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الادب المفرد
Adab al-Mufrad
كتابBook of Avoiding Slander
بَابُ الْعَيَّابِChapter: The Fault-Finder
Hadith 328
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ أَبِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: إِذَا أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَذْكُرَ عُيُوبَ صَاحِبِكَ، فَاذْكُرْ عُيُوبَ نَفْسِكَ.
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) that he said: When you begin to mention the faults of your companion, first take a look at your own faults.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Usman Muneeb
Benefits and Issues:
The chain of narration of this athar is weak; however, as a matter of fact, it is true that when a person searches for the faults of others, he overlooks his own faults and forgets them. The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said:
((One of you sees the speck in his brother’s eye but forgets the log or the large piece of wood in his own eye.)) (Ibn Hibban, Hadith: 1848; al-Silsilah al-Sahihah by al-Albani, Hadith: 33)
“You notice even the splinter in another’s eye, but do not see the beam in your own eye.”
The chain of narration of this athar is weak; however, as a matter of fact, it is true that when a person searches for the faults of others, he overlooks his own faults and forgets them. The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said:
((One of you sees the speck in his brother’s eye but forgets the log or the large piece of wood in his own eye.)) (Ibn Hibban, Hadith: 1848; al-Silsilah al-Sahihah by al-Albani, Hadith: 33)
“You notice even the splinter in another’s eye, but do not see the beam in your own eye.”
Source: Fadlullah al-Ahad: Urdu Commentary on al-Adab al-Mufrad, Page: 328
