Hadith on Violence

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According to ʿAʾisha (ra), the Messenger of Allah (saw) said, “O ʿAʾisha (ra), verily Allah is kind and He loves kindness, and He rewards for kindness what is not granted for harshness, and He does not reward anything else like it (kindness).” (Muslim, al-Birr, 77)

According to Abu Sirma (ra) the Companion of the Prophet (saw), the Prophet (saw) said, “If anyone harms (others), Allah will harm him, and if anyone shows hostility to others, Allah will show hostility to him.” (Abu Da’ud, al-Qada’ (al-Aqdiyya), 31)

ʿUrwa reported on the authority of his father that Hisham b. Hakim b. Hizam (ra) happened to pass by some people in Syria who had been made to stand in the sun and olive-oil was being poured upon their heads. He said, “What is this?” He was told, “They are being punished for (not paying) the kharāj (the government tax).” Thereupon he said, “I bear testimony to the fact that I heard Allah’s Messenger say, ‘Allah would torment those who torment people in the world.’” (Muslim, al-Birr, 117)

ʿAʾisha (ra) said the following: “The Messenger of Allah (saw) did not strike anyone except when he was on jihād. He hit neither a woman nor a slave.” (Muslim, al-Fada’il, 79)

Anas b. Malik (ra) said, “The Messenger of Allah (saw) came to a man who was being supported by two others and said, ‘What is the matter with him?’ He was told, ‘He vowed to walk to the Kaʿba.’ He said, ‘Allah does not benefit from him torturing himself.’ And he told him to ride.” (al-Nasa’i, al-Ayman, 42)

Source: Presidency Of Religious Affairs The Turkey, Islam Through Hadiths