The Excellence of Forgiving Others

a matter of personal ego, but rather attain a treasure of reward by pardoning them.

Unfortunately, today, if someone causes us even a minor inconvenience or displays a slight bit of ill-mannered behaviour, we abandon forbearance and pardoning. We become their enemy and seek to take revenge through various means. However, if we were to study the pure life of the merciful Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, it would become as clear as daylight to us that he would not return evil with evil, but would instead grant forgiveness.

The Greatness of al-Musṭafā صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم

The Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah ꜤĀˈishah al-Ṣiddīqah رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهَا, states: "The beloved Prophetصَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم was not one who spoke indecently by habit, nor did he do so intentionally; he was not one who made noise in the marketplaces, nor did he return evil with evil. Rather, he would pardon and overlook."^{^[1]}

A magnificent example of this is his merciful conduct during the Conquest of Makkah. Before the Conquest, the ill-mannered disbelievers had made things extremely difficult for the beloved Prophetصَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم and the noble Companions رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهُما, inflicting various types of painful suffering upon them.

After the Conquest of Makkah and the dominance of the Muslims, those bloodthirsty individuals who had caused such pain were captured alongside other prisoners and presented in the court of the beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. Had there been any other worldly ruler at that moment, he might have prescribed the harshest of punishments

[1] Tirmidhi, vol. 3, p. 409, Hadith 2033

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