Does one sin by having doubts about people and thinking ill of them without speaking about it?
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. What is the ruling on having doubts about a person without speaking of this doubt to anyone, since no one knows about it? May Allah reward you with good. What is the ruling on having doubts about a person without speaking of this doubt to anyone? Does the person sin in that case? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
This falls under the category of thinking ill. The default is to think well of a Muslim and not to think ill of a Muslim.
Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:[Al-Hujurat 49:12] Thinking ill of Muslims is prohibited, except for one from whom something clear of disobedience has become apparent; such a person is dealt with according to what has become apparent from him. As for a person from whom nothing has become apparent, the default for a Muslim is integrity and thinking well of him. Whoever thinks ill of Muslims without anything coming from them sins for this thought, because Allah has prohibited it. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. What is the ruling on having doubts about a person without speaking of this doubt to anyone, since no one knows about it? May Allah reward you with good. What is the ruling on having doubts about a person without speaking of this doubt to anyone? Does the person sin in that case? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
This falls under the category of thinking ill. The default is to think well of a Muslim and not to think ill of a Muslim.
Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:
O you who have believed, avoid much [negative] assumption. Indeed, some assumption is sin. And do not spy or backbite each other.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اجْتَنِبُوا كَثِيرًا مِّنَ الظَّنِّ إِنَّ بَعْضَ الظَّنِّ إِثْمٌ وَلَا تَجَسَّسُوا وَلَا يَغْتَب بَّعْضُكُم بَعْضًا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4981- هل يأثم من يشك في الناس ويسيء بهم الظن دون التحدث بذلك - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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