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1393. Abū As-Safar said: "A man from the Quraish broke a tooth of a man from the Anṣār. So he appealed to Mu'āwiyah against him. He said to Mu'āwiyah: 'O Commander of the Believers! This person broke one of my teeth.' Mu'āwiyah said: 'We will try to get satisfaction for you.' And the other person insisted that Mu'āwiyah get him to agree [but he was not satisfied]. So Mu'āwiyah said to him: 'It is up to your companion.' Abū Ad-Dardā' was sitting with him, so Abū Ad-Dardā' said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ saying [he said: 'My ears heard and my heart remembered]: "There is no man who is struck in his body and he forgives for it, except that Allāh raises him a level and removes a sin from him."'" The Anṣārī said: 'Did you hear that from the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ?' He said: "My ears heard it and my heart remembered it.' He said: 'Then I will leave it for him.' Mu'āwiyah said: 'Surely you should not suffer.' So he ordered that he be given some wealth." (Da'if)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is
Gharīb, we do not know of it except from this route. And I do not know that Abū As-Safar heard from Abū Ad-Dardā'. Abū As-Safar's name is Sa'eed bin Ahmad, and they say Ibn Yuḥmid Ath-Thawrī.
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A wounded person has the right of taking blood-money, compensation, retaliation in kind or forgiving. Forgiving someone is a deed of great reward, and the Ansārī pardoned for the sake of a better reward from Allāh.
