Mufti Menk – The Just & Fair System of Shariah

So as you see, my beloved brothers and

sisters, the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam has made

it very clear

that Islam is based upon justice.

Justice because

those who harm us

are either doing it intentionally or unintentionally,

but we have the right to defend ourselves

and to protect ourselves from harm.

And this is why there are so many

examples that are cited in the books of

fiqh and in the books of hadith as

well explaining this beautiful hadith. I give you

one more example.

If a person

has children

and doesn't get along with 1 or 2

of his children

and decides he wants to give more in

terms of inheritance

to a specific child in order to block

another child,

then Allah

steps in and prohibits that. And he says,

you are not allowed to do this because

you're you want to harm 1 when Allah

decided what to give that person and you're

trying to actually get away from it. So

Allah says, you're not allowed to do this.

The same would apply if a person,

were to try and harm someone else in

any way whatsoever. You can think of so

many examples.

Just remember this, that we don't harm

intentionally

or unintentionally, and we don't allow harm as

well, intentionally or unintentionally.

We have to, as Muslims,

be from among those who save others from

harm.

So much so that the reward of protecting

another person from harm

is so great that one could earn entry

into Jannah simply

by protecting others from harm.