زندگى تحت توفيقات اصول اخلاق - مكارم شيرازى، ناصر - الصفحة ٨٤ - Dangers of slander

يا ايُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اجْتَنِبُوا كَثِيراً مِنَ الظَّنِّ انَّ بَعْضَ الظَّنِّ اثْمٌ وَ لا تَجَسَّسُوا وَ لا يَغْتَبْ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضاً ايُحِبُّ احَدُكُمْ انْ يَأْكُلَ لَحْمَ اخِيهِ مَيْتاً فَكَرِهْتُمُوهُ وَ اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ انَّ اللَّهَ تَوّابٌ رَحِيمٌ‌ ..

O believers, eschew much suspicion; some suspicion is a sin. And do not spy, neither backbite one another; would any of you like to eat the flesh of his brother dead? You would abominate it.

And fear you God; assuredly God turns, and He is All- compassionate.. [١]

And this interpretation may indicate that first a man isinvolved in suspicion, and suspicion leads him to spying, and spying too ends in revealing hidden faults of individuals and this is the source of slander.

٢- Slander is not compatible with beliefAs it is stipulated in Barae tradition:

. خَطَبَنا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و آله حَتَّى اسْتَمَعَ الْعَوائِقُ فِي بُيُوتِها فَقالَ: «يا مَعْشَرَ مَنْ آمَنَ بِلِسانِهِ وَ لَمْ يُؤْمِنْ بِقَلْبِهِ لا تَغْتابُوا الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَ لا تَتَّبِعُوا عَوْراتِهِمْ فَانَّهُ مَنْ تَتَبَّعَ عَوْرَةَ اخِيهِ تَتَبَّعَ اللَّهُ عَوْرَتَهُ وَ مَنْ تَتَبَّعَ اللَّهُ عَوْرَتَهُ يَفْضَحُهُ وَ لَوْ فِي جَوْفِ بَيْتِهِ» ..

Barae says: Prophet S. A. spoke for us, and so loudly thateven the girls in the houses too heard. He said: O the group who has believed by tongue, but not by heart! Do not slander about a Moslem, and do not spy their secret affairs, the one who is curious for the secret affairs of his religious brothers, God shall reveal his own secret affairs and scandalizes him inside his own house.. [٢]

The point of non- compatibility of slander with the spirit ofbelief may indicate that the first sign of belief is observing the

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