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ahmad:22402Muḥammad b. Bakr > Maymūn > Muḥammad b. ʿAbbād > Thawbān

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ, he said: "Do not harm the servants of Allah, and do not disgrace them, and do not seek their faults. For whoever seeks the fault of his Muslim brother, Allah will seek his fault until He exposes him in his own home."  

أحمد:٢٢٤٠٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا مَيْمُونٌ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا تُؤْذُوا عِبَادَ اللهِ وَلَا تُعَيِّرُوهُمْ وَلَا تَطْلُبُوا عَوْرَاتِهِمْ؛ فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ طَلَبَ عَوْرَةَ أَخِيهِ الْمُسْلِمِ طَلَبَ اللهُ عَوْرَتَهُ حَتَّى يَفْضَحَهُ فِي بَيْتِهِ  


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السيوطي:٢٤٤٧٥a

"لا تُؤْذوا عِبَادَ الله، وَلا تُعَيِّرُوهُمْ، وَلا تَطْلُبُوا عَوْرَاتِهمْ؛ فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ طَلَبَ عَوْرَةَ أَخِيهِ الْمُسْلِمِ طَلَبَ الله عَوْرَتَهُ حَتَّى يَفْضَحَهُ في بَيتِهِ".  

[حم] أحمد [ض] ضياء المقدسي في مختاره عن ثوبان