Ibn Daud - A Handbook of Spiritual Medicine

CHAPTER 16
البَغْي [Baghi] Iniquity
Iniquity or baghi is when one harms anything in creation without
right or just cause, usually because one is entrapped and infatuated
by the love of this world and of worldly position. With this hard
crust over the heart, there is no moral barrier preventing one from
wronging others. However, as Allāh promises in His Qur’ān, the
iniquity and injustice that people aim at others ultimately works its
way back to them:
“O humanity! Your transgression is only against your own souls.”
[Yūnus 10:23]
The Prophet said, “After I am gone you will experience
discrimination and will observe things that you will disapprove of.”
Someone asked, “O Messenger of Allāh, what do you command us
to do then?” He said, “Discharge your obligations and supplicate
to Allāh for your rights.” [%a#ī# Al-Bukhārī 7052]
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