The penalty for a broken oath is the feeding of ten needy men with such
food as you normally offer to your own people; or the clothing of ten
needy men; or the freeing of one slave. He that cannot afford any of
these must fast three days. In this way you shall expiate your broken
oaths. Therefore be true to that which you have sworn. Thus Allah
makes plain to youHis revelations, so that youmay give thanks.
Believers, wine and games of chance, idols and divining arrows, are
abominations devised by the devil. Avoid them, so that you may
prosper. The devil seeks to stir up enmity and hatred among you by
means of wine and gambling, and to keep you from the remembrance
ofAllah and fromyour prayers.Will you not abstain from them?
Obey Allah, and obey the Apostle. Beware; if you give no heed,
know that OurApostle's duty is only to give plainwarning.
No blame shall be attached to those that have embraced the faith and
done good works in regard to any food they may have eaten, so long as
they fear Allah and believe in Him and do good works; so long as they
fear Allah and believe in Him; and again so long as they fear Allah and
do goodworks.Allah loves the charitable.
Believers, Allah will put you to the proof by means of some game
which you can catch with your hands and with your spears, so that He
may know those who fear Him in secret. He that transgresses hereafter
shall be sternly punished.
Believers, kill no game whilst on pilgrimage. He that kills game by
design, shall present, as an offering to the Ka'ba, the like of that which
he has killed, to be determined by two just men among you; or (he
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