We have no Book to recite except the Book of Allah (Qur'an) and this paper. Then `Ali took out thepaper, and behold ! There was written in it, legal verdicts about the retaliation for wounds, the ages ofthe camels (to be paid as Zakat or as blood money). In it was also written: 'Medina is a sanctuary fromAir (mountain) to Thaur (mountain). So whoever innovates in it an heresy (something new in religion)or commits a crime in it or gives shelter to such an innovator, will incur the curse of Allah, the angelsand all the people, and none of his compulsory or optional good deeds will be accepted on the Day ofResurrection. And whoever (a freed slave) takes as his master (i.e. be-friends) some people other thanhi real masters without the permission of his real masters, will incur the curse of Allah, the angels andall the people, and none of his compulsory, or optional good deeds will be accepted on the Day ofResurrection. And the asylum granted by any Muslim is to be secured by all the Muslims, even if it isgranted by one of the lowest social status among them; and whoever betrays a Muslim, in this respectwill incur the curse of Allah, the angels, and all the people, and none of his Compulsory or optionalgood deeds will be accepted on the Day of Resurrection."