"يَا مَعْشَرَ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ وَلَمْ يَدْخُل الإِيْمَانُ في قَلبِهِ: لَا تَذُمُّوا الْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا عَوْرَاتِهِمْ؛ فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَطْلُبْ عَوْرَةَ أَخِيهِ الْمُسْلِم هَتَكَ اللَّه سِتْرَهُ وَأَبْدَى عَوْرَتَهُ، وَلَوْ كَانَ في سِتْرِ بَيْتِهِ".
[Machine] We prayed the Dhuhr prayer behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. When he finished his prayer, he turned to us in anger and called out with a voice that could be heard by the furthest of people, saying: "O people who have embraced Islam but faith has not yet entered their hearts, do not criticize the Muslims, do not seek out their faults. For whoever seeks out the faults of their Muslim brother, Allah will uncover his faults, even if they were hidden in the privacy of his home."
صَلَّيْنَا الظُّهْرَ خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا انْفَتَلَ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا غَضْبَانًا فَنَادَى بِصَوْتٍ أَسْمَعَ الْعَوَاتِقَ فِي أَجْوَافِ الْخُدُورِ فَقَالَ «يَا مَعْشَرَ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ وَلَمْ يَدْخُلِ الْإِيمَانُ فِي قَلْبِهِ لَا تَذُمُّوا الْمُسْلِمِينَ لَا تَطْلُبُوا عَوْرَاتِهِمْ فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَطْلُبُ عَوْرَةَ أَخِيهِ الْمُسْلِمِ هَتَكَ اللهُ سِتْرَهُ وأَبْدَا عَوْرَتَهُ وَلَوْ كَانَ فِي سِتْرِ بَيْتِهِ»
The Prophet ﷺ said, "O people who have believed by their tongue, and Īmān (faith) has not ˹yet˺ entered their hearts, do not back-bite ˹your fellow˺ Muslims, and do not look for their faults. For if anyone hunts for the fault of his brother Muslim, Allah will ˹expose˺ his fault, and if Allah ˹exposes˺ the fault of anyone, He disgraces him even if he were to be in his house."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: «يَا مَعْشَرَ مَنْ آمَنَ بِلِسَانِهِ وَلَمْ يَدْخُلِ الْإِيمَانُ فِي قَلْبِهِ، لَا تَغْتَابُوا الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا عَوْرَاتِهِمْ، فَإِنَّ مَنِ اتَّبَعَ عَوْرَةَ أَخِيهِ الْمُسْلِمِ اتَّبَعَ اللهُ عَوْرَتَهُ وَفَضَحَهُ وَهُوَ فِي بَيْتِهِ۔»