The Threefold Division of Injustice and Its Reckoning

Hawzah News Agency- Imam Baqir (a.s) said:

الظُّلْمُ ثَلَاثَةٌ ظُلْمٌ يَغْفِرُهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، وَظُلْمٌ لَا يَغْفِرُهُ، وَظُلْمٌ لَا يَدَعُهُ. فَأَمَّا الظُّلْمُ الَّذِي لَا يَغْفِرُهُ، فَالشِّرْكُ بِاللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ؛ وَأَمَّا الظُّلْمُ الَّذِي يَغْفِرُهُ اللَّهُ، فَظُلْمُ الرَّجُلِ نَفْسَهُ فِيمَا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ؛ وَأَمَّا الظُّلْمُ الَّذِي لَا يَدَعُهُ، فَالْمُدَايَنَةُ بَيْنَ الْعِبَادِ.

Injustice is of three kinds: an injustice that Allah, the Mighty and Exalted, forgives; an injustice that He does not forgive; and an injustice that He does not leave unaddressed.

1. As for the injustice that He does not forgive, it is associating partners with Allah, the Mighty and Exalted.

2. As for the injustice that Allah forgives, it is a person’s wrongdoing against himself in what lies between him and Allah, the Mighty and Exalted.

3. And as for the injustice that He does not leave unaddressed, it is the mutual claims and debts among servants.

Al-Khisal,Book 3,Hadith 105