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or feed in the day of famine the orphan who is of kin, or the poor man who lieth on the ground. Whoso doeth this, and is one of those who believe, and recommend perseverance unto each other, and recommend mercy unto each other, those shall be the companions of the Right Hand."* "A man's true wealth hereafter is the good he does in this world to his fellow-men. When he dies, people will ask, what property has he left behind him? But the Angels, who examine him in the grave, will ask, what good deeds hast thou sent before thee?" In considering this teaching, it might be well for the student to remember the state in which the Prophet found the people, as described at the beginning of this lecture, and then to remember that these very people practised what he taught.
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We will now consider his teaching on How the world has misunderstood the Prophet of Arabia in his teachings about women! They say he taught that they had no souls. Why slander God's Prophet? Listen to what he really taught. "Whoso doeth evil shall be rewarded for it, and shall not find any patron or helper beside God; but whoso doeth good works, whether he be male or female, and is a true believer, they shall be admitted into paradise and shall not in the least be unjustly dealt with."+ "Verily, the Muslims of either sex, and the true believers of either sex, and the devout men and the devout women, and the men of veracity and the
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* Ibid, Chap. xc.
+ The Spirit of Islam, p. 135, from a sermon of the Prophet. Al Quran, Chap. iv.
