Repay Evil With Goodness

عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ لِي ذَوِي أَرْحَامٍ أَصِلُ وَيَقْطَعُونَ وَأَعْفُو وَيَظْلِمُونَ وَأُحْسِنُ وَيُسِيئُونَ أَفَأُكَافِئُهُمْ قَالَ لَا إِذًا تُتْرَكُونَ جَمِيعًا وَلَكِنْ خُذْ بِالْفَضْلِ وَصِلْهُمْ فَإِنَّهُ لَنْ يَزَالَ مَعَكَ مِنْ اللَّهِ ظَهِيرٌ مَا كُنْتَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ 

From 'Amru bin Syu'aib from his father from his grandfather, he said;  A man came to meet the Messenger of Allah and said;  "O Messenger of Allah, indeed I have relatives, I continued my relationship but they broke it, I forgive but they are unjust, I do good but they do evil, should I repay their actions?"  then the Messenger of Allah replied: "Don't do it, that means you leave them all, but take their goodness and continue the friendship with them, because indeed Allah will always give you help as long as you are able to be consistent like that."

(HR Ahmad No: 6648)

Status: Isnad Hasan 

Learnings:

1. Respond to the badness of others with goodness. 

2. People who try to connect relationships, forgive the actions of those who oppress them, always do good to others who do bad things to them will always get help from Allah SWT. 

3. All sincere deeds from us will be rewarded with goodness from Allah 

4. Islam forbids bad deeds to be repaid with bad deeds. Even if others cut ties, we are commanded to connect them. When people do injustice and cruelty to us, we should forgive them. 

In our family and community relationships, we should respond to evil with goodness. Let us be forgiving and loving others.