The Meaning of the Saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): (No Harm and No Reciprocating Harm) and Clarifying the Difference Between Them
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The meaning of his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): (No Harm and No Reciprocating Harm) and clarifying the difference between them]
His saying (peace and blessings be upon him): (No Harm and No Reciprocating Harm) What is its meaning, O Shaykh? And what is the difference between harm and reciprocating harm?
Harm: What is done without intention,And reciprocating harm: What is done with intention, because *dharar* (reciprocating harm) is the verbal noun of *dharra yadharru dhararan* (to harm intentionally), and *mudararah* (reciprocating harm), just as *jahada yujahidu jahadan* (to strive) and *mujahadah* (striving). So what is done with intention is *dharar*, and what is done without intention is not *dharar*.An example of that is: A person has a tree in his house and he waters it, and the moisture spreads to his neighbor's house without intention,In this, we say: This is harm. And another person plants a tree and waters it in order for the water and moisture to spread to his neighbor's house so that he is harmed by it. This is *dharar*. Both are negated by the Shari'ah. So harm is removed even if it was not intended, and reciprocating harm is removed, and he is sinful for the intention.
His saying (peace and blessings be upon him): (No Harm and No Reciprocating Harm) What is its meaning, O Shaykh? And what is the difference between harm and reciprocating harm?
Harm: What is done without intention,And reciprocating harm: What is done with intention, because *dharar* (reciprocating harm) is the verbal noun of *dharra yadharru dhararan* (to harm intentionally), and *mudararah* (reciprocating harm), just as *jahada yujahidu jahadan* (to strive) and *mujahadah* (striving). So what is done with intention is *dharar*, and what is done without intention is not *dharar*.An example of that is: A person has a tree in his house and he waters it, and the moisture spreads to his neighbor's house without intention,In this, we say: This is harm. And another person plants a tree and waters it in order for the water and moisture to spread to his neighbor's house so that he is harmed by it. This is *dharar*. Both are negated by the Shari'ah. So harm is removed even if it was not intended, and reciprocating harm is removed, and he is sinful for the intention.