ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd – Allāh be pleased with him – said: A believer might harbour any [bad] quality, except treachery and lying. Ibn Abī Shaybah, Kitāb Al-Īmān article 80, where Al-Albānī grades its chain of narration ṣaḥīḥ; and others. Saʿd b. Abī Waqqās – Allāh be pleased with him – said: A believer might be […]
The Danger of Over-Suspicion
ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd – Allāh be pleased with him – said:
The victim of theft might continue to suspect and conjecture [about who stole from him] until he becomes worse [in sin] than the thief.
Al-Bukhārī, Al-Adab Al-Mufrad no. 1289. Its chain of transmission was graded ṣaḥīḥ by Al-Albānī in Ṣaḥīḥ Al-Adab Al-Mufrad no.974.
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