مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب الآدابThe Book of Manners
(مَنْ يَبْحَثُ عَنِ العُيُوبِ سَيُفْضَحُ نَفْسَهُ)
(The one who seeks faults will be disgraced himself)
Hadith 5044
وَعَن ابنِ عمَرَ قَالَ: صَعِدَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْمِنْبَرَ فَنَادَى بِصَوْتٍ رَفِيعٍ فَقَالَ: «يَا مَعْشَرَ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ بِلِسَانِهِ وَلَمْ يُفْضِ الْإِيمَانُ إِلَى قَلْبِهِ لَا تُؤْذُوا الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَلَا تُعَيِّرُوهُمْ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا عَوْرَاتِهِمْ فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَتَّبِعْ عَوْرَةَ أَخِيهِ الْمُسْلِمِ يَتَّبِعِ اللَّهُ عَوْرَتَهُ وَمَنْ يَتَّبِعِ اللَّهُ عَوْرَتَهُ يَفْضَحْهُ وَلَوْ فِي جَوْفِ رَحْلِهِ» . رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ
Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ascended the pulpit and proclaimed loudly: "O people! Those of you who have accepted Islam with your tongues while faith has not yet entered your hearts, do not harm the Muslims, nor disgrace them, nor seek out their faults. For whoever seeks out the faults of his (Muslim) brother, Allah will pursue his faults, and whoever's faults Allah pursues, He will disgrace him even if he is in the midst of his house." Its chain is Hasan. Narrated by al-Tirmidhi.
