Looking for and Exposing the sins of your brother/sister

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Hiding Sins and Protecting the Honor of Others


Allah’s Messenger(SAW) said:

“He, who relieves a hardship of this world for a believer, Allah will relieve (from him) a hardship of the Day of Resurrection; he who makes easy an indebted person, Allah will make it easy for him in the Dunya and the Hereafter; he who covers a Muslim (meaning his mistakes and shortcomings), Allah will cover him in the Dunya and the Hereafter…” [Muslim]

Following on from the last post about helping others, I began to think about the ways in which the believers are supposed to help each other. I remembered this hadith. There are three types of people mentioned here. However the third characteristic is a little different, as it’s not the first thing that comes to ones mind when we think about helping others, and this is probably also a reason that it’s a characteristic that is not only seldom found among people, but it clearly highlights the value of hiding the sins of others, which most of us easily expose at any given opportunity.

Abdullah Ibn Umar (RA) related, “The Messenger of Allah (SAW) once rose above the podium and then said with a loud voice, “O those who have embraced Islam only with their tongue, while Eemaan has not yet entered their hears, neither harm Muslims, nor mock them, nor try to expose their mistakes, for he who follows (searches for) the errors of his brother, Allah will follow his errors, and he whom Allah follows his errors, He will expose him even if he was in the middle of his home.”

Imam an-Nawawi (RA) writes ‘This Hadeeth indicates that following and then exposing people’s mistakes only occurs by the hypocrites and those whose Eemaan is so weak, that it did not yet fill their hearts…” [Bukhari's Jamee as-Saheeh]

Following the wrong actions and mistakes others make and exposing it or making a mockery of the person in question is quite common. A typical situation sometimes seen is where you have a family or a group of friends, in which a person among them is trying to adhere or make some sort of an effort towards Islam. An example: a girl begins to wear the hijab or someone advises people that something is not permissible or recommended in Islam. The reaction of many people will be, “Who is he/she to tell us, do you know that he/she did/does ‘such and such things’.” Some will also fool themselves by making it into a joke so as to make themselves look like they realize the truth, but by saying something about the other person make themselves feel better about themselves, for example, “What he is right and everything, but maybe he should start with the basics, like saying salam properly!”.

‘Ali ibn Abi Talib said, “The person who says something indecent and the person who makes it known are equal as far as the wrong action is concerned.”

Hukaym ibn Sa’d heard ‘Ali say, “Do not be hasty, spreading and divulging secrets. Ahead of you lies a severe, distressing affliction and events which would take a long time explain namely oppressive conflicts.”

Ibn ‘Abbas said, “When you want to mention your companion’s faults, remember your own faults.”


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Why do somalis love gossip? I saw this guy and that girl do this and that. People this(witnessing sins of brother/sister in islam)will be great test to see which choices you make:
1) covering up
or
2) exposing
He who chooses to cover up the mistakes of others are the succesfull ones in hereafter!

Let it be a warning to those who expose intimate pictures of others.

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Q. Why do extremist Somalis hate those who are against 'Somaliweyn' when in the Qu'ran it says the religion of Islam is not to be forced onto people?

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Classic thread hijacking

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can you answer this question if you are a brave man, otherwise like in your first post i will expose your sins

come on now, if islam the true religion cannot be forced on people, how can therefore a cursed, man-made belief aka 'somaliweyn' be forced on people

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