The benefit from his saying: “Go, and you are free”
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Question:
The questioner Abu 'Ammar says: When the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) entered Makkah, and at the time of the conquest, he said, “Go, and you are free.” What is the benefit derived from this? May you be rewarded.
Answer:
They derived from it the breadth of the Messenger’s (peace and blessings be upon him) forbearance and his pardon when he had the power to do so. When Allah opened Makkah for him and placed it in his hand and under his control, he pardoned the people of Makkah who had harmed him, oppressed him, and expelled him from it. He pardoned them (peace and blessings be upon him). From this, one takes the lesson of pardoning when one has the power to do so, and the virtue of pardoning when one has the power to do so. Yes.
The questioner Abu 'Ammar says: When the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) entered Makkah, and at the time of the conquest, he said, “Go, and you are free.” What is the benefit derived from this? May you be rewarded.
Answer:
They derived from it the breadth of the Messenger’s (peace and blessings be upon him) forbearance and his pardon when he had the power to do so. When Allah opened Makkah for him and placed it in his hand and under his control, he pardoned the people of Makkah who had harmed him, oppressed him, and expelled him from it. He pardoned them (peace and blessings be upon him). From this, one takes the lesson of pardoning when one has the power to do so, and the virtue of pardoning when one has the power to do so. Yes.
Source
قناة «السعودية»، برنامج فتاوى — youtube.com (12:31)
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