What principles of justice are contained in the hadith qudsi 'I have forbidden oppression for Myself'?
2026-09-21
T94 · Ibn Taymiyyah
Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah
شيخ الإسلام أحمد بن تيمية
Selected explanation · Selected source passage(s) — fully translated
Opening excerpt only. It announces two questions, then begins the first concerning the oppression Allah has denied of Himself. The second question and the detailed subsequent argument are outside this selection. The English translates every displayed Arabic paragraph; this selection is not the complete surrounding work. Square brackets identify translator-supplied clarification.
النص العربي
المقتطف
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إلَّا بِاَللَّهِ، أَمَّا قَوْله تَعَالَى " {يَا عِبَادِي إنِّي حَرَّمْت الظُّلْمَ عَلَى نَفْسِي} " فَفِيهِ مَسْأَلَتَانِ كَبِيرَتَانِ كُلٌّ مِنْهُمَا ذَاتُ شُعَبٍ وَفُرُوعٍ: (إحْدَاهُمَا: فِي الظُّلْمِ الَّذِي حَرَّمَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ وَنَفَاهُ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ بِقَوْلِهِ: {وَمَا ظَلَمْنَاهُمْ} وَقَوْلِهِ: {وَلَا يَظْلِمُ رَبُّكَ أَحَدًا} وَقَوْلِهِ: {وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِظَلَّامٍ لِلْعَبِيدِ} وَقَوْلِهِ: {إنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَظْلِمُ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ وَإِنْ تَكُ حَسَنَةً يُضَاعِفْهَا} وَقَوْلِهِ: {قُلْ مَتَاعُ الدُّنْيَا قَلِيلٌ وَالْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لِمَنِ اتَّقَى وَلَا تُظْلَمُونَ فَتِيلًا} .
English translation
English translation reviewed against the displayed Arabic by SalafAlSalih editorial preparation (AI-assisted); explanatory additions appear in square brackets or separate notes.
Selected explanation
All praise belongs to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and there is no power nor strength except through Allah. As for His statement, Exalted is He, “O My servants, I have forbidden oppression for Myself,” it contains two major questions, each with subdivisions and branches. The first concerns the oppression that Allah has forbidden for Himself and denied of Himself in His statements: “We did not wrong them”; “Your Lord wrongs no one”; “Your Lord is not unjust to His servants”; “Allah does not wrong [anyone] by an atom’s weight; and if it is a good deed, He multiplies it”; and: “Say: The enjoyment of this world is little, and the Hereafter is better for whoever is mindful of Allah, and you will not be wronged by as much as the thread of a date stone.”
Source and editorial notes
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā 18/137
مجموع الفتاوى
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā
Arabic passage checked against the cited volume and printed page. English reviewed against every displayed Arabic paragraph on 14 October 2026.