6. Book of Righteousness and Excellence (Iḥsān) (2)
٦۔ كِتَابُ الْبِرِّ وَالْإِحْسَانِ
ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَمَّا يَجِبُ عَلَى الْمَرْءِ مِنِ اسْتِعْمَالِ الْعَفْوِ، وَتَرْكِ الْمُجَازَاةِ عَلَى الشَّرِّ بِالشَّرِّ
"On the Day of Uhud, sixty-four of the Ansar were killed, and six from the Muhajirin, one of whom was Hamzah, and they mutilated them, so the Ansar said: 'If, (in the future) we are able to kill them on a day like this, we would mutilate from among them as twice as they (mutilate from among us).'" He said: "So on the day of the Conquest of Makkah, Allah revealed: And if you punish them, then punish them with the like of that with which you were afflicted. But if you have patience, then it is better for those who are patient (16:126). So a man said: 'There shall be no Quraish after today.' But the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Leave the people, except for four.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3129)
لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ أُحُدٍ أُصِيبَ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ أَرْبَعَةٌ وَسَبْعُونَ وَمِنْهُمْ سِتَّةٌ فِيهِمْ حَمْزَةُ فَمَثَّلُوا بِهِمْ فَقَالَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ لَئِنْ أَصَبْنَا مِنْهُمْ يَوْمًا لَنُرْبِيَنَّ عَلَيْهِمْ فَلَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ فَتْحِ مَكَّةَ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ {وَإِنْ عَاقَبْتُمْ فَعَاقِبُوا بِمِثْلِ مَا عُوقِبْتُمْ بِهِ وَلَئِنْ صَبَرْتُمْ لَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لِلصَّابِرِينَ} فقَالَ رَجُلٌ لَا قُرَيْشَ بَعْدَ الْيَوْمِ فقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «كُفُّوا عَنِ الْقَوْمِ غَيْرَ أَرْبَعَةٍ»
ذِكْرُ مَا يُسْتَحَبُّ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ لَا يَنْتَقِمَ لِنَفْسِهِ مِنْ أَحَدٍ اعْتَرَضَ عَلَيْهَا أَوْ آذَاهَا
[Machine] "I never saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ striking a servant or a woman, and he did not strike anything with his hand except in battle for the sake of Allah. Nor did he ever take revenge for himself in anything except if something prohibited by Allah was violated, in which case he would take the steps he deemed appropriate. He never sought revenge for personal matters. He never acted on any affair unless he took the most lenient and easy approach to it. When something became a sin, he was the furthest person from it."
«مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ ضَرَبَ خَادِمًا قَطُّ وَلَا ضَرَبَ امْرَأَةً لَهُ قَطُّ وَلَا ضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ شَيْئًا قَطُّ إِلَّا أَنْ يُجَاهِدَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَلَا نِيلَ مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ قَطُّ فَيَنْتَقِمُهُ مِنْ صَاحِبِهِ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ لِلَّهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ لِلَّهِ انْتَقَمَ لَهُ وَلَا عَرَضَ لَهُ أَمْرَانِ إِلَّا أَخَذَ بِالَّذِي هُوَ أَيْسَرُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ إِثْمًا فَإِذَا كَانَ إِثْمًا كَانَ أَبْعَدَ النَّاسِ مِنْهُ»