“I only know it from Anas bin Malik who said: 'No case involving retaliation was referred to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ but he enjoined forgiveness.”  

مَا رُفِعَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ شَىْءٌ فِيهِ الْقِصَاصُ إِلاَّ أَمَرَ فِيهِ بِالْعَفْوِ  

“I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'There is no man who suffers some (injury) on his body and forgives (the perpetrator), but Allah (SWT) will raise him one degree in status thereby, or erase from him one sin.'My own ears heard it and my heart memorized it.”  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ يُصَابُ بِشَىْءٍ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ فَيَتَصَدَّقُ بِهِ إِلاَّ رَفَعَهُ اللَّهُ بِهِ دَرَجَةً أَوْ حَطَّ عَنْهُ بِهِ خَطِيئَةً سَمِعَتْهُ أُذُنَاىَ وَوَعَاهُ قَلْبِي