رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : يُبصِرُ أحَدُكُمُ القَذى في عَينِ أخيهِ ، ويَنسى الجِذعَ - أو قالَ : الجِذْلَ - في عَينِه ! كنز العمّال : 44141 .
The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘How can you notice a speck in your brother’s eye but overlook the tree stump in your own?!’ Kanz al-Ummal, no. 44141
رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : كَفى بِالمَرءِ عَيباً أن يَنظُرَ مِنَ النّاسِ إلى ما يَعمى عَنهُ مِن نَفسِهِ ، ويُعَيِّرَ النّاسَ بِما لا يَستَطيعُ تَركَهُ ، ويُؤذي جَليسَهُ بِما لا يَعنيهِ . الخصال : 110 / 81 .
The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The fault that lies within a man’s own self is more than enough to prevent him from prying into other people’s faults, which he himself possesses but to which he is blind; or from blaming others for that which he himself is unable to abandon; or from bothering the one he is sitting next to by prying into matters that are none of his business.’ al-Khisal, p. 110, no. 81
رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : مَن سَتَرَ عَلى مُؤمِنٍ خِزيَةً فكأنَّما أحيا مَوؤودَةً مِن قَبرِها . كنزالعمّال : 6387 .
The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘He who conceals a fellow believer’s shameful act is as if he has revived a newborn girl buried-alive from her grave.’ Kanz al-Ummal, no. 6387
رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : مَن عَلِمَ مِن أخيهِ سَيِّئَةً فسَتَرَها ، سَتَرَ اللَّهُ عَلَيهِ يَومَ القِيامَةِ . الترغيب والترهيب : 3 / 239 / 7 .
The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘He who knows a fellow brother’s evil deed and conceals it [from others], Allah will conceal his faults on the Day of Resurrection.’ al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib, v. 3, p. 239, no. 7
رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : لا تَتَّبِعوا عَوراتِ المُؤمِنينَ ؛ فإنَّهُ مَن تَتَبَّعَ عَوراتِ المُؤمِنينَ تَتَبَّعَ اللَّهُ عَورَتَهُ ، ومَن تَتَبَّعَ اللَّهُ عَورَتَهُ فَضَحَهُ ولَو في جَوفِ بَيتِهِ . ثواب الأعمال : 288 / 1 .
The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Do not seek to pursue the faults of believers, for verily whoever pursues the faults of believers, Allah will pursue his faults, and whoever’s faults Allah pursues, He will expose him, even if he be in the confines of his own home.’ Thawab al-Amal, v. 2, p. 288, no. 1
رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : العِلمُ والمالُ يَستُرانِ كُلَّ عَيبٍ ، والجَهلُ والفَقرُ يَكشِفانِ كُلَّ عَيبٍ . كنز العمّال : 28669 .
The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Knowledge and wealth cover up every fault, whereas ignorance and poverty disclose every fault.’ Kanz al-Ummal, no. 28669
رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : مَن أذاعَ فاحِشَةً كانَ كمُبتَدِئها ، ومَن عَيَّرَ مُؤمِناً بِشَيءٍ لَم يَمُتْ حَتّى يَركَبَهُ . الكافي : 2 / 356 / 2 .
The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The one who exposes someone’s monstrous deed is as the one who initiated it, and the one who condemns a believer for something will not die before becoming guilty of it himself.’ al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 356, no. 2
