Remembrance 1 from Chapter 320

Know that it is mustaḥabb for the person who is slandered to forgive [the slanderer]; but it is not compulsory, since it is a voluntary bestowal and relinquishment of his rights. He therefore has a choice. But absolving him is emphatically mustaḥabb in order to free his Muslim brother from the terrible consequence of that disobedience of his. He himself will gain through the vastness of the reward of Allah’s forgiveness and the love of Allah . Allah says: “And those who restrain their anger and pardon men; for Allah loves those who excel in goodness.” ^[1].

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