 | Robert Adam - Deism - 1818 - 494 pages
...exempt from it; and the sick, travellers, and soldiers in the field, who cannot ohVOL. I. oo Abdalaziz used to say: — " Prayer carries us halfway to God ; fasting brings us to the door of his palace ; and alms procures us admission."* And the last of these practical religious duties is... | |
 | Hinduism - 1824 - 484 pages
...musk." The third is looked upon as so pleasing in the sight of God, that the Caliph Omar Ebn Abdalaziz used to say, " Prayer carries us halfway to God ; fasting brings us to the door of his palace ; and alms procure us admission." The Mussulmen have paid as much superstitious attention... | |
 | Fens, The (England) - 1834 - 332 pages
...hereafter. This opinion was also entertained by the followers of Mahomet, since we find in the Alcoran — ' Prayer carries Us halfway to God ; fasting brings us to the door of his palace ; and alms introduces us into his presence-chamber.' To such an extent was this feeling... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 418 pages
...important of the practical duties enjoined on the faithful Moslem. The Khalif Omar was wont to say that " prayer carries us half-way to God ; fasting brings us to the door of his palace ; but alms procure us admission." Alms are of two kinds, legal (zakat) and voluntary (zadakat).... | |
 | Christian sects - 1853 - 414 pages
...important of the practical duties enjoined on the faithful Moslem. The Khalif Omar was wont to say that " prayer carries us half-way to God ; fasting brings us to the door of his palace ; but alms procure us admission." Alms are of two kinds, legal (zakat) and voluntary (zadakat).... | |
 | Rev. James Gardner - Religion - 1858 - 1042 pages
...worship of God. Almsgiving is regarded by them as so pleasing to God, that caliph Omar Ebn Abdalaziz ancets, till the blood gushed out upon them." It may be remarked, that, in various his palace ; but alms procure us admission." Of all the modes of acquiring merit in the system of Budhism,... | |
 | E. M. Wherry - Qurʼan - 1882 - 432 pages
...the latter to be heard of GOD: for which reason the Khalifah Omar Ibn Abd al Aziz used to say " that prayer carries us half-way to GOD, fasting brings us to the door of his palace, and alms procures us admission." 3 The Muhaminadans, therefore, esteem almsdeeds to be... | |
 | William Alexander Clouston - English literature - 1883 - 298 pages
...53, 60. Alms are of two kinds : (l) obligatory (or zakdt), ii, 172 ; and (2) voluntary (or sadakat), as in the present instance. In scripture we find a...alms-giving and of liberality than Sa'dl. He tells us in the Gulistdn, ii, 49, that on the monument of Bahram Gur, a famous Persian King, •was written : " The... | |
 | Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Daqāyiqī - 1883 - 296 pages
...scripture we find a trace of the same doctrine : see Daniel iv, 27. The Khalif 'Omar Ibn 'Abclu-'l-'Aziz used to say : ''Prayer carries us half-way to God...inculcated the duty of alms-giving and of liberality- than Sa'di. He tells us in the Giilistdn, ii, 49, that on the monument of Bahrain Gur, a famous Persian... | |
 | Arthur Naylor Wollaston - 1886 - 460 pages
...efficacy in causing the latter to be heard of God : for which reason the Khalif Omar used to say, " that prayer carries us half-way to God, fasting brings us to the door of His palace, and alms procure us admission." The traditions, also, are very severe upon persons who... | |
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that prayer carries us half-way to God, fasting brings us to the door of His palace, and alms procure us admission. 
