Bismillahir Rahmaanir Raheem
We should try
and keep in mind the many virtues regarding forgiving those who wrong us. Allah
Ta’ala will, Insha-Allah, reward us in different ways. We will become the
beneficiaries of great good:
1.)
ALLAH TA’ALA
WILL FORGIVE US:
Allah Ta’ala
says:
“Let
them forgive and overlook. Do you not wish that Allah should also forgive
you? Indeed Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most
Merciful.”
[Surah An-Noor 24: 22]
Hazrat Abu
Hurairah (Radhiyallahu
‘anhu) narrated that Rasulullah (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi wasallam) said: “He who forgives the faults of a Muslim, Allah will forgive his faults
on the Day of Resurrection.”[1]
2.)
ALLAH TA’ALA
WILL LOVE US:
"Those who control their anger and are
forgiving towards people; Allah loves those who do good."
[Surah
Aal-Imraan 3: 134]
3.)
ALLAH TA’ALA
WILL GRANT HONOUR :
Nabi (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi wasallam) said: “Charity does not
decrease wealth; no one forgives except that Allah increases his honour, and no
one humbles himself for the sake of Allah except that Allah raises his status.”[2]
It is much
easier on the heart that we forgive and let the past remain in the past, than hold
onto it, carry it with us, and remain unhappy, depressed and miserable. This
burden bogs a person down. Many a time, holding onto the past deprives a person
of productivity and being able to live life, successfully.
[1]
Ibn Hibban
[2]
Sahih Muslim
