Luqman's Response to Injustice

So, it is narrated from Luqman

Makhul narrated that

Luqman the Wise was a black Nubian slave

And Allah, the Exalted, had given him wisdom

And he was bought by a man from the Children of Israel for thirty mithqals and a half mithqal.

And he worked for him

And his master played dice, gambling on it

And there was a flowing river by his door

One day, he played dice on the condition that whoever lost to his companion would drink all the water in the river or ransom themselves from it.

And if he won against his companion, he would do the same to him.

He said: Then Luqman's master lost the game.

So the winner said to him, 'Drink what is in the river, or ransom yourself from it.'

He said, 'Ask me for the ransom.'

He said, 'Your eyes, gouge them out, or everything you own.'

He said, 'Give me this day.'

He said, 'You have that.'

So he became sad and sorrowful.

Then Luqman came to him, carrying a bundle on his back.

Then he greeted his master.

Then he put down what he had with him.

And he returned to his master.

And his master, when he saw him, would ridicule him and hear the wise word from him, and be amazed by it.

So when he sat down with him, he said to his master, 'Why do I see you sad and sorrowful?' But he turned away from him.

So he said to him a second time the same thing, but he turned away from him.

Then he said to him a third time the same thing, but he turned away from him.

So he said to him, 'Tell me, perhaps I have relief for you.'

So he told him the story.

So Luqman said to him, 'Do not grieve, for I have a relief for you.'

He said, 'And what is it?'

He said, 'When the man comes to you and says, "Drink what is in the river,"'

Then say to him, 'Drink what is between the banks of the river or the tide.'

For he will say to you, 'Drink what is between the riverbanks.'

Then if he says that to you, say to him: 'Hold back the tide from me until I drink what is between the riverbanks.'