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If they comply, then make peace between them with justice and be scrupulously equitable. Surely Allah loves the scrupulously equitable. (al-Hujurat 49:9)   342. Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As, may Allah be pleased with him, reported, “The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be up

Allah enjoins justice (and right judgment in all matters), and devotion to doing good, and generosity towards relatives; and He forbids you indecency, wickedness, and vile conduct (all offenses against religion, life, personal property, chastity, and health of mind and body). He exhor

336. Ibn Mas’ud, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “It is as if I could see the Messenger of Allah peace and blessings be upon him, recounting that the people of one of the Prophets, may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon them, struck and wounded him, and he said as he wiped

Indeed, whoever shows patience and forgives (the wrong done to him), surely that is a very meritorious thing, a matter of great resolution. (ash-Shura 42:43)   329. Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, reported that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said,

They spend (out of what Allah has provided for them,) both in ease and hardship, ever-restraining their rage (even when provoked and able to retaliate), and pardoning people (their offenses). (Al Imran 3:134)   324. Abu’d-Darda, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Me

As for the abode of the Hereafter, We will assign it to those who do not seek arrogant power on earth nor cause corruption and disorder. The (truly desirable) outcome is for the Allah-revering, pious. (al-Qasas 28:83)   318. Abdullah ibn Mas’ud, may Allah be pleased with him, rep

O humankind! Surely We have created you from a single (pair of) male and female, and made you into tribes and families so that you may know one another (and so build mutuality and co-operative relationships, not so that you may take pride in your differences of race or social rank, or

Just think how you welcomed it with your tongues from one another, and uttered with your mouths something about which you had no knowledge. You deemed it a trifle, whereas in Allah’s sight it was most grave. (an-Nur 24:15)   304. An-Nu’man ibn Bashir, may Allah be pleased with hi

303. Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, reported: “The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, ‘None of you should wish for death because of some harm which has befallen him. If he has got to do something, he should say, ‘O Allah, make live if life is best for me

Every soul is bound to taste death. So (O people), you will but be repaid in full on the Day of Resurrection (for whatever you have done in the world). Whoever is spared the Fire and admitted into Paradise has indeed prospered and triumphed. (Know that) the present, worldly life is no