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Commitment to the Covenant … R. Babanejad et al / (83
prophets and give away 3. Making Interest in
wealth out of love for Religion and Spirituality
him to the near of kin One of the effective factors in
and the orphans and the giving meaning to life is
needy and the wayfarer religiosity. What caused many
and the beggars and for to convert to Islam in the early
(the emancipation of) days of Islam was the loyalty
the captives and keep up of the Prophet to his covenants.
prayer and pay the For example, in the peace of
poor-rate and the Hudaybiyyah, where a pact was
performers of their made between the Prophet and
promise when they make the polytheists of Mecca.
a promise and the According to this pact, if any of
patient in distress and the followers of the Messenger
affliction and in time of of God came to the Quraysh,
conflicts- these are they the Quraysh would accept him
who are true (to and whoever came to the
themselves) and these Prophet from the Quraysh
are they who guard would not accept him. The
(against evil)”. (Quran, Holy Prophet was faithful to
2: 177) his covenant until the
polytheists broke the covenant.
People who keep their
promises are introduced in this On the other hand, socially,
noble verse as truthful and commitment to the covenant is
pious. considered one of the most
important social contracts that
form the core of civil society;
because human society is based on
