By Ustadha Zaynab Ansari
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“You who believe, uphold justice and bear witness to God, even if it is against yourselves, your parents, or your close relatives. Whether the person is rich or poor, God can best take care of both. Refrain from following your own desire, so that you can act justly–if you distort or neglect justice, God is fully aware of what you do.†(The Qur'an, 4:135)
The Prophet Muhammad á¹£allallÄhu 'alayhi wa sallam (peace and blessings of AllÄh be upon him), God bless and grant his peace, said, “Religion is good counsel. We [Sahaba] asked, 'To whom?' He, peace be upon him, replied, 'To Allah and His Book, and His messenger, and to the leaders of the Muslims and the masses.'†(Muslim)
“It is said that a man from the Children of Israel acquired much knowledge from books that would fill up eighty vaults. But that knowledge was of no benefit to him. Allah, the Exalted, revealed to the prophet of that time to tell that person, 'Even if you were study more books to further your knowledge that would still be of no benefit to you as you do not act upon three things: (1) do not fall in love with this world for this world is not the permanent abode for the faithful believers (lit. mu'minin), (2) do not befriend Satan for he is not a friend of the faithful believers, and (3) do not trouble any of Allah's creation because such is not the nature of any faithful believer.'†[1]
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