[Good Thought - Find An Excuse For Our Brothers]
Syah Nazrin Hashim wrote;
Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal (rahimahullah) was once asked about the correct meaning of the following saying, “When you hear something from or about your brother, ascribe to it the best interpretation until you can no longer do so.”
To this, he replied: “Find an excuse for him by saying, ‘Maybe he said this, or maybe he meant such and such.’”
(Ibn Mufleh Al-Maqdisi, Al-Adab Al-Shar`iyyah)
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"O you who have believed, avoid much [negative] assumption. Indeed, some assumption is sin. And do not spy or backbite each other. Would one of you like to eat the flesh of his brother when dead? You would detest it. And fear Allah ; indeed, Allah is Accepting of repentance and Merciful."
[Al-Ĥujurāt 49:12]
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