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श्रमण / अप्रैल-जून/ १९९६
The word 'Islam' also means 'peace', 'safety' and freedom or liberation. When a person says, as salutation, 'As-salāmaalekuma', he wishes well for the peaceful life of the man whom he salutes. These all things are in the favour of Non-violence. Moreover in Islam theories of charity and kindness have been discussed. Theory of Charity As depicted in the Qurana, charity may be considered right and proper when that is performed without any hesitation. Charity should not be known as a good thing unless and untill it is free from any sort of painful activity. It is better to talk lovingly to a person and to excuse him, than giving him anything with heavy heart.
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Theory of Kindness
Allaha is the symbol of kindness and he has ordered that no being should be killed without any proper cause. If some body kills a man without any proper cause, according to Islamic faith, the person killed may be the killer of his killer. But this he can do with the help of heavenly rule.
Now the question may be raised here what is the proper cause for killing a being ? To solve this problem one can see that page on which Maudidi has discussed the rights of Khuda, soul and human beings and giving them the right of utilizing other beings for there different purposes. But they are not permitted to misuse them. Human beings may utilize them for their food but they are not permitted to kill other beings (animals) for their recreation. Moreover, they should be killed through 'Zabh' so that they will suffer at least. In this tradition killing of futile animals is allowed though ill-feeding, animals riding, using for carrying goods and keeping them in cages are boycotted. Islamic philosophy has prohibited even for cutting trees because they give fruits.23
It is astonishing enough that Khudā being so kind of prohibiting the ruin of a tree has permitted human beings to kill animals for their proper needs. He can feel the pangs of hunger of an animal's belly, but he does not feel the pain caused by their slaughterings, to them.
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