Real Revolution — Page 167
نْهَا . ف خُدمـ الْعِبَادَة عَشَرَهُ أَجْزَاء تِسْعَةُ مِنْهَا الحلال "The worship of God consisted of ten parts. of which one was represented by devotional acts, such as prayer fasting, performance of the pilgrimate and payment of zakat, while the rest nine all lay in subsisting only on lawful means of livelihood. . In other, words, if a man observed prayer and tast ing, performed the pilgrimage, and paid zakat, but was dishonest in trade, he mixed nine measures of foul impurity into one measure of milk, Evidently, theretore, the slightest carelessness in regard to the strictest standards of honesty in commercial dealings destroyed all the virtue and reward such a person might have won on the basis of his act of worship. . Keenness and Industry. In regard to those who work with keennes and industry the Holy Prophet said: عَمَلَ امْرِى يَظُنُّ أَن لَّن يَوتَ اَبَداً واحذر . ان يموت "When you engage yourself in worldly activity. remember the Islamic teaching for such occasions