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  

Mu'awiya said, "I heard some words from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, by which Allah helped me." Jubayr ibn Nufayr said, "I heard him say that he heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, "If you openly show your suspicions of people, you will corrupt them.' Therefore I do not show my suspicions of people openly so that I will not corrupt them."  

سَمِعْتُ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ كَلاَمًا نَفَعَنِي اللَّهُ بِهِ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ أَوْ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّكَ إِذَا اتَّبَعْتَ الرِّيبَةَ فِي النَّاسِ أَفْسَدْتَهُمْ فَإِنِّي لاَ أَتَّبِعُ الرِّيبَةَ فِيهِمْ فَأُفْسِدَهُمْ  

"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".