زندگى تحت توفيقات اصول اخلاق - مكارم شيرازى، ناصر - الصفحة ١١١ - Ways of countering with suspicion

٢- Mistrust about the" people" sometimes leads to mistrustand suspicion on the Creator, and also is transmitted to the basis of man's religious beliefs. Sometimes, they suspect on" Divine Justice" and sometimes in" Divine Power"! They may also doubt in invitation of divine prophets, and inthe depths of their heart, assume their invitation as a sort ofhistrionics for domination on people and attraction of commons, although they may apparently be faithful to the religious principles.

Non submission of most of evil doers and hypocrites to theinvitation of prophets may have been caused thereof.

٣- Pessimistic people are often deprived from the innerpurity, because they are always slandering about the others intheir heart, and thereby some of ethics scholars have calledsuspicion" slander with heart".

This was a part of individual losses of suspicion andpessimism.

Ways of countering with suspicion

First of all, there is a problem in this discussion that shouldbe solved, that is: Most often, suspicion is not a freewill affair to be avoided. Rather, in most cases, when observing a vision, or hearing anutterance, or remembering a memory( with special mentalback grounds about the other person ), a suspicion appearsu nwillingly in man's mind. So, how it is possible to avoid it?

The following well- known tradition too proves this sense:.

«ثَلاثٌ لا يَسْلُمُ مِنْها احَدٌ: الطِّيَرَةُ وَ الْحَسَدُ وَ الظَّنُّ» ..

There are three things that no one is secure from them: forebode, envy and suspicion.