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Sunan an-Nasai 4731 (Book 45, Hadith 26) #19264
The Power of Pardoning

SUMMARY: The hadith is about the importance of pardoning someone and how it can bring greater reward than taking revenge.

It was narrated from 'Abdullah bin Buraidah, from the father, that a man came to the Prophet and said: "This man killed my brother". He said: "Go and kill him as he killed your brother". The man said to him: "Fear Allah and let me go, for that will bring you a greater reward and will be better for you and your brother on the Day of Resurrection". So he let him go. The Prophet was told about that, so he asked him about it, and he told him what he had said. He said: "Pardoning him would be better for you than what he would have done for you on the Day of Resurrection when he said: 'O Lord, ask him why he killed me"'.
أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي خَالِدُ بْنُ خِدَاشٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَاتِمُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، عَنْ بَشِيرِ بْنِ الْمُهَاجِرِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً، جَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ فَقَالَ إِنَّ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ قَتَلَ أَخِي ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ اذْهَبْ فَاقْتُلْهُ كَمَا قَتَلَ أَخَاكَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ لَهُ الرَّجُلُ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَاعْفُ عَنِّي فَإِنَّهُ أَعْظَمُ لأَجْرِكَ وَخَيْرٌ لَكَ وَلأَخِيكَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَخَلَّى عَنْهُ قَالَ فَأُخْبِرَ النَّبِيُّ فَسَأَلَهُ فَأَخْبَرَهُ بِمَا قَالَ لَهُ قَالَ فَأَعْنَفَهُ ‏"‏ أَمَا إِنَّهُ كَانَ خَيْرًا مِمَّا هُوَ صَانِعٌ بِكَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ سَلْ هَذَا فِيمَ قَتَلَنِي

TOPICS
pardon  *  reward  *  resurrection  *  revenge  *  afw  *  thawab  *  alqiyamah  *  intiqam

QUICK LESSONS:
Try to forgive those who have wronged you as it will bring you greater rewards in the hereafter than taking revenge would have done .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith speaks to the power of pardoning someone who has wronged you. It was narrated that a man came to the Prophet and told him that another man had killed his brother. The Prophet told him to go and kill the murderer in retaliation, but he asked for mercy instead, saying that it would be better for him on the Day of Resurrection if he forgave him instead. The Prophet accepted this advice and let him go free. This teaches us that we should always try to forgive those who have wronged us as it will bring us greater rewards in the hereafter than taking revenge would have done. We should also remember that Allah is watching our actions at all times, so we must strive to do what is right even when no one else is looking or knows what we are doing.

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