On the words of Allah: "But whoever gives it up as charity, it is an expiation for him"

Al-Haytham bin al-Aswad said that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) explained the saying of Allah, the Lord of Might: "But whoever gives it up as charity, it is an expiation for him" [Al-Ma'idah: 45], in this way: A like amount of sin will be removed from this person.

Mughirah said that concerning the saying of Allah, the Lord of Might: "Whoever forgives, it is an expiation for his sins," Ibrahim said: The ruling is for the wounded person. And Mujahid said: The ruling is for the one who inflicted the wound.

And Mujahid said: It is for the one who inflicted the wound.

Mansur said that Ibrahim and Mujahid said: It will be an expiation of sins for the one who inflicted the wound, and the reward of the one who was harmed is upon Allah.

Sufyan bin Husayn said that al-Hasan al-Basri said concerning the saying of Allah, the Lord of Might: "But whoever gives it up as charity, it is an expiation for him": This ruling is for the wounded person.

Sufyan said: I heard Zayd bin Aslam say: If he forgives him, or takes retaliation from him, or accepts blood money from him, this is an expiation of sins.

Mansur said that Ibrahim and Mujahid both said: It will be an expiation of sins for the one who has been forgiven, and the reward of the one who was harmed is upon Allah.

Sa'id bin Jubayr said that Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) explained the verse: "But whoever gives it up as charity, it is an expiation for him" in this way: This ruling is for the one who inflicted the wound, and the reward of the one who forgives is upon Allah.

Abu Uqbah said that Jabir bin Zayd explained the verse: "But whoever gives it up as charity, it is an expiation for him" in this way: The ruling of expiation of sins is for the one who inflicted the wound.

Sayyiduna Ubadah bin al-Samit (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Pledge allegiance to me that you will not associate anything with Allah, you will not commit adultery, and you will not steal. Whoever does any of this and is punished for it, that punishment will be the expiation of his sins."

Zakariyya said that al-Sha'bi said: This ruling is for the one who forgives.