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Each one <strong>of</strong> you is a shepherd and each one <strong>of</strong> you will be asked<br />
about his flock. A ruler also is a shepherd and he will<br />
be asked about his flock. And every man is a shepherd to his family.<br />
Every woman is a shepherd to her husband's house and his children.<br />
Thus each one <strong>of</strong> you is a shepherd, and<br />
each one will be asked about his flock.<br />
*AD£TH OF AL-BUKH¬R£ AND MUSLIM<br />
ON THE AUTHORITY OF `ABDULL¬H IBN `UMAR.<br />
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You should feed <strong>the</strong> hungry, visit <strong>the</strong> sick, and set prisoners free.<br />
*AD£TH OF AL-BUKH¬R£<br />
ON THE AUTHORITY OF AB$ M$S¬ AL-ASH`AR£.<br />
----- 86 -----<br />
Whenever God makes a man responsible for o<strong>the</strong>r people,<br />
whe<strong>the</strong>r in greater or lesser numbers, he will be questioned as<br />
to whe<strong>the</strong>r he ruled his charges in accordance with God's decrees<br />
or not. And that will not be all, God will question him even about<br />
his family members.<br />
*AD£TH OF A*MAD IBN *AMBAL<br />
ON THE AUTHORITY OF `ABDULL¬H IBN `UMAR.<br />
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When a servant <strong>of</strong> one <strong>of</strong> you prepares a meal for him, bearing its<br />
heat and smoke, let him take <strong>the</strong> servant’s hand and seat him<br />
beside him to eat. Should he refuse, <strong>the</strong>n let him take a morsel <strong>of</strong><br />
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