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adab:248

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."

الأدب المفرد:٢٤٨حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَالِمٍ الأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ هُوَ ابْنُ الْوَلِيدِ الزُّبَيْدِيُّ عَنِ ابْنِ جَابِرٍ وَهُوَ يَحْيَى بْنُ جَابِرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ مُعَاوِيَةَ يَقُولُ

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

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abudawud:4888ʿĪsá b. Muḥammad al-Ramlī And Ibn ʿAwf And Hadhā Lafẓuh > al-Firyābī > Sufyān > Thawr > Rāshid b. Saʿd > Muʿāwiyah

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.

أبو داود:٤٨٨٨حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الرَّمْلِيُّ وَابْنُ عَوْفٍ وَهَذَا لَفْظُهُ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا الْفِرْيَابِيُّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ ثَوْرٍ عَنْ رَاشِدِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ

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