HATRED

 Hatred -hikd- is to hate others, to keep feelings of grudge and loathing against someone. It is banned for someone to keep the feeling of grudge against the people who give religious advice to him. He should have love towards them and follow the advice instead of nourishing hatred. Because these people obeyed Allah’s (c.c) commands. Then such people are worth to love and respect. Feeling hatred against the cruel ones is not religiously prohibited. All right and shares will be given to the owners in doomsday. Still forgiving the cruel ones is a virtuous behavior. In the battle of Uhud, our Prophet Muhammed -peace be upon him- was wounded on his face and one of his sacred teeth was broken. His companions -Ashab-i Kiram- became too sorry about that. They asked him to make a bad pray so Allah would punish them. Our Prophet -peace be upon him- said: “I wasn’t sent among people to curse them. I was sent for blessing, for showing compassion to all creatures.” and prayed “O my Lord! Guide this people into the true faith. They do not know you, recognize you.” He forgave his enemies and didn’t curse them despite all happenings.

 In a hadith our Prophet declared: “Wealth does not diminish by giving of alms. Allah the highest makes highly esteemed the ones who forgive others. Allah (c.c) raises high the people who forgive for His sake.”

 Gulabadi says: The alm, in this hadith is zekat -one fourtieth of one’s income-which is obligatory. The worship of people who shows humility will be rewarded more. Their mistakes will be forgiven more. In the disposition of man there exist the carnal passions. He loves wealth and money. He has the feelings of anger, revenge and haughtiness. The hadith above describes the remedy of these bad morals. It commands giving of alms. It shows the way of becoming purified of anger, revenge and haughtiness by forgiving others. In the hadith mercy is stated absolutely, without any condition. An absolute command is general according to bases of Islamic law. It is not peculiar to a few things. Mercy is better even if it is not possible to get ones due. It’s much better when it’s possible to get it. Because showing mercy is more difficult for the self while it has the power to take the vengeance. Forgiving the one who treated unjustly is the highest level of gentleness, compassion and valor. Giving present to someone who doesn’t make any favor to oneself is the highest degree of benevolence. To do a kindness to someone who did an evil before is the highest level of humaneness. These qualities make turns an enemy to a friend. Prophet Jesus declared: “Before I said a tooth for a tooth, a nose for a nose. But now I say do not do an evil in return of harm. Turn your left cheek to the one who hit you on the right cheek.”

 Seikh Ibn-ül Arabi said: “Who does a favor to the one who did harm before performs the gratitude of the blessings. Who does harm in return of a favor shows ingratitude.”

It is intisar-vengeance- to take back one’s share from someone who violated his right as being equal, not more of it. Mercy is the highest degree of justice and the vengeance is the lowest of it. Justice is the highest quality of good people. Sometimes mercy may be considered as weakness before cruel people and may cause the increase of oppression. Vengeance may help to diminish cruelty even extinguish of this badness. In those times taking revenge may become better and virtuous than forgiving. Taking back more than his right is injustice- jevr-. It is stated that people who behave unjust will be punished. Who forgives the cruel will attain the love of Allah the most high. It is justice taking back one’s due from the cruel one. Infidels are also treated with justice. But forgiving while he is powerful enough is good morals. When our Prophet met someone who curses to a cruel person, He said: “Yours is vengeance”. If the person would have forgiven this would be better.

 Some savants who claimed Zulkarneyn was not a prophet also said: He was given four of the qualities that existed in all Prophets: He forgave while he had the power. He always kept his promises. He always told the truth. He didn’t prepare his food one day before. The reward of the mercy is as great as the oppression.

 The badness comes from hatred are eleven: Jealousy, rejoicing at other’s misfortune, separation, to despise, telling lies, gossip, to reveal a secret, mockery, to cause pain for others, not giving one’s due, and to prevent mercy.

 Who has hatred in the heart forms as a habit the sins like slander, false testimony, gossip, revealing the secrets, mockery, offending others unjustly, cheating people and abandoning visits. The hadith of “There is a hope for the mercy of all sins of a person who do not have these three habits: to die on infidelity and polytheism, to do witchcraft, and hatred against a co-religionist.” shows that witchcraft has no ground in Islam. Witchcraft, doing spell is prohibited in our religion. In Persian, someone who does spells is named as “jadu”. If he believes that he may do whatever he wants by putting spell, this belief makes him an infidel. But spell may be effective on people. The right way of thinking is to believe that witchcraft may be effective only if Allah let it just like the effect of drugs. To believe that they may do whatever they want is a great sin although it is not infidelity.

 In a hadith it is declared: “Allah is the most high shows compassion to all his born servants other than polytheists and heretics - müshain-. Heretics -müshahins- are people who do pernicious innovation in religion. These people are out of Sunni belief. Who does not follow one of the four orthodox school of Islam, is out of Sunni belief. People out of Sunni belief are the heretics or misbeliever.

 There are many types of disbeliveers. The worst of them is polytheists. A polytheist is someone who does not believe in Allah the Most High and the Day of Judgment. Who do pernicious innovation in religion are not infidels. But Muslim scholars stated that when the people who go to excess about their faith deny something explained clearly in the Noble Quran or in Hadith, they become misbeliver. In thw Noble Quran and in Hadith the word “müsrik”-polytheist and “kafir”- infidel are used interchangeably. For instance the statement that “I never forgive the polytheists” means that any kinds of infidels will not be forgiven. Among pernicious innovators who do not go to excess and become disbeliver are accepted as Muslims (Who turns toward Mecca). But sometimes the harm of such people to Islam may be greater than infidels.

 One of the causes that lead to hatred is wrath. When an angry person can not take vengeance, his wrath turns to hatred. It’s good having wrath for Allah’s sake. It stems from one’s religious ardor.