Narrated Abu Saeed al-Khudri: When the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم was distributing something, a man came towards him and bent down on him. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم struck him with a bough and his face was wounded. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said to him: Come and take retaliation. He said: no, I have forgiven, Messenger of Allah!.

Narrated Abu Firas: Umar bin al-Khattab (ra) addressed us and said: I did not send my collectors (of zakat) so that they strike your bodies and that they take your property. If that is done with someone and he appeals to me, I shall take retaliation on him. Amr ibn al-As said: If any man (i. e. governor) inflicts disciplinary punishment on his subjects, would you take retaliation on him too? He said: Yes, by Him in Whose hand my soul is, I shall take retaliation on him. I saw that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم has given retaliation on himself.