A man wronged another man by fabricating baseless rumors and allegations to tarnish his image at work among his colleagues because he is competing with him for a position and wants to weaken his standing among the colleagues.

The questioner : The last question in the message from listener Amer Abdul Hamid. He says in this question: A man wronged another man by fabricating baseless rumors and allegations to tarnish his image at work among his colleagues because he is competing with him for a position and wants to weaken his standing among the colleagues. Is it permissible for him to treat him in the same way by fabricating baseless things and attributing them to him, or should he entrust his matter to Allah the Exalted to take revenge on him? Knowing that most people judge by appearances and do not care about a person's inner character, whether he is righteous or wicked. Is it permissible to supplicate against him after every prayer or not? Please inform us, may Allah have mercy on you?

The Shaykh : It is not permissible for a person, if someone has wronged him with lies and slander, to wrong him in the same way with lies and slander, because lying and slander are forbidden and invalid. However, he may supplicate to Allah the Exalted against him, asking Him to restrain his evil from him and not to empower him over him. He may also seek the help of the authorities to restrain his evil. If he leaves the matter to Allah the Glorious and Exalted, Allah the Exalted will compensate him with something better. It is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said: So I am directing advice to this brother, whom the questioner says has been wronged, to restrain his evil from the servants of Allah, fearing that the wronged person may supplicate against him with a supplication that will destroy him and ruin him, for the supplication of the wronged person is not rejected. Yes.