Should someone who realises their mistake and says sorry be forgiven? A piece by Nazmul Hasan for Banglavision answers from the Quran and hadith. Islam treats forgiveness and generosity as noble qualities and encourages them even where a person could rightly seek redress.
Surah Al Imran, verse 134, names restraining anger and pardoning people among the qualities of believers and says Allah loves those who do good. Sahih Muslim, hadith 2588, says Allah raises the rank of the one who forgives, so forgiveness is no weakness.
That does not mean accepting all of a person's behaviour once they apologise. Forgiving and tolerating wrong are different things, the piece says. It is best to forgive someone who is sincerely sorry, but a person who hurts you again and again may be held to limits that protect your rights and safety.
Surah Ash-Shura, verse 40, says the recompense of an evil is an evil like it, but whoever pardons and makes reconciliation will have his reward from Allah.
Where property has been damaged or money lost, words alone are not enough. The wrongdoer must seek pardon from the person harmed and, as far as possible, restore the right or pay compensation, because Islam gives great importance to the rights people hold over one another.
Source: Banglavision
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