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brotherhood. I need not detain my readers to study the
various quotations from the Koran and the Hadith (Quotations
of the Prophet) on these points. We must judge the
Muslim society, not as it presents itself now, but as it was in
the time of Prophet Muhammad and his immediate successors. Every
member of this community is an honest worker, a brave sol-
dier, and a fervent believer and devotee. All honest fruit
of the toil belongs by right to him who earns it; nevertheless
the law makes it impossible for a true Muslim to become
excessively wealthy. One of the five foundations of Islam
is the duty of almsgiving, which consists of
sadaqa and zakat, or the voluntary and the obligatory alms.
In the days of the Prophet and the first four Caliphs, no
Muslim was known to be enormously rich. The national
various quotations from the Koran and the Hadith (Quotations
of the Prophet) on these points. We must judge the
Muslim society, not as it presents itself now, but as it was in
the time of Prophet Muhammad and his immediate successors. Every
member of this community is an honest worker, a brave sol-
dier, and a fervent believer and devotee. All honest fruit
of the toil belongs by right to him who earns it; nevertheless
the law makes it impossible for a true Muslim to become
excessively wealthy. One of the five foundations of Islam
is the duty of almsgiving, which consists of
sadaqa and zakat, or the voluntary and the obligatory alms.
In the days of the Prophet and the first four Caliphs, no
Muslim was known to be enormously rich. The national