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Islam has been built on five [pillars]: testifying that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, establishing the salah (prayer), paying the zakat (obligatory charity), making the hajj (pilgrimage) to the House, and fasting in Ramadhan.

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The one who recites the Qur'an and the one who listens to it have an equal share in the reward.

It is better for a leader to make a mistake in forgiving than to make a mistake in punishing.

Avoid cruelty and injustice for, on the Day of Judgment, the same will turn into several darknesses; and guard yourselves against miserliness; for this has ruined nations who lived before you.

"Happy is the man who avoids dissension, but how fine is the man who is afflicted and shows endurance."

"They are measurements of time for the people and for ḥajj [pilgrimage]."

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