Riyad as-Salihin, 210

Abu Hurairah (May Allah bepleased with him) reported:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "He who has done a wrong affecting his brother's honour or anything else, let him ask his forgiveness today before the time (i.e., the Day of Resurrection) when he will have neither a dinar nor a dirham. If he has done some good deeds, a portion equal to his wrong doings will be subtracted from them; but if he has no good deeds, he will be burdened with the evil deeds of the one he had wronged in the same proportion". [Al-Bukhari].

وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال‏:‏ ‏

‏ من كانت عنده مظلمة لأخيه، من عرضه أو من شيء، فليتحلله منه اليوم قبل أن لا يكون دينار ولا درهم ، إن كان له عمل صالح أخذ منه بقدر مظلمته، وإن لم يكن له حسنات أخذ من سيئات صاحبه فحمل عليه‏

‏ ‏(‏‏(‏رواه البخاري‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏

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In-Book Reference: Introduction, Hadith 210

Sharh · explanationclick to expand

Guidance from the Hadith: 1) One must seek pardon of those whom he wronged, no matter how insignificant the wrong he did is. 2) Injustice is grievous, and people’s rights will surely be restored to them either in the worldly life or the Hereafter. Benefit: Concerning the defamation of honor, some scholars said that if the wronged person has no knowledge of such defamation, then there is no need to inform him of that, so that no further evil would be incurred as a result. However, the perpetrator should ask Allah for forgiveness for the person he defamed, supplicate in his favor, and praise him in the gatherings where he used to defame him. In this way, he absolves himself of the injustice he committed against him.

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