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“None of you truly believes until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself.”
— Prophet Muhammad, Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith 13
The Prophet’s hadith expresses the Golden Rule in terms of belief itself — your faith is incomplete without reciprocity. The Ultimate Law agrees: any system that claims moral authority but violates reciprocity is incoherent. Islam’s emphasis on justice (adl) and the prohibition of oppression (zulm) align directly with the principle that harm without consent creates victims who deserve restitution.
The Ultimate Law
Logic is the ultimate law.
Do not do to others what they would not want to be done to them, or you will be punished regardless of your will.
The purpose of punishment is to erase guilt, via retribution and restitution.
That is the entire law; it cannot be changed, all the rest is commentary.