مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب الآدابThe Book of Manners
(الْإِعْلَانُ بِالذَّنْبِ وَالْعَيْبِ كَبِيرَةٌ)
(Publicizing a sin and fault-finding is a major sin)
Hadith 4831
عَنْ أَنَسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عَلَيْهِ وَسلم: «من تَرَكَ الْكَذِبَ وَهُوَ بَاطِلٌ بُنِيَ لَهُ فِي ربض الْجنَّة وَمن ترك المراء وَهُوَ مُحِقٌّ بُنِيَ لَهُ فِي وَسَطِ الْجَنَّةِ وَمَنْ حَسَّنَ خُلُقَهُ بُنِيَ لَهُ فِي أَعْلَاهَا» . رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ وَقَالَ: هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ. وَكَذَا فِي شَرْحِ السُّنَّةِ وَفِي الْمَصَابِيحِ قَالَ غَرِيبٌ
Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever gives up lying, even though he was in the wrong, a house will be built for him on the edge of Paradise. And whoever abandons arguing while being in the right, a house will be built for him in the middle of Paradise. And whoever improves his character, a house will be built for him in the highest part of Paradise." Imam Tirmidhi has narrated this hadith and called it Hasan, and likewise it is in Sharh al-Sunnah and Misbahih, he said: This hadith is Gharib. Its chain is weak. Narrated by al-Tirmidhi and in Sharh al-Sunnah.
