The honorable Shaykh, we ask you to guide those who deny the good deeds done to them by some people.
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The questioner : The honorable Shaykh, we ask you to guide those who deny the good deeds done to them by some people?
The Shaykh : If that is what is intended by the question.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : It is prescribed for one who is done a favor, or to whom a good deed is done, to reward the one who did it with what the situation requires. People differ in how they are rewarded; some can be rewarded with money, some with clothes, some with food, and some with a gift of a book or something similar.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : The important thing is to reward him with what his situation requires, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Sunan Abi Dawud 1672Sahih (Al-Albani).
As for a person denying the one who did him a favor, thinking that this is humiliation for the giver of the favor—meaning the one who gave the favor—because the recipient is of a higher rank or something similar, this is not among the Islamic etiquettes. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you. This listener, Nasser Yahya, says: We ask for information on this question, O honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh : If that is what is intended by the question.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : It is prescribed for one who is done a favor, or to whom a good deed is done, to reward the one who did it with what the situation requires. People differ in how they are rewarded; some can be rewarded with money, some with clothes, some with food, and some with a gift of a book or something similar.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : The important thing is to reward him with what his situation requires, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
and if anyone does you a kindness, recompense him; but if you have not the means to do so, pray for him until you feel that you have compensated him.
من صنع إليكم معروفاً فكافئوه، فإن لم تجدوا ما تكافئونه فادعوا له حتى تُروا أنكم قد كافأتموهAs for a person denying the one who did him a favor, thinking that this is humiliation for the giver of the favor—meaning the one who gave the favor—because the recipient is of a higher rank or something similar, this is not among the Islamic etiquettes. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you. This listener, Nasser Yahya, says: We ask for information on this question, O honorable Shaykh.