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Allah's Apostle said, "You should listen to and obey, your ruler even if he was an Ethiopian (black) slave whose head looks like a raisin."

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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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