Is the offender forgiven and pardoned without being shown kindness, in order to prevent the recurrence of his offenses?

Responding to ill-treatment with good deeds is a noble station. However, if good deeds only increase the ill-doer's malice and tyranny, then there is no blame in severing ties to avoid their harm. Scholars have stipulated that retribution is preferable to forgiveness if forgiveness leads to corruption, such as an increase in the wrongdoer's injustice. Ibn 'Uthaymeen mentioned that forgiveness is only good if it entails reform. If the wrongdoer is known for rebellion, it is better not to forgive them. Ibn 'Abd al-Barr said that shunning someone whose harm to one's religion or worldly affairs is feared is better than being close to them.