The Virtue of Forgiveness

Under the circumstances, the human may rush in making his decisions, so the consequences will be more negative than the actions resulting from these decisions, so it will be better if he does not make these decisions. It’s important for the man to pardon so he can cope up with the milieu he is living; We stop here to mention some features of the Prophets (blessing and peace be upon him) forgiveness in his dealing with people. These are useful and great lessons in every place and time.

Forgiveness is when someone refrains from retaliating, although he is capable of doing so. This is one of the qualities that reflect the perfection of manners and nobility of character. ‘Aa`ishah said: “It was never that the Prophet had a choice between two matters but he chose the easiest of the two, as long as it was not something displeasing to Allaah, and if it was a sin, then he was the farthest from it. Further, never did he take revenge for anything personal, unless it had to do with the commandments of and limits set by Allaah. Additionally, on the day of the bloodless conquest of Makkah, although he was capable of punishing and killing them, the Prophet pardoned the people of the Quraysh, despite the torture and crimes they had committed against him and his companions in the earlier days of Islaam. Furthermore, a Jewish woman came to Muhammad and offered him poisoned sheep’s meat to eat, but, miraculously, the meat warned the Prophet against consuming it. When he discovered what she had done, he asked for her motive, to which she replied: “I wanted to kill you. ” Thereupon, he said to her: “Never may Allaah enable you to do so. Then his companions asked: “Should we kill her? ” He replied: “No. ” Overlook people’s fault with gracious forgiveness The Prophet (blessing and peace be upon him) takes (the) forgiveness from the Holy Qur’an, said: “{ So overlook ( O Muhammad ) their faults with gracious forgiveness },{ Show forgiveness, enjoin what is good, and turn away from the foolish ( i. e. don’t punish them ) }, { Who repress anger, and who pardon men; verily,  Allah loves Al-Muhsinun  ( the good-doers ) }, and { And verily, whosoever shows patience and forgives, that would truly be from the things recommended y Allah. }” The Prophet (blessing and peace be upon him) says about the virtue of pardoning:”I saw palaces overlooking Paradise so I asked Jibril, who are those palaces for? He said: “Who represses anger and pardon men”. Mu’adh Ibn Jabal l said:” When the Messenger of Allah sent me to Yemen he said: “Jibril kept advising me for pardoning “forgiving” people, hadn’t I firm knowledge of Allah, I would say he recommends me to leave hudud (the prescribed punishments)”.

The Prophet said: “Whoever controls his anger at the time when he has the means to act upon that, Allah will call him before all of mankind on the Day of Resurrection, and will let him choose of the Hur al-‘Ayn whoever he wants. ” prophet Muhammad (pbuh) is the ultimate human example on being patient with one’s wife(s). in spite of his highness at Allah’s sight and at people’s, it has never been heard of a man who had more patience with his wife(s). researching prophet Muhammad’s patience, you will come across enough evidence.

He used to treat them kindly. lady ‘Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, said: “prophet Muhammad (pbuh) told me: “i can tell when you are pleased with me and when you are not. ” I said: “how can you tell? ” he said: “if you are pleased with me you swear to say: “no, by Muhammad’s lord” and if you are not, you swear saying: “no, by Abraham’s lord. “” she said: “yes by Allah, the prophet of Allah. I can only abandon your name. ” this saying ‘hadith’ is from al Bukhari. nas, may Allah be pleased with him, reported: “the prophet of Allah (pbuh) was with one of his wives then another wife sent him a plate of food. the one that the prophet was at her home hit the hand of the servant who was carrying the plate. it fell down and broke into two pieces. the prophet collected the broken pieces and the food and said: “your mother [his wife] is jealous. ” he then kept the servant until he brought a new plate from the wife who broke the plate to give it to the other wife and kept the broken one at the home of the one who broke it. ” narrated by al Bukhari