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1	O People! There is no other deity but Allah!
2	The Compassionate, the Beneficent, the Gracious;
3	All prayers and homage be to Allah and no other!
4	Let it be said, It is an abomination before Allah for any man or woman to enslave another.
5	Whether by bondage, obligation, fear or debt,
6	Slavery in all forms is the gravest of transgressions.
7	Verily, any man or woman who partakes in slavery is forbidden to be known as a Muslim.
8	It is better a man lose his life in the eyes of Allah than permit one of his family be sold into slavery.
9	It is better a man lose his sight than trick another into slavery through debt and bondage.
10	It is more merciful that a man lose both his arms than receive a single coin in reward for slavery.
11	Woe unto those who promote slavery in defiance of the will of Allah.
12	Verily, All Muslims are called by sacred obligation:
13	To seek out and destroy all who partake in slavery and debt slavery;
14	To destroy any records and registers of debt slavery, wherever such records may be held;
15	To free and liberate any and all who have been forced into bondage by obligation, fear or debt.
16	Solemnly, it is the sacred duty of every true Muslim to seize every moneylender and merchant of slavery,
17	And end their disgraceful lives.
18	Truly, if a Muslim community ignores their sacred obligation against slavery and slavery by debt and bondage,
19	Then they are no better than the slave traders and money lenders and must be treated as so.
20	Rise up! Rise up! And rid this world of such filth and disrespect as is all forms of slavery.
21	Slavery is a transgression against heaven and earth and the gravest transgression against Islam.
22	A Muslim is forbidden to partake in slavery.
23	Verily, any preacher who claims slavery is permitted under Islam must be immediately seized,
24	And thrown into the deepest pit, that their existence be wiped from the eyes of Allah for such contempt against Divine law.
25	A man who treats ill any in his service, as if they be a slave,
26	Does not deserve to be kindly treated by Allah.
27	A wealthy man who does not give those in his service the same to eat and drink as himself is a tyrant.

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