The Excellence of Forgiving Others

Book Name:The Excellence of Forgiving Others

5. Whatever I hear and learn, I will try to convey to others.

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                                  صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Sayyidunā Amīr Muāwiyah and Sayyidunā Ibn Zubayr رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهُما

It is narrated that Sayyidunā ꜤAbdullāh b. Zubayrرَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهُما  owned a piece of land where his slaves used to work. Adjacent to his land was the land of Sayyidunā Amīr MuꜤāwiyah رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهُ, where his slaves also worked. On one occasion, a slave of Sayyidunā Amir Mu’awiyahرَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهُ  forcibly entered the land of Sayyidunā ꜤAbdullāh b. Zubayr رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهُما. Consequently, Sayyidunā ꜤAbdullāh b. Zubayrرَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهُ  wrote a letter to Sayyidunā Amīr MuꜤāwiyah رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهُ, stating: "Your slave has entered my land; please restrain him. وَالسَّلَام ."

Upon reading the letter, Sayyidunā Amīr MuꜤāwiyahرَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهُ  took a page and replied: "O son of the Ḥawārī (the loyal companion) of the Messenger of Allah صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم! I am grieved by what the slave has done, and in my sight, this world holds no value. I grant my land to you; therefore, include it within your land. Furthermore, the slaves and the assets present upon it now belong to you as well. وَالسَّلَام."

When this letter reached Sayyidunā ꜤAbdullāh b. Zubayr رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهُما, he wrote in response: "I have read the letter of Amīr al-Muˈminīn رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهُ. May Allah lengthen his life! As long as a personality like him exists among the Quraysh, the counsel of the Quraysh can never be futile."

When this letter reached Sayyidunā Amīr MuꜤāwiyah رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهُ, he remarked: "He who pardons, leads; he who practices forbearance,