The Chapters on Blood Money

كتاب الديات

Chapter 35: Pardoning In Cases of Retaliation

Abu Darda said

“I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: 'There is no man who suffers some (injury) on his body and forgives (the perpetrator), but Allah (SWT) will raise him one degree in status thereby, or erase from him one sin.'My own ears heard it and my heart memorized it.”