38- THE RIGHT OF THE ADVERSARY - THE COMPLETE EDITION OF THE TREATISE ON RIGHTS [Electronic resources] نسخه متنی

38- THE RIGHT OF THE ADVERSARY

THE RIGHT OF THE CLAIMING ADVERSARY

And the right of the adversary who has a claim against you is that if his claim against you is true⁴⁷ , you should not nullify his proof and not abolish his claim. And you should dispute against yourself on his behalf and be a fair judge against yourself, and give witness to his right against you without the witnessing of any witnesses. This is the right of God that is made incumbent upon you. But if what he claims against you is false, treat him with patience and remind him to fear God, and implore him to his religion. And by reminding him of God you should help reduce his fury against you. Avoid using indecent words and yelling at him since this will not eliminate the animosity of your enemy but it will

38. حق الخصم

حق الخصم المدعي عليك

وَأمّــــــــا حَقُّ الخَص'مِ المُدَّعِي عَلَي'كَ، فَإن' كَانَ مَا يَدَّعِي عَلَيكَ حَقّــــــــاً لَم' تنفَسِخ فِي حُجَّتِهِ وَلَم' تَعمَل' فِي إبطَـــــالِ دَع'وَتِهِ وَكُن'تَ خَص'ــــــــــمَ نف'سِكَ لَهُ والحَـــاكِمَ عَلَي'هَا والشَّـــاهِدَ لَهُ بحَقِّهِ دُونَ شَهَادَةِ الشُّهُودِ، فَـــــــــإنَّ ذلِكَ حَقُّ اللَّهِ عَلَي'كَ، وَإن' كَانَ مَـــا يَدَّعِيهِ بَـــــــــاطِلاً رَفَق'تَ بهِ وَرَوَّع'تَهُ (35) ونـــــاشَدتهُ بدِينِه(36) وَكَسَر'تَ حِدَّتهُ عَنكَ بذِك'رِ اللهِ وَأَل'قَي'تَ حَش'وَ ال'كَلامِ وَلَغَطَـــــــهُ(37) الَّذِي لا يَرُدُّ عَن'كَ عَـــــــــــاديَةَ عَدُوِّكَ بَل' تبُوءُ بإثمِهِ وَبهِ يَش'حَذُ

result in your suffering from the sin he commits against you. And it will also result in his sharpening of the sword of animosity towards you, since indecent words will cause evil but good words will eradicate evil. And there is no power but in God.

عَلَي'كَ سَيفَ عَدَاوَتِهِ(39) لأَنَّ لَف'ظَةَ السُّوءِ تَبعَثُ الشَّرَّ. وَالخَي'رُ مُق'مِعَةٌ لِلشَّرِّ. وَلا قُوَّةَ إلا باللهِ.