Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 1 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 96

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أَمَّا إِذَا كَانَ الذَّنْبُ بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ الْخَلْقِ، فَإِنْ كَانَ مَالًا فَلَا بُدَّ أَنْ تُؤَدِّيَهُ إِلَى صَاحِبِهِ، وَلَا تُقْبَلُ التَّوْبَةُ إِلَّا بِأَدَائِهِ، مِثْلَ أَنْ تَكُونَ قَدْ سَرَقْتَ مَالًا مِنْ شَخْصٍ وَتُبْتَ مِنْ هَذَا، فَلَا بُدَّ أَنْ تُوصِلَ الْمَسْرُوقَ إِلَى الْمَسْرُوقِ مِنْهُ.

(from previous page) ⟵ Al-Bukhari extracted it: Book of Etiquette, Chapter on a Believer Concealing Himself, number (6069). However, if the sin is between you and the people, and if it is money, then you must return it to its owner, and repentance will not be accepted except by returning it, such as if you have stolen money from a person and repented from this, then you must deliver the stolen item to the one from whom it was stolen.

أَوْ جَحَدْتَ حَقًّا لِشَخْصٍ؛ كَأَنْ يَكُونَ فِي ذِمَّتِكَ دَيْنٌ لِإِنْسَانٍ وَأَنْكَرْتَهُ، ثُمَّ تُبْتَ، فَلَا بُدَّ أَنْ تَذْهَبَ إِلَى صَاحِبِ الدَّيْنِ الَّذِي أَنْكَرْتَهُ، وَتُقِرَّ عِنْدَهُ وَتَعْتَرِفَ حَتَّى يَأْخُذَ حَقَّهُ، فَإِنْ كَانَ قَدْ مَاتَ، فَإِنَّكَ تُعْطِيهِ وَرَثَتَهُ، فَإِنْ لَمْ تَعْرِفْهُمْ، أَوْ غَابَ عَنْكَ هَذَا الرَّجُلُ وَلَمْ تَعْرِفْ لَهُ مَكَانًا، فَتَصَدَّقْ بِهِ عَنْهُ؛ تَخَلُّصًا مِنْهُ، وَاللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى يَعْلَمُهُ وَيُعْطِيهِ إِيَّاهُ.

Or you denied a right to a person; such as if there is a debt in your liability to a human and you denied it, then you repented, then you must go to the owner of the debt whom you denied, and confess to him and admit until he takes his right. If he has died, then you give it to his heirs. If you do not know them, or this man is absent from you and you do not know a place for him, then give it in charity on his behalf; as a way to get rid of it, and Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, knows it and gives it to him.

أَمَّا إِذَا كَانَتِ الْمَعْصِيَةُ الَّتِي فَعَلْتَهَا مَعَ الْبَشَرِ ضَرْبًا وَمَا أَشْبَهَهُ، فَاذْهَبْ إِلَيْهِ وَمَكِّنْهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَضْرِبَكَ مِثْلَ مَا ضَرَبْتَهُ؛ إِنْ كَانَ عَلَى الظَّهْرِ فَعَلَى الظَّهْرِ، وَإِنْ كَانَ عَلَى الرَّأْسِ فَعَلَى الرَّأْسِ، أَوْ فِي أَيِّ مَكَانٍ ضَرَبْتَهُ فَلْيَقْتَصَّ مِنْكَ؛ لِقَوْلِ اللَّهِ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى: وَجَزَاءُ سَيِّئَةٍ سَيِّئَةٌ مِثْلُهَا.

As for if the disobedience you committed with humans is hitting and what resembles it, then go to him and enable him to hit you just as you hit him; if it was on the back then on the back, and if it was on the head then on the head, or in any place you hit him, let him retaliate against you; for the saying of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He: 'And the retribution for an evil act is an evil one like it.'

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Vocabulary · المفردات (34 verbs · 32 nouns)

• كَانَ — to be
• أَدَّى — to perform
• قَبِلَ — to accept
• بَابٌ — chapter
• تَوْبَةٌ — repentance
• ذَنْبٌ — sin