Forgiving is better than returning harm with harm
21-7-2015 | IslamWeb
Question:
Asaalam aleykum!I had a company and closed it to start a new one with a muslim brother,i showed him all info on how to start and where to get the merchendise,the deal was for us to start together so while he was waiting for company papers he had started on his own with his blood brother while i waited for him 1 year.After that i found out he had started on his own with all the info i gave him so i started on my own.When he found out he wrote on the net that my buisness was not good and that people should buy from him,he also opend my letters and found out where i had ordered new products so he ordered from the same places.Because i had everything with papers and paid tax and he doesnt pay tax and smugles and sells illegal products i could not match his prices so i went bankrupt.I fixed everything for us to start the business together but he took over the stockhouse and all the contacts,so starting for me again is very hard and i lost 8 years of valiuble time and sacrificed family time so that me and him would have sucsess and repaid the thanks with backstabing me.Can i report him to the taxes without geting Allah(SWT) angry at me?Im very upset and want to get back at him for all that he has done.
Answer:
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger.
First of all, we advise you to do what Allaah has advised us to do when dealing with someone who shows signs of jealousy and hatred to us or who mistreats us, and that is to respond with kindness so that the person in turn becomes friendly and amiable. Allaah says (what means): {And not equal are the good deed and the bad. Repel [evil] by that [deed] which is better; and thereupon the one whom between you and him is enmity [will become] as though he was a devoted friend.} [Quran 41: 34]
It has been reported that Ibn Abbaas 
said that the verse means: “He commanded self-control in times of anger, patience in times of foolishness and forgiveness in times of mistreatment.”
Therefore, it is better for you to forget and to forgive that person and not preoccupy yourself with what happened with him. Instead, preoccupy yourself with what benefits you with the hope that Allaah will reward you for what happened to you and for the loss that you sustained, for Allaah is indeed an excellent Lord and Protector.
For more benefit, please refer to Fatwa 84351.
Allaah Knows best.