Hadith: The person who shows no mercy
What goes around, comes around.
Or, as the Prophet ﷺ reportedly said:
The person who shows no mercy will receive no mercy.
In Arabic:
مَنْ لاَ يَرْحَمُ لاَ يُرْحَمُ
Arabic vocabulary
- man (مَنْ) – "whoever" or "anyone"
- la (لاَ) – "does not"
- yarhamu (يَرْحَمُ) – "gives mercy"
- yurhamu (يُرْحَمُ) – "is given mercy"
Notes
This hadith, and similar versions, appear in many hadith collections, including those of al-Bukhari, Muslim and more.