It would even have been a religious and meritorious act in the eye of the Prophet.

It is considered a highly meritorious act for a householder to provide sādhus with food or other necessaries.

I'm sure she will be welcome in Heaven, after her several meritorious acts.

To this end he decided to terminate his life by committing ritual suicide as a meritorious act.

The meritorious acts in Islam can be divided into categories - the spiritual good and the moral good.

One could also receive the title as a reward for meritorious acts, or by joining an hermandad.

Shall I explain to you the nature of meritorious acts?

I been there a time or two, and that gets us to one of those meritorious acts that you just now promised me about.

This was to be a meritorious act, of course; he could only hope that she was capable.

Nor is the underf ceding of children looked on as a normal, almost meritorious act.