Can I make dua about someone who hurt me?

Yes, and you can bring the whole of it to Him; the hurt you carry is real, and God is near to it. Islam offers no dua to harm a person: after Ta’if, offered the destruction of the town, the Prophet ﷺ refused and said, “I hope that God will bring from their descendants people who worship God alone” (Bukhārī 3231). The Qur’an honors those “who restrain their anger and pardon people — and God loves those who do good” [Qur’an 3:134] and promises, “Repel evil with what is better, and the one between you and whom there was enmity will become like a devoted friend” [Qur’an 41:34]. Pray for your own heart too; that wound deserves God’s care as much as anything else you bring Him.

📖 Source: Qur’an 3:134, 41:34; Bukhārī 3231

How to

1. Tell God plainly what happened and how it hurt; honesty before Him is itself worship.
2. Seek shelter in the Prophet’s ﷺ dua: “O Allah, I seek refuge in you from worry and grief” (Allahumma inni a’udhu bika minal-hammi wal-hazan) (Bukhārī 6369).
3. When you feel able, ask God to guide the person and to mend what lies between you.
4. If pardon feels far away, ask first for help restraining anger (Qur’an 3:134); forgiveness can ripen slowly.
5. Return to this dua whenever the hurt returns; healing is allowed to take time.

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