe! Observe your duty to Allah, and give up what remaineth (due to you) from usury, if ye are (in truth) believers.” (2:278)

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“And if ye do not, then be warned of war (against you) from Allah and His messenger. And if ye repent, then ye have your principal (without interest). Wrong not, and ye shall not be wronged.” (2:279)

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“And if ye do not, then be warned of war (against you) from Allah and His messenger. And if ye repent, then ye have your principal (without interest). Wrong not, and ye shall not be wronged.” (2:279)

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“And if the debtor is in straitened circumstances, then (let there be) postponement to (the time of) ease; and that ye remit the debt as almsgiving would be better for you if ye did but know.” (2:280)

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“And guard yourselves against a day in which ye will be brought back to Allah. Then every soul will be paid in full that which it hath earned, and they will not be wronged.” (2:281)

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And the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, repeating it three times: "O people! Which day is the most sacred?"

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They replied: "The Day of the Greatest Pilgrimage."

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He said: "Indeed, your blood, your property, and your honor are sacred among you, just as this day of yours is sacred, in this month of yours, in this land of yours.

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Verily, no transgressor commits a crime except against himself, and no parent can be held responsible for the crime of their child, nor can a child for that of their parent.

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Behold! Satan has despaired of ever being worshipped in this land of yours again.

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However, he will still be obeyed in matters you consider insignificant among your deeds, and he will be content with that.

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Indeed, every blood feud from the era of pre-Islamic ignorance is abolished, and the first of them that I abolish is the blood feud of Al-Harith Ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib,

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who was nursed among the Banu Layth and killed by Hudhayl. And indeed, every usurious gain from the days of ignorance is abolished.

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“And if ye do not, then be warned of war (against you) from Allah and His messenger. And if ye repent, then ye have your principal (without interest). Wrong not, and ye shall not be wronged.” (2:279)

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Behold! O my Ummah, have I conveyed the message?"—repeating it three times. They said: "Yes!" He said: "O Allah, bear witness!"—three times. (Narrated by Ibn Majah)

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Lesson: The sanctity of people's honor is like the sanctity of the Ka'bah and the Day of the Greatest Pilgrimage.

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Yet so many of us remain heedless of this sanctity, violating it through backbiting, tale-bearing, verbal abuse, defaming, and mocking,

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as if we have forgotten that the true Muslim is the one from whose tongue and hand other Muslims are safe.