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Forgiveness and Justice: Meditations on some Hadiths

By Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad

The Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) prayed for pardon
for his people, and received the reply: "I have forgiven them all but
acts of oppression, for I shall exact recompense for the one who is
wronged, from his oppressor."

In the Qur'an, God is just, and requires justice; but he is also
forgiving, and requires forgiveness; in fact, its references to the
latter property outnumber those on justice by a ratio of
approximately ten to one. Islamic theology has not always been clear
how the ensuing tension is to be resolved. "My Mercy outstrips My
wrath" is a well-known divine saying, but one which nonetheless is
far from abolishing God's wrath. Indeed, a righteous indignation
about injustice is integral to the prophetic representation of God's
qualities, and from the earliest moments of its revelation the Qur'an
links God's expectations of His creatures to justice towards the weak.

Read the rest of the article from
http://www.masud.co.uk/ISLAM/ahm/HadithsonJustice.pdf

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