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Count ering Evil wit h a Bet t er Deed

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Int eract ing wit h ot hers in lif e is necessary, as a person is surrounded by neighbors, relat ives and colleagues in inst it ut ions of st udy and workplaces. Due t o t his dealing wit h dif f erent t ypes of people, it is nat ural t o be made suscept ible t o harm f rom some of t hem. Suppose t hat every such act one is subject ed t o, is met by an evil one in it s like, in ret urn; regardless of whet her t his harm is slight or great , or int ent ional or not , t he communit ies would t urn int o a jungle. People will abandon good t rait s and live wit hout regulat ions or rules. To prevent t he Muslim communit y f rom t his det est able scenario, Allaah The Almight y commanded His believing slaves t o resist evil wit h somet hing good, when He Says (what means): {And not equal are the good deed and the bad. Repel [evil] by that [deed] which is better; and thereupon the one whom between you and him is enmity [will become] as though he was a devoted friend.} [Quran 4 1:34 ] Undoubt edly, t he ult imat e act t hat is superior t o count ering evil wit h it s like, is t o pardon and be compassionat e, or at t he least , t o t urn away and avoid f urt her embroiling oneself . Dear brot her and sist er!

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By adopt ing t his noble moral, you are saf eguarding your own self respect and rat ionalit y. Theref ore, you have t o keep yourself away f rom t he provocat ion of f oul people in order t o be one of t he t rue servant s of Allaah The Almight y. He describes t hem Saying (what means): {And they who turn away from laghw (anything from falsehood, and that includes association, other minor sins and all useless speech, actions and concerns; furthermore, busying oneself with that which does not concern him is included).} [Quran 23:3] {And when they hear ill speech, they turn away from it and say: "For us are our deeds, and for you are your deeds. Peace will be upon you; we seek not the ignorant."} [Quran 28:55] {And when the ignorant address them [harshly], they say [words of] peace.} [Quran 25:63] When one t reat s an abuser in a wholesome manner, he or she would suppress his or her anger, t hereby becoming one of t hose whom t he Prophet , , ref erred t o when he said: "He who stifles his rage while

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he is able to give vent to it, Allaah will summon him in front of all people on the Day of Resurrection and let him choose from the Hoor (maidens of Paradise) as he pleases." Furt hermore, one of t he great est benef it s of repelling evil wit h a bet t er deed is t hat t he enemy who want s t o inf lict harm and evil, of t en convert s int o a def ending support er and a devot ed f riend. There is a wondrous magic in good manners t hat it can be more inf luent ial t han physical f orce and vengef ul will. Thus, ant agonism changes int o a dif f erent sent iment , as Allaah The Almight y Says (what means): {Repel [evil] by that [deed] which is better; and thereupon the one whom between you and him is enmity [will become] as though he was a devoted friend.} [Quran 4 1:34 ] That is why Ibn Abbaas advised: "Use your forbearance to ward off the ignorance of those who harm you with [that trait of theirs]." We have observed t he best of all creat ures, Muhammad, , not

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only t olerat ing t he malt reat ment of t he violent , but also overlooking t hat and pardoning t hem. Aaishah described him, saying: "He does not counter evil with evil, rather he absolves and forgives." This was also t he example of t he right eous people who f ollowed t he met hodology of t he Prophet , . One of t hem was insult ed by

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pardon you; and if you are correct, I ask Him to forgive me." Alt hough we are all required t o adopt t his t rait , a person in a posit ion of power is wort hier of doing so more t han ot hers. That is why among t he f inal inst ruct ions of t he Prophet , , bef ore his deat h, was: "Whoever is given authority over something in the Ummah of Muhammad and has the power to harm or bring benefit to anyone, then he should reward those who do good and pardon those who commit evil." In his, , lif e, a man once came t o him complaining about his servant , saying: "I have a servant who is a wrongdoer and an oppressor. Should I beat him?" The Prophet , , said: "Forgive him as much as seventy times per day." Also, a person whose relat ives t reat him unjust ly is part icularly in need of t his qualit y. He or she should not meet t heir ill behavior wit h evil in ret urn; rat her, he or she has t o pardon, f orgive and increase in compassion. It was narrat ed t hat a man came t o t he Prophet , , and said: "O Messenger of Allaah, I have some relatives with whom I maintain ties of kinship and they sever them; I pardon them and they oppress me; I treat them kindly and they harm me. Should I then treat them in the same way? The Messenger of Allaah, , replied: No, then you would all be sinners; rather, you should be better and maintain the ties of kinship and as long as you are in that state, you will have a protector and supporter appointed from Allaah with you.'" Repelling vice wit h a bet t er deed is t he remedy t hat rest ores damaged social relat ions. It ref orms what has been corrupt ed and renews t hat which is ef f aced. Wit h t his t reat ment , t he manif est at ions of goodness are revived, people race each ot her in virt uous act s, t he gat es of iniquit y are blocked t o Sat an and evil does not f ind any means t o spread. Inst ead, benef icence will prevail and t he mot ives and consequences of vice will be eradicat ed.

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