“Although you have killed a person...

“Although you have killed a person, you exhibited courage and saved an innocent person from accusation, therefore, I shall set you free,” the Caliph said to the slave. In this manner, the harm of envy and jealousy rebounded upon the envious person himself.[^7] The Envy of the Womenfolk Ibn Abi Laila was the judge during the caliphate of Mansur Dawaniqi. “Many strange and interesting cases are brought before the judges and it is my desire that you relate one of them to me,” Mansur said to him.

Ibn Abi Laila related: “One day an old and humble lady approached me and implored me to defend her right and punish her oppressor. I asked her who she wanted to complain about. She replied, “My niece.” I ordered the niece to be brought before me. When she arrived, I observed that she…