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spy, You have committed spying and therefore committed one sin. God says : 'It is not righteousness that you should come to "
the houses by their back-doors. ' You have come overstepping the wall and so you have committed another sin God says : Don't enter a house other than your own houses till you seek permission and greet their inmates — 25:27 Q. You have entered my house without permission and greeting . Hazrat Omar said :
If I pardon you, will it do any good to you ? He said : By God, O Commander of the faithful, it will do me good. If you pardon me, I will never do it. Then he pardoned him and went away. ',

The Prophet said: God will take a believer near Him, spread His mercy on him and keep his fault secret on the Resurrection Day. God will say : O My servant, I have kept it secret for you in the world and I wished to pardon you to-day. Then the book of good deeds will be given to him. The Prophet said : Every person of my followers will be forgiven except Muzaher who is a person who commits sins and then discloses them. He also said : If a person hears the news of a people secretly but they dislike it, molten brass will be put into their ears on the Resurrection Day.

(16) Keep away from places of slander and back-biting so that the minds of the people remain free from cherishing evil ideas about you. God says : Don't abuse those whom they worship besides God, lest they abuse God out of enmity. The Prophet said :
Do you see a man who rebukes his parents ? The companions said : Is there anybody who rebukes his own parents ? He said :
Yes, some one rebukes his parent and he in turn rebukes his parents. In order to avoid evil conjecture of the people, one should not even talk with his wife before the public on the path way. Once Hazrat Omar passed by a man who was talking with a woman on the road. When Omar was about to whip him, he said :
She is my wife. Hazrat Omar said : Why have you not talked with her in a place where people will not see you ?

(17) Intercede for everyone. Make intercession to one who has got authority to remove the needs of a Muslim and try hard to meet his requirements. The Prophet said : If anybody amongst you seeks something from me, I wish I should give it to him at once, but if anyone among you remains present near me, I like that he should intercede for him, as he gets rewards for that. So make intercession, you will get reward. God does through His Prophet what He loves. The Prophet said : Intercede to me, you

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will get rewards. I make delay to do a thing though I wish to do it, so that you may get rewards by interceding for it. The Prophet said: No charity is better than oral charity ? He was asked : What is oral charity ? He said : A just pleading which saves the life of man, benefits man or saves a man from a calamity.