Back to search

Is it permissible to use the word "enslaves" (تستعبد) in the phrase "Do good to people, and you will enslave their hearts" (أحسن إلى الناس تستعبد قلوبهم)?

1 min readAlso available in العربية

The poetic verse: "Do good to people, you will enslave their hearts for indeed, benevolence has long enslaved man" is by a wise poet, and it does not contradict Islamic law. The meaning of "you will enslave their hearts" and "benevolence has long enslaved man" is that benevolence has a great effect on hearts and wins them over. This is a factual matter, and there is no objection to expressing it.

Summarized from the full answer at Ftawy · reviewed Sep 2, 2026

Read the full answer on Ftawy