💐 In The Name Of Allah The Most Gracious The Most Merciful
💌 It's not easy to forgive those who've hurt your feelings,
Who spread rumors and threw around false accusations,
Who describe you with the most unfair definitions,
And who doubt your motives, but still try to forgive them.
~•~
Forgiving doesn't mean you become close friends again
Nor is it re-opening doors to bad influence,
But you remove resentment, cancel plotting revenge,
And realize they're like you - a fallible human.
~•~
They claimed you're such and such? Clearly they do not know you.
Blamed you for being what you're not? Relax, it's not true.
Your value shouldn't change by the lies that critics use.
Go on seeking Allah's Love. Ignore what haters do.
~•~
Forgive. Things could've been worse; if you were in their shoes,
Busily envying others, inside feeling blue,
Accusing people - to soothe their emotional wounds,
And hating you as your joys make them feel insecure.
~•~
Forgive and say Du'a. Let Allah deal with your foes
Who misjudge you and view your name through their toxic thoughts.
While we can't control what each person thinks, feels or does,
We can forgive and leave those who bring no good but loss.
~•~
📖 Abu Huraira RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, “Charity does not decrease wealth, no one forgives another but that Allah increases his honor, and no one humbles himself for the sake of Allah but that Allah raises his status.”
Source: Sahih Muslim 2588
Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Muslim
📖 Abdullah ibn Amr RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "The merciful will be shown mercy by the Most Merciful. Be merciful to those on the earth and the One (Allah) in the heavens will have mercy upon you."
Source: Sunan At-Tirmidhi 1924
Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to At-Tirmidhi
📖 Al-Shafi’i, may Allah have mercy on him, wrote in his poetry, “When I forgave and stopped holding malice against anyone, I relieved my soul of the worries of enmity.”
Source: Dīwān Al-Shāfiʻī 31
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