Law & dealings

Allah permits trade and forbids riba, commands the believers to give up what remains of it, and warns those who keep consuming it.

Allah permits trade and forbids riba, and forbids consuming one another's wealth wrongfully except through trade by mutual consent.

A debtor in hardship is to be given time until things ease, and remitting the debt as charity is better.

Allah forbids the believers to consume one another's wealth wrongfully, such as by theft, seizure and deceit, and to bring property disputes before judges with bribes in order to consume others' wealth.

The wealth people hold is given by Allah as a support of life, and the fai is distributed to the Prophet's kin, orphans, the poor and travellers so that it does not circulate only among the rich.

Those who hoard gold and silver and do not spend it in Allah's way are warned of punishment, and an earth full of gold cannot ransom one who dies in disbelief.

One of the daughters in Madyan asked her father to hire Musa because he was strong and trustworthy, and Musa then agreed to work as a shepherd for eight or ten years as the dowry for his marriage.

Men and women both receive a share of what parents and relatives leave, with shares set by Allah for children, parents, spouses and siblings, distributed after any bequest is met and debts are paid.

Allah made spouses for people from among themselves so that their hearts find rest, and placed love and mercy between them.

Allah created all things in pairs, and gave people spouses of their own kind so that they find tranquillity, with love and mercy between them.

Al-Baqarah 221 forbids the believers to marry polytheist women, and to marry believing women to polytheist men, until they believe, because the polytheists invite to the Fire while Allah invites to Paradise and forgiveness; the verse also says that a believing slave is better than a polytheist, however attractive.

Allah made spouses a source of tranquillity for one another with love and mercy, each a garment for the other.

When a dispute between husband and wife is feared, these verses command sending arbiters from both families and say that reconciliation is better.

Allah grants daughters and sons to whom He wills and leaves barren whom He wills; wealth and children are an adornment of this world and a trial that must not distract from remembering Allah.

The Quran commands kindness to orphans and giving them from one's wealth, managing their affairs properly, and handing over their property in full once they come of age.

Allah did not make adopted children into one's own children, and an adopted child is to be called by the name of his real father; if his father is unknown, he is a brother in faith.

Allah has provided clothing to cover the body and warns people not to let Satan deceive them into exposing it.

Men and women were created from a single origin, and the good deeds of both are rewarded without loss.

The Quran forbids coming near zina, calling it a shameful deed and an evil way.

The prohibition of wine came in stages: first it was said that its sin is greater than its benefit, then the believers were told not to pray while intoxicated, and then wine was declared a filthy work of Satan to be avoided.

Gambling (maysir) is mentioned together with wine: its sin is greater than its benefit, and both are then declared filthy works of Satan to be avoided, since they stir enmity and turn people from remembering Allah and from prayer.

Allah commands people to eat what is lawful and good of His provision, to be grateful, and not to follow the footsteps of Satan.

Allah gives authority to whom He wills and made humankind successors on earth.

Allah commands the Prophet to consult his companions in shared affairs and then to rely on Allah once resolved, and praises the believers who conduct their affairs by consultation.

Allah commands justice, sent the messengers with the Scripture and the balance so that people uphold justice, and commands judging between people with justice.

There is no compulsion in accepting religion, and the Prophet is reminded that he is only a warner with no power to force people to believe.

These verses praise those who strive in Allah's way with their wealth and their lives, say that those killed in Allah's way are alive with their Lord, excuse the weak, the sick and those without means, and also use the word jihad for striving to seek Allah's pleasure, including striving with the Quran.

Allah forbids killing a soul He has made sacred except by right, and decrees that killing one soul, other than for a soul or for spreading corruption in the land, is like killing all mankind, while saving one life is like saving all mankind.

Allah commands the believers to hold fast to the rope of Allah and not be divided, remembering His favour in uniting their hearts after enmity so that they became brothers.

The people of Saba were given a good land with two gardens and safe journeys, and this was taken from them when they turned away from gratitude.