The stratagem for recovering one's right from the oppressor
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If a Muslim uses a stratagem against his Muslim brother who has wronged him by depriving him of a right in money, real estate, or something else, and he recovers his rights by using a stratagem against him, is this blameworthy?
Answer:
If someone wrongs him, he either has to be patient or he has to demand his right. It is not as if things are in chaos and you take your right by your own hand, saying, "This is like what he did to me, so I will do it to him." No, things have authorities, they have courts, and you can demand your right in the court or from the ruler, and you will get it through a regulated path, not through a path of chaos. One who takes things by his own hand is not right. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If a Muslim uses a stratagem against his Muslim brother who has wronged him by depriving him of a right in money, real estate, or something else, and he recovers his rights by using a stratagem against him, is this blameworthy?
Answer:
If someone wrongs him, he either has to be patient or he has to demand his right. It is not as if things are in chaos and you take your right by your own hand, saying, "This is like what he did to me, so I will do it to him." No, things have authorities, they have courts, and you can demand your right in the court or from the ruler, and you will get it through a regulated path, not through a path of chaos. One who takes things by his own hand is not right. Yes.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، باب قول الله - تعالى - : { أَفَأَمِنُوا مَكْرَ اللَّهِ فَلا يَأْمَنُ مَكْرَ اللَّهِ إِلا الْقَوْمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ } — islamhouse.com (1:06:15)
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