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1	O you who believe! Let it be said: Ar-Rahim;
2	The Merciful;
3	And the sixty-fifth name of Allah, the Infinite, the Unique, the All Knowing.
4	In the name of Allah, the Kind, the Merciful:
5	Feed the hungry, care for the ill and dying and do not abandon any orphan.
6	Render firm and fair justice, forgive honorable debts and never torture men or animals.
7	This is the law.
8	A true Muslim bestows mercy and so shall have mercy shown upon.
9	A true Muslim is just and firm, never cruel.
10	Thus, it is the obligation of a neighbor first, that his neighbor and family have enough to eat.
11	If the neighbor does not have enough food, then it is to the village elders the obligation fall.
12	If the village does not have enough food, then it falls to the leader of the region to feed and help the hungry.
13	That is why to beg is an abomination before Allah.
14	As a man forced to beg for food, has a wicked neighbor or village or leader.
15	Nor should the sick and dying suffer greatly.
16	There is not any Muslim who visits another in sickness, in the forenoon,
17	But that seventy thousand angels send blessings upon him till the evening;
18	And there is no one who visits the sick, in the afternoon,
19	But that seventy thousand angels send blessings upon him till daybreak,
20	And there will be a pardon for him in Paradise.
21	Whoever visits a sick person, an angel calls from heaven,
22	Be happy in the world, and happy be your walking,
23	And take you a habitation in Paradise.
24	Whoever visits a sick person always enters into and swims in a sea of mercy until he sits down;
25	And when he sits, he is drowned therein.
26	When you go to visit the sick,
27	Comfort his grief and speak of positive things but do not lie.
28	For no good comes from an untruth to either a sick or a dying man.
29	Assist any person oppressed, whether Muslim or non-Muslim.
30	Care for the orphans that all are fed and kept safe.
31	If a man who has honored his debt or rent fall upon hard times, forgive the debt.
32	When a landlord behaves as the Persian merchants do and sell families into slavery,
33	Let him be handed over and his property divided amongst the community.
34	If an enemy be defeated, let them gather their dead in the manner of their custom.
35	A Muslim is forbidden to desecrate the remains of the dead, no matter what their custom.
36	If a sentence demand a blood penalty, let the sword be sharp and the swordsman the strongest and finest.
37	Verily, a swordsman who does not complete his work in one blow commits a grave transgression against justice and the word of Allah.
38	If a sentence of death be yielded as torture, find those responsible and immediately execute them;
39	Then find the judge and officials that permitted such torture and immediately execute them as responsible.
40	Allah abhors torture as the worst transgression.
41	A true Muslim is forbidden to behave with such dishonor.

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