Wisdom of The Holy Prophet — Page 79
PUBLIC AFFAIRS 79 TREATIES AND COVENANTS Fulfil every covenant for you will be called to account for it (17. 35). * * * The Holy Prophet (peace be on him) said : I. Fulfi:ment of a promise is part of faith. 2. Make an oath only in the name of Allah, adhere to the truth and fulfil it strictly. It pleases Allah to _be the guarantor of your pledges. 3. Your pledge will be construed in the sense in which it is understood by the other party. 4. He to whom an obligation is owed is entitled to demand fulfilment. 5. Do not contend against thy brother, nor make him the butt of thy wit. nor make him a promise thou art not able to perform. 6. Once a person has obtained from you a guarantee. Jf his life, it is not iawful for you to uke his life in any contingency. 7. Take a note that he who kills a non-Muslim who has a guarantee from Allah and His Messenger is guilty of violating the guarantee of Allah. Such a one will not even perceive the fragrance of Paradise, which can be perceived from a distance of seventy years of journeying. 8. So long as the people of the Book discharge their obligations to you Allah does not permit you to enter their homes without their permission. nor to molest their women, nor to ?ick the fruit of their trees. 9. It may happen that you overcome a people in battle and they offer you an agreed sum in return for security for themselves and their children. Once you have agreed to it exact nothing from them beyond the amount agreed upon. It would not be just.