We Cannot Expect For ALLAH's Forgiveness
Unless We Also Forgive Those Who Do Wrong
To Us. Forgiving Each Other, Even Forgiving
One's Enemies Is One Of The Most Important
Islamic Teaching.
ALLAH Says In The Quran: Those Who Avoid
Major Sins And Acts Of Indecencies And When
They Are Angry They Forgive
(Al-Shura 42:37).
The Messenger Of ALLAH Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam Said: The Best Deed Before ALLAH Is
To Pardon A Person Who Has Wronged You,
To Show Affection For Relatives Who Have
Broken Ties With You, And To Act Generously
Towards A Person Who Has Deprived You.
Thereafter He Recited The Following Holy
Verses: Turn To Forgiveness And Enjoin Good
And Turn Aside From Ignorant (7:199).
Qatadah Was Asked, Which Person Has The
Highest Standing ? He Replied, The One Most
Abundant In His Pardon.
And The Great Reward Given To The One Who
Is Forgiving And Pardons Others...
The Messenger Of ALLAH (Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam) Was Seated In A Gathering With
The Sahabah When He Looked Towards The
Entrance And Said, A Man Of Paradise Is
Coming. At That Instance Someone Who
Seemed To Be Very Ordinary Entered The
Masjid Where They Were Seated. A Sahabi Was
Curious As To Why The Prophet (Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam). Said This, So He Followed The
Man To His House. This Sahabi Told The Man
That He Was A Traveler And Stayed As A Guest.
For Three Days The Sahabi Saw Nothing
Unusual, So He Finally Told The Man What The
Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) Had Said
And Asked Him What Was So Special. The Man
Thought For A Long Time And Said, There
Might Be One Thing — Before Going To Sleep
Every Night I Forgive Everyone And Sleep With
A Clean Heart.
So In Sha Allah When Someone Hurts Us, Let
Us Try To Meet Their Oppression With
Kindness And Forgive Them, Even If They Are
Not Sorry.
May ALLAH Give Us All The Ability To Forgive
Others For The Wrong They Do To Us, And May
ALLAH Forgive Us All For Our Sins -
Ameen