ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ طَلَبِ عَثَرَاتِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَتَعْيِيرِهِمْ

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ascended the Minbar and called out with a raised voice: ’O you who accepted Islam with his tongue, while faith has not reached his heart! Do not harm the Muslims, nor revile them, nor spy on them to expose their secrets. For indeed whoever tries to expose his Muslims brother’s secrets, Allah exposes his secrets wide open, even if he were in the depth of his house.’” He (Nafl’) said: ‘ One day Ibn ‘Umar looked at the House- or – the Ka’bah and said: ‘What is it that is more honored than you, and whose honor is more sacred than yours! And the believer’s honor is more sacred to Allah than yours.’” (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2032)   

صَعِدَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ هَذَا الْمِنْبَرَ فَنَادَى بِصَوْتٍ رَفِيعٍ وَقَالَ «يَا مَعْشَرَ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ بِلِسَانِهِ وَلَمْ يَدْخُلِ الْإِيمَانُ قَلْبَهُ لَا تُؤْذُوا الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَلَا تُعَيِّرُوهُمْ وَلَا تَطْلُبُوا عَثَرَاتِهِمْ فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَطْلُبْ عَوْرَةَ الْمُسْلِمِ يَطْلُبِ اللَّهُ عَوْرَتَهُ وَمَنْ يَطْلُبِ اللَّهُ عَوْرَتَهُ يَفْضَحْهُ وَلَوْ فِي جَوْفِ بَيْتِهِ» وَنَظَرَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ يَوْمًا إِلَى الْبَيْتِ فَقَالَ «مَا أَعْظَمَكَ وَأَعْظَمَ حُرْمَتَكَ وَلَلْمُؤْمِنُ أَعْظَمُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ حُرْمَةً مِنْكَ»