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EXEMPLARY VALUES OF BELIEVERS REFLECTING THEIR MERCY

merciless attitude towards another, be he friend or foe.
His feelings of mercy make him committed to showing
justice under all conditions.
Aware that Allah witnesses everything he does, says
and even thinks, a person of faith never perpetrates any
unjust deed. The Qur'an also enjoins believers to be just
and believers know that acting against the commands of
the Qur'an will surely bring upon them the grievous
penalty of hell. Some of the commands of Allah on being
just are as follows:

Allah commands you to return to their owners the
things you hold on trust and, when you judge be-
tween people, to judge with justice. How excellent is
what Allah exhorts you to do! Allah is All-Hearing,
All-Seeing. (Surat an-Nisa': 58)
We sent Our Messengers with the Clear Signs and
sent down the Book and the Balance with them so
that mankind might establish justice… (Surat al-
Hadid: 25)
Ibn 'Umar reported that in one of his hadiths, the
Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said
the following concerning the just behaviour of believers
towards:

"A Muslim is the brother of a Muslim; he does him no injus-
tice, nor does he leave him alone (to be the victim of another's
injustice); and whoever does the needful for his brother, Allâh
does the needful for him…"
Another point we need to make clear here is the supe-
riority of the believers' understanding of justice. In unen-
lightened societies, everyone entertains different ideas