1209 - ضَرورَةُ التَّجَنُّبِ عَمّا يُوجِبُ سُوءَ الظَّنِ‏

1209. THE NECESSITY OF AVOIDING THAT WHICH INCITES SUSPICIOUS THOUGHTS

3918.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَن وَقَّفَ نفسَهُ مَوقِفَ التُّهَمَةِ فلا يَلُومَنَّ مَن أساءَ بهِ الظَّنَّ .¹

3918.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He who stands in a suspect place cannot blame anyone for thinking suspiciously of him.’²

3919.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَن دَخَلَ مَداخِلَ السَّوءِ اتُّهِمَ، مَن عَرَّضَ نَفسَهُ للتُّهَمَةِ فلا يَلُومَنَّ مَن أساءَ بهِ الظَّنَّ .³

3919.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The one who enters bad places naturally stands to be accused, and the one who exposes himself to accusation cannot blame anyone for thinking suspiciously of him.’⁴

3920.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مُجالَسَةُ الأشرارِ تُورِثُ سُوءَ الظَّنِّ بِالأخيارِ .⁵

3920.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Sitting in the company of bad people engenders suspicious thoughts about good people.’⁶

3921.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : أسوَأُ النَّاسِ حالاً مَن لَم يَثِقْ بَأحَدٍ لِسُوءِ ظَنِّهِ، ولَم يَثِقْ بهِ أحَدٌ لِسُوءِ فِعلِهِ .⁷

3921.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The person in the worst state is the one who does not trust anybody because of his suspiciousness, and who is not trusted by anybody because of his evil actions.’⁸

3922.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَن لَم يَحسُنْ ظَنُّهُ استَوحَشَ مِن كُلِّ أحَدٍ .⁹

3922.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The one who does not think well of people will remain alienated from everybody.’¹⁰