DO NOT SUSPECT EVIL THOUGHTS
‘Umar ibn al-Khattāb (radiyAllāhu’anhu) said,
‘Do not suspect evil thoughts due to a word that has come out of the mouth of a Muslim brother. Rather, you should find that it is only filled with good.’ *
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* See the treatise Dhamm ul-Hasad wa Ahlihī (Dispraise of Jealousy and its Adherents) of ibn al-Qayyim.
Book: Difference Between Advising and Shaming
By al-Hāfiz Ibn Rajab al-Hanbalī
Translated and Published by
Dār as-Sunnah Publishers
P. 43