RETALIATION COMES IN LEVELS & HAS ITS LIMITS
21 November 2023 • 1.9K views
{ثُمَّ أَوۡرَثۡنَا ٱلۡكِتَـٰبَ ٱلَّذِینَ ٱصۡطَفَیۡنَا مِنۡ عِبَادِنَاۖ فَمِنۡهُمۡ ظَالِمࣱ لِّنَفۡسِهِۦ وَمِنۡهُم مُّقۡتَصِدࣱ وَمِنۡهُمۡ سَابِقُۢ بِٱلۡخَیۡرَ ٰتِ بِإِذۡنِ ٱللَّهِۚ ذَ ٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلۡفَضۡلُ ٱلۡكَبِیرُ}
“Then We granted the Book to those We have chosen from Our servants. Some of them wrong themselves, some follow a middle course, and some are foremost in good deeds by Allah’s Will. That is ˹truly˺ the greatest bounty.” [Sūrah Fāṭir: 32]
Sheikhul Islām Ibn Taymiyyah raḥimahullāh said:
الناسُ عند مقابلة الأذى ثلاثة أقسام:
“When retaliating to harm people are divided into three categories:
١. ظالم يأخذ فوق حقّه
1. A ظالم takes back more than his rights
٢. ومقتصدٌ يأخذ بقدرِ حقِّه
2. A مقتصد takes what he is entitled to
٣. ومحسنٌ يعفو ويترك حقَّه
3. And a محسن pardons and gives up his rights.”
[Jami’ Al-Masā'il (169/1)]