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Al-Baqarah 2: 215–7

“When will Allah’s help arrive?” They were assured: “Behold, Allah’s help is close by.”

(215) People ask you what they should spend. Say: “What- ever wealth you spend let it be for your parents and kinsmen, the orphans, the needy and the wayfarer; Allah is aware of whatever good you do.”

(216) Fighting is ordained upon you and it is disliked by you; it may well be that you dislike a thing even though it is good for you, and it may well be that you like a thing even though it is bad for you. Allah knows and you do not know.

(217) People ask you about fighting in the holy month. Say: “Fighting in it is an awesome sin, but barring people from the Way of Allah, disbelieving in Him, and denying entry into the Holy Mosque and expelling its inmates from it are more awesome acts in the sight of Allah; and persecution is even more heinous than killing.”70 ▶

70 This relates to a certain incident. In Rajab 2 A.H. the Prophet (peace be on him) sent an expedition of eight persons to Nakhlah (which lies between Makkah and Ta’if). He directed them to follow the movements of the Quraysh and gather

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