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1303 – Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Prophet ﷺ, conveying what he received from his Lord, said: “O My servants! I have forbidden injustice for Myself and have made it forbidden among you; so do not wrong one another.” Related by Muslim (1).

What is derived from the hadith:
1 – This narration is a portion of a momentous hadith collected by Imam Muslim in his Ṣaḥīḥ and by others as well. Imam Aḥmad said, “It is the most eminent hadith for the people of Syria,” and whenever Abū Idrīs al-Khawlānī related it he would fall to his knees.
2 – His words, “O My servants! I have forbidden injustice for Myself,” mean that Allah has withheld it from Himself and will never wrong His servants. He says: “I am not unjust to My servants” (Qāf 50:29); “Allah does not wish injustice for the worlds” (Āl ʿImrān 3:108); and “Your Lord is not unjust to His servants” (Fuṣṣilat 41:46). Verses and hadiths on this theme are many. Al-Nawawī said: “He is exalted and transcendent above injustice; injustice is to place a thing where it does not belong, whereas He possesses perfect wisdom and causes matters to occur only in their proper courses and according to their real benefits.”
3 – Regarding the words, “I have made it forbidden among you; so do not wrong one another,” Ibn Rajab said: “Allah has forbidden injustice to His slaves and commanded them not to oppress one another; it is therefore unlawful for any servant to wrong another.”
4 – Injustice is of two kinds:

(1) Muslim, Hadith no. 2577.

١٣٠٣ - وَعَنْ أَبي ذَرٍّ ﵁ عَن النَّبيِّ ﷺ فِيمَا يَرْوِيهِ عَنْ رَبِّهِ -قَالَ: "يَاعِبَادِي! إِنِّي حَرَّمْتُ الظُّلْمَ عَلَى نَفْسِي، وَجَعَلْتُهُ بَيْنَكُمْ مُحَرَّمًا؛ فَلاَ تَظَالَمُوا" أَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ (١). ــ * ما يؤخذ من الحديث: ١ - هذا الحديث قطعةٌ من حديثٍ عظيمٍ أخرجه الإمام مسلم في صحيحه، وأخرجه غيره. قال الإمام أحمد: هو أشرف حديثٍ لأَهل الشَّامِ، وكان أبو إدريس الخولاني إذا حدث به جثا على ركبتيه. ٢ - قوله: "ياعبادي! إنِّي حرَّمت الظلمَ على نفسي"، يعني: أنَّه منعه تعالى عن نفسه فلا يظلم عباده؛ قال تعالى: ﴿وَمَا أَنَا بِظَلَّامٍ لِلْعَبِيدِ (٢٩)﴾ [ق]، وقال تعالى: ﴿وَمَا اللَّهُ يُرِيدُ ظُلْمًا لِلْعَالَمِينَ (١٠٨)﴾ [آل عمران] وقال تعالى: ﴿وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِظَلَّامٍ لِلْعَبِيدِ (٤٦)﴾ [فصلت]، والآيات والأحاديث في هذا كثيرة. قال النووي: تقدس وتنزَّه عن الظلم، فالظلم وضع الشيءِ في غير موضعه، وله الحكمة التَّامَّة من أنْ لا يجري الأمور إلاَّ في مجاريها، ووفق مصالحها. ٣ - قوله: "جعلته بينكم محرَّمًا؛ فلا تظالموا": قال ابن رجب: حرَّم الظلم على عباده، ونهاهم أنْ يتظالموا فيما بينهم؛ فحرامٌ على كلِّ عبدٍ أنْ يظلم غيره. ٤ - والظلم نوعان:

(١) مسلم (٢٥٧٧).