I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: If you search for the faults of the people, you will corrupt them, or will nearly corrupt them. AbudDarda' said: These are the words which Mu'awiyah himself from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and Allah benefited him by them.
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّكَ إِنِ اتَّبَعْتَ عَوْرَاتِ النَّاسِ أَفْسَدْتَهُمْ أَوْ كِدْتَ أَنْ تُفْسِدَهُمْ فَقَالَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ كَلِمَةٌ سَمِعَهَا مُعَاوِيَةُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَفَعَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى بِهَا
I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, “If you follow the faults of people, you will corrupt them or risk corrupting them.”
He said that Abū Dardāʾ said, “Muʿāwiyah heard ˹this˺ statement from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and Allah benefited him by it.”
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّكَ إِنِ اتَّبَعْتَ عَوْرَاتِ النَّاسِ أَفْسَدْتَهُمْ أَوْ كِدْتَ أَنْ تُفْسِدَهُمُ» قَالَ يَقُولُ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ «كَلِمَةٌ سَمِعَهَا مُعَاوِيَةُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَفَعَهُ اللَّهُ بِهَا»
[Machine] I heard from the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , beneficial words, in which Allah benefited me. I heard him saying, "Turn away from people, haven't you seen that if you follow doubts about people, you would corrupt them or almost corrupt them?"
سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كَلَامًا نَفَعَنِي اللهُ بِهِ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ «أَعْرِضُوا عَنِ النَّاسِ أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّكَ إِنِ اتَّبَعْتَ الرِّيبَةَ فِي النَّاسِ أَفْسَدْتَهُمْ أَوْ كِدْتَ تُفْسِدُهُمْ؟»
I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: If you search for the faults of the people, you will corrupt them, or will nearly corrupt them. AbudDarda' said: These are the words which Mu'awiyah himself from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and Allah benefited him by them. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4888)
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّكَ إِنِ اتَّبَعْتَ عَوْرَاتِ النَّاسِ أَفْسَدْتَهُمْ أَوْ كِدْتَ أَنْ تُفْسِدَهُمْ» قَالَ يَقُولُ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ كَلِمَةٌ سَمِعَهَا مُعَاوِيَةُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ نَفَعَهُ اللهُ بِهَا
I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: If you search for the faults of the people, you will corrupt them, or will nearly corrupt them. AbudDarda' said: These are the words which Mu'awiyah himself from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and Allah benefited him by them. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4888)
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّكَ إِنِ اتَّبَعْتَ عَوْرَاتِ النَّاسِ أَوْ عَثَرَاتِ النَّاسِ أَفْسَدْتَهُمْ أَوْ كِدْتَ أَنْ تُفْسِدَهُمْ قَالَ يَقُولُ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ كَلِمَةٌ سَمِعَهَا مُعَاوِيَةُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَنَفَعَهُ اللهُ بِهَا
"عن راشد بن سعد، عن معاوية قال: سمعت رسول الله ﷺ يقول: إنك إن اتبعت عورات الناس أفسدتهم أو كدت أن تفسدهم، قال: يقول أبو الدرداء كلمة سمعها معاوية من رسول الله ﷺ نفعه الله بها".