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سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الأدب
General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
باب فِي حُسْنِ الظَّنِّ
Chapter: Thinking well of people.
Sunan Abu Dawud 4993 — Thinking well of people
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيل ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ . ح وحَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ، عَنْ مُهَنَّا أَبِي شِبْلٍ ، قال أبو داود : وَلَمْ أَفْهَمْهُ مِنْهُ جَيِّدًا ، عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ وَاسِعٍ ، عَنْ شُتَيْرٍ ، قَالَ نَصْرٌ : ابْنِ نَهَّارٍ , عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ نَصْرٌ , عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " حُسْنُ الظَّنِّ مِنْ حُسْنِ الْعِبَادَةِ " , قال أبو داود : مُهَنَّا ثِقَةٌ بَصْرِيٌّ .
Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet ﷺ said: To harbour good thoughts is a part of well-conducted worship. (This is according to Nasr's version). Abu Dawud said: Mahna' is reliable and he is from Basrah.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
To harbor unnecessary bad suspicion about Muslim brothers and to base one’s dealings upon it is sinful.
(See also: Previous hadith 4917) However, it is necessary that a person himself also stays away from situations of accusation and suspicion, and does not give anyone an opportunity to think ill of him, as will be mentioned in the next hadith.
To harbor unnecessary bad suspicion about Muslim brothers and to base one’s dealings upon it is sinful.
(See also: Previous hadith 4917) However, it is necessary that a person himself also stays away from situations of accusation and suspicion, and does not give anyone an opportunity to think ill of him, as will be mentioned in the next hadith.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 4993
