The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “When two persons indulge in abusing each other, the beginner will be the sinner so long as the oppressed does not transgress the limits.”.
وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه
أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: «المتسابان ما قالا فعلى البادي منهما حتى يعتدي المظلوم»
The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “When two persons indulge in abusing each other, the beginner will be the sinner so long as the oppressed does not transgress the limits.”.
If two people engaged in insulting each other, then the sin for that is borne by the one who initiated the insults, because he is the one who initially transgressed, and the other is not sinful because he has the right to answer back and ward off the transgression against him. However, if the wronged transgresses against the wrongdoer, by exceeding the permissible limit in answering back, then his sin will be more than the sin of the one who started.
From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.
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