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Story LXXV

STORY LXXV

One of the Ullemma of solid learning, having been asked for his opinion about Waqfbread, answered: "If it be accepted to ensure tranquillity of mind [from cares for food], and to obtain leisure for devotion, it is lawful; but if it be taken for maintenance it is forbidden." Bread is taken for the corner of devotion by pious men, and not the corner of devotion for bread.

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