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of Islam and who pay attention so as not to fall into the harâm
and dubious activities are very few. The distinction that
differentiates those who worship correctly and sincerely from
those who worship habitually and insincerely is observing the
commandments of Allâhu ta’âlâ. The sincere namâz and fast
are outwardly the same as those that are done insincerely. Our
prophet declared: “The basic pillar of our religion is warâ.”
He declared in a hadîth: “Nothing can be compared to warâ.”
[While describing the conditions for being an imâm, Ibni
Âbidin says, “It is called warâ’ to abstain from the dubious. It is
called taqwâ to abstain from the harâm. It is called zuhd to
abstain from the majority of the mubâh for fear that they may be
dubious.”
At the end of the book Hadîqa it says, “In our time having
warâ’ and taqwâ is very difficult. At present, those who keep
their hearts, tongues and other organs from the harâms and
those who do not torture humans nor animals and who do not
take away others’ possessions without paying for them and
those who know that everything which belongs to others is their
halâl property are said to have taqwâ. Property is said to be
halâl, unless it is known for sure that specific goods were
usurped, stolen, acquired by way of interest, [gambling,
bribery], torture, treachery, or that the items themselves are
harâm. This is the case even if it is known that a certain person
has a history of acquiring property by harâm means. If one
gives it to another party, accepting it is jaiz, though the property
is tainted (mulk-i habis). If the gifted property is known to be
harâm in any case, it will not be jâiz to accept it. If one mixes all
of the harâm goods taken from various people with one’s own
halâl property of the things left in a trust, and if one cannot
easily distinguish the harâm ones from the others, this mixture
becomes one’s own property. This mixture is called mulk-i
habis. However, if one is able to distinguish the harâm goods,
one should give them back to their owners or their heirs. But if
one is unable to do so, one should reimburse the owner(s).
Compensation is possible by giving back its mithl (similar,
equal) from one’s halal zakât goods. If one does not have the
mithl, one should pay the value of the goods at the time when
one usurped them. After indemnification, it becomes mubâh for
one to use. [The zakât of it should be given. But, in case one
knows the owner, one cannot use it before reimbursing the
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