Motif
Sincere inability distinguished from culpable refusal
sincere_inability_distinguished_from_culpable_refusal
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Justice, Mercy, and Judicial Procedure. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 25479-25593 confidence: medium
Those left at home avoid contending and cite heat; Hell's fire is called fiercer. The Prophet is told to bar them from future fighting and not to pray over or stand at the grave of one who dies among them.
Those who avoid action through reluctance or demand exemption are blamed, while the weak, sick, poor, and unmounted mourners are exempted if sincere.
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