This is a very effective style in struggling against mischief...

This is a very effective style in struggling against mischief, specially against a group of obstinate persons, and the Qur’an has repeatedly emphasized it.[^4] Another thing is that they spend not only out of their property and wealth, but also out of their knowledge, mental power, body strength, and social honour, all of which are sustenance and merits of Allah that they give in the way of Allah. The verse says: “…and spend out of the sustenance We have provided them with.

Surah Al-Qasas - Verse 55 وَإذَا سَمِعُوا اللَّغْوَ أَعْرَضُوا عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا لَنَآ أَعْمَالُنَا وَلَكُمْ أَعْمَالُكُمْ سَلاَمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ لاَ نَبْتَغِي الْجَاهِلِينَ 55. “And when they hear idle talk, they turn away from it and say: ‘We shall have our deeds and you shall have your deeds.

Peace be on you, we do not seek the ignorant’.” A real believer is he who not only does not go into a meeting of vanity and does not listen to an idle talk, but also if he heard a vain word, he would react properly. Turning away from speaking and hearing idle talk and also from seeing and associating with it is a virtue which is praised in all religions. The above verse is about the qualities of a…

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