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RIYADH AS-SALIHIN our offspring the delight of your eyes, and make us a model for the righteous (21. 74). 77. We made them leaders who guided people by Our command (21. 74). 45 173. Jarir ibn Abdullah relates: We were with the Holy Prophet in the forenoon when some people came to him who had pieces of woollen matting slung from their necks, some of them wore sleeveless garments and their swords were hanging from their sides. They were all of the Mudhar tribe. The Holy. Prophet was deeply affected on observing their famished faces. He got up and entered his chamber, then came out and asked Bilal to make the call for Prayer, led the Prayer and addressed those present: O mankind, be mindful of your duty to your Lord Who created you from a single soul and from it created its mate and from the two created and spread many men and women; and be mindful of your duty to Allah in Whose name you appeal to one another, and of your obligations in respect of your ties of kinship. Verily, Allah watches over you (4. 2). O ye who believe, be mindful of your duty to Allah, and let everyone look to that which he lays up for the morrow (59. 19). He urged everyone to make a charitable contribution out of his dinars and dirhems, clothes, wheat and dates, even if it was only half a date. One of the Ansars came with a bag the weight of which became unsupportable for his wrist, and others followed one after the other, and soon there were two piled-up heaps of food and clothes. I noticed that the Holy Prophet's face shone like burnished gold. He said: Whoever initiates in. Islam a way of doing good will have his reward for it and also a reward for everyone who acts in that way, without diminishing in any way the reward of the latter; and whoever initiates in Islam an evil practice will carry its burden and the burden of everyone who acts in that way, without diminishing in any way the burden of the latter (Muslim). 174. Ibn Mas'ud relates that the Holy Prophet said: The first son of. Adam bears a portion of the guilt of everyone who kills another wrongfully because he was the first who committed murder (Bokhari and Muslim). 20. . On Pointing out the Way of Good and Urging towards Guidance or Error. Allah, the Exalted, has said: 78. Call people to thy Lord (28. 88). 79. Call unto the way of thy Lord with wisdom and goodly exhortation (16. 126). 80. Assist one another in piety and rectitude (5. 3). 81. Let there be from among you a party whose business it should be to call to goodness (3. 105).