Explanation of the words of Imam al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) regarding what he quoted: "

The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) stated, in what he quoted from Abu Dharr al-Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him), in the chapter on striving, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), that he said, in what he narrates from his Lord (Blessed and Exalted is He)—meaning that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) reported that Allah said, and so on. This is called by the scholars the *hadith qudsi* or the divine *hadith*. As for what is from the *hadith* of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), it is called the Prophetic *hadith*. This *hadith qudsi* contains Allah the Exalted saying: He (Exalted and Majestic is He) says, “Indeed I have forbidden injustice for Myself,” meaning that I do not wrong anyone, neither by adding to their sins which they did not commit, nor by diminishing the good deeds they did. Rather, He (Glorified and Exalted is He) is a Just Judge who does good, and His judgment and reward for His servants revolve around two things: favor and justice. Favor for those who do good deeds, and justice for those who do evil deeds. There is no third thing, which is injustice. As for good deeds, He (Glorified and Exalted is He) rewards one good deed with ten times its like; do a good deed and ten good deeds will come to you. As for an evil deed, it is [rewarded] with only one evil deed. Allah the Exalted said in Surat al-An'am, which is a Meccan surah: They are not wronged by a diminishment of the reward of good deeds, nor are they wronged by an increase in the punishment of evil deeds. Rather, our Lord (Mighty and Majestic) says: [no] injustice by an increase in their sins, nor [no] diminishment by a reduction of their good deeds. And in His saying (the Exalted): , there is proof that He (Exalted and Majestic is He) forbids upon Himself and obligates upon Himself. Among what He obligated upon Himself is mercy, as Allah the Exalted said: And among what He forbade upon Himself is injustice. This is because He is the Doer of what He wills, and He judges as He wills. Just as He obligates upon His servants and forbids upon them, He obligates upon Himself and forbids upon Himself (Exalted and Majestic is He), because to Him belongs the complete, absolute judgment. And His saying (the Exalted): means that you do not wrong one another. The “making” here, “I have made it forbidden among you,” is a legislative making. This is because the making that Allah attributes to Himself is either a cosmic making, like His saying (the Exalted): , or it is a legislative making, like His saying (the Exalted): “He did not make,” meaning He did not legislate. Otherwise, He had made it cosmically, because the Arabs used to do this. And like this *hadith*, “I have made it forbidden among you,” means I made it a legislative making, not a cosmic one, because injustice occurs. And his saying: Injustice among the servants, between them, occurs in three things, which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) clarified in his saying, while he was addressing the people during the Hajj in the Farewell Pilgrimage: They said, “Yes.” He said: So these are three things: blood, wealth, and honor. Injustice among humans is forbidden regarding blood. It is not permissible for anyone to encroach upon the blood of another, neither upon blood by which the soul is lost, which is killing, nor upon blood by which there is a deficiency, such as the blood of wounds, breaking of bones, and the like. All of this is forbidden and not permissible. And know that breaking the bone of a dead person is like breaking it while he is alive, as that came from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).