The Sunday Guardian

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan I The Sunday Guardian I 6 July 2014

Gopinath Pandurang Munde (12 December 1949-3 June 2014) was a senior political leader. In the general elections held in May 2014 he achieved a spectacular victory and was selected as a Cabinet minister in the Union government. On 4 June 2014, he was to take charge of his ministry. But only one day before, that is, on 3 June he suffered from a road accident and died on the spot.

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan I The Sunday Guardian I 29 June 2014

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan I The Sunday Guardian I 22 June 2014

Promise means to commit oneself by a pledge to do or give something. Fulfilling a promise is the most positive and greatest quality of a person.

There is nothing comparable to it. According to the Islamic teaching, promise is not simply part of social ethics, it is a responsible pledge for which man is accountable before God.

The Quran says: "Keep your promises. You will be called to account [before God] for every promise which you have made." (17:34).

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan I The Sunday Guardian I 15 June 2014

By zakat it is meant that a fixed amount is subtracted at the end of each year from the wealth of the affluent people.

In this way the remaining wealth is purified. By one part of it being given to the cause of God, the rest is rendered lawfully usable for the almsgiver.

Deducting zakat from one's earning is a material acknowledgement of the fact that the actual giver is God.