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RIYADH AS-SALIHIN 61 next. Allah goes on helping a servant so long as he goes on helping his brother. . He who treads a path in search of knowledge, has his path to Paradise made easy by Allah thereby. Whenever people gather in a house of Allah for the purpose of reading the Book of Allah and share its reading between them, serenity descends upon them, and mercy covers them and angels spread their wings over them and Allah discourses about them to those around Him. He who is slow in his conduct will not make it proceed faster by the nobility of his birth (Muslim). 30. . On Intercession. Allah, the Exalted, has said: 107. Whoso makes a righteous intercession shall partake of. the good that ensues therefrom (4. 86). 248. Abu Musa Ash'ari relates that whenever a needy person came to the Holy Prophet he would turn to those present and say: Intercede for him, you will have your reward and Allah causes that which He likes to issue from the tongue of His Prophet (Bokhari and Muslim). One version has: that which. He wills. 249. Ibn Abbas relates, in the course of the case of Burairah and her husband, that the Holy Prophet said to her: Would that you went back to him. . She said: Messenger of Allah, do you command me? He replied: I only recommend. She said: I have no use for him (Bokhari). 31. . On Making Peace between People. Allah, the Exalted, has said: 108. Most of their conferrings together are devoid of good, except such as enjoin charity, or the promotion of public welfare or of public peace (4. 115). 109. . Reconciliation is best (4. 129). 110. Be mindful of your duty to Allah and try to promote accord between yourselves (8. 2). 111. All believers are brothers; so make peace between your brothers (49. 11). 250. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: Charity is incumbent upon every human limb every day on which the sun rises. To bring about just reconciliation between two contestants is charity. Helping a person to mount his animal, or to load his baggage on to it is charity. A good word is charity. Every step taken towards the mosque for salat is charity. To remove