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What does Justice and Fairness Mean?
Justice and fairness is when you give an equal treatment. For example balancing the same weight of an object on both sides of a the scale. Being justice and fair is when the decisions you make are caring about both sides of the argument and not leaving the other side of the argument out.
"And thus we have made out of you a justly balanced 'Ummah, that you be a witness over the nations, and the Messenger be a witness over you."(Al-Baqarah 2:143)
An Example
The class monitor, Rasheed, hears his classmates, Meskud and Arif making noise. He should write down both both their names in his report. Instead, Rasheed writes down only Meskud's name, because Arif is his friend. As a result, Meskud recieves punishment, and Arif gets off free. The next time the teacher left the room with Rasheed in charge, Arif started making noise again. This time, he is even more unruly. He knows that his friend won't report him, so he continues to disturb the class and doesn't worry about getting in trouble. Meskud stays quiet, because he learned his lesson the last time. Then unexpectedly, the teacher came back to get something and caught Arif in his mischief. She asks Rasheed to give her his report, but she notices Arif's name is not on it.She questions Rasheed. Realizing that he has unjustly favored his friend, she decides that Rasheed is not reliable enough to hold the position of class monitor. Instead, she gives the job to Meskud, who, by learning his lesson, showed that he was responsible.
(Story from Islamic Tahdhib and Akhlaq)
Justice and fairness is when you give an equal treatment. For example balancing the same weight of an object on both sides of a the scale. Being justice and fair is when the decisions you make are caring about both sides of the argument and not leaving the other side of the argument out."And thus we have made out of you a justly balanced 'Ummah, that you be a witness over the nations, and the Messenger be a witness over you."(Al-Baqarah 2:143)
An Example
The class monitor, Rasheed, hears his classmates, Meskud and Arif making noise. He should write down both both their names in his report. Instead, Rasheed writes down only Meskud's name, because Arif is his friend. As a result, Meskud recieves punishment, and Arif gets off free. The next time the teacher left the room with Rasheed in charge, Arif started making noise again. This time, he is even more unruly. He knows that his friend won't report him, so he continues to disturb the class and doesn't worry about getting in trouble. Meskud stays quiet, because he learned his lesson the last time. Then unexpectedly, the teacher came back to get something and caught Arif in his mischief. She asks Rasheed to give her his report, but she notices Arif's name is not on it.She questions Rasheed. Realizing that he has unjustly favored his friend, she decides that Rasheed is not reliable enough to hold the position of class monitor. Instead, she gives the job to Meskud, who, by learning his lesson, showed that he was responsible.
(Story from Islamic Tahdhib and Akhlaq)
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