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wealth went into the common treasury called "Baitu 'I-Mal,"
and no Muslim was left in need or want.

Footnote

(1) The Jihad or "Holy War" is also an obligatory practice of piety.

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The very name "Muslim" signifies literally "a maker of
peace." You can never find another human being more

docile, hospitable, inoffensive and peaceful a citizen than a
good Muslim. But the moment his religion, honor, and
property are attacked, the Muslim becomes a formidable foe.

The Koran is very precise on this point: "Wa la ta'tadu" -
"And you must not transgress" (or take the offensive). The
Holy Jihad is not a war of offence, but of self-defense.