Friday, March 6, 2015

Husnu-Addhan Finnas- Having A Good Opinion On People

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ مُنَبِّهٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ إِيَّاكُمْ وَالظَّنَّ، فَإِنَّ الظَّنَّ أَكْذَبُ الْحَدِيثِ، وَلاَ تَحَسَّسُوا، وَلاَ تَجَسَّسُوا، وَلاَ تَحَاسَدُوا، وَلاَ تَدَابَرُوا، وَلاَ تَبَاغَضُوا، وَكُونُوا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ إِخْوَانًا ‏"‏‏

Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Beware of suspicion, for suspicion is the worst of false tales; and do not look for the others' faults and do not spy, and do not be jealous of one another, and do not desert (cut your relation with) one another, and do not hate one another; and O Allah's worshipers! Be brothers (as Allah has ordered you!")
Sahih al-Bukhari 6064

The path of every Muslim is hiding others' faults and having a good opinion of others. This is why Allah 'Azza wa jall ordered the believers to have a good opinion of people when they hear slanders of their Muslim brothers.

Have you not heard the story of Al-Ifk? The lie which hypocrites invented against 'Aisha, the Mother of the Believers Radiyallahu 'Anha and from which Allah declared her free and innocent in the Quran? When it was said what was
said, Allah 'Azza wa Jall clarified the true position which every Muslim must understand. And He subhanahu wa ta'ala said in surat Annuur:

24:12   لَّوْلَا إِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ ظَنَّ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتُ بِأَنفُسِهِمْ خَيْرًا وَقَالُوا هَٰذَا إِفْكٌ مُّبِينٌ
“Why, when you heard it, did not the believing men and believing women think good of themselves [i.e. one another] and say, 'This is an obvious falsehood'?” [An-Noor 24:12]”

So to have Husnu-Addhan is the practice of the righteous, people of understanding and wise men from among Muslims, the ones who fear their Lord and desire victory and predominance for Allah's Deen.

It was said about Aba Ishaaq Rahimahullah that once he took off his upper-garment ('amamah) (which was worth 20 dinaar) so to make ablution - when suddenly a thief came and stole Aba Ishaaqs garment and left an old garment instead of it. So when the shaykh Rahimahullah finished his ablution he just took the old garment and wore it. He didn’t even notice it, until he was asked about it while he was teaching.

So he replied: "It might be that the one who took it, was in need of it."

From Zayd ibn Aslam who said: Someone entered upon Aba Dujanah Al-Ansary Radiyallahu 'Anh while he was sick. His face was glowing like the light of the Moon, so he was asked: “Why is your face shining?”

He replied: It is because of no other deeds but two I used to hold on to:

"I would never speak of that which does not concern me, and the second is that the muslims would be unharmed and secure in my heart".

Ja’far Ibn Ahmad . Al-Bayhaqi reported that Ja’far Ibn Ahmad said: 'If you hear anything you do not like about your brother, then seek one excuse for him to seventy excuses, if you find any then all perfect praise be to Allaah, otherwise say 'It might be that he has an excuse which I do not know about.' 


Ibn ‘Asaakir reported this from Muhammad Ibn Sireen whose wording [Ibn Sireen’s] is: 'If you hear anything about your brother, then seek an excuse for him, if you do not find any then say 'It might be that he has an excuse.'

[Siyar A'lam Annubalaa]

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