Suspicion alone is enough to destroy a person’s good deeds. Islam has declared it forbidden (haram) to harbour suspicion of others, and the Holy Quran sets this out in detail: “O you who believe, avoid much suspicion and guesswork, for some suspicion is a sin. Do not spy on one another, and let none of you backbite another. Would any of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? You would hate it. Fear Allah. Allah is most accepting of repentance and merciful” (Surah Al-Hujurat, 12).
This verse shows that three things are forbidden: first, thinking ill of people; second, searching out someone’s faults; and third, backbiting or criticising someone behind their back. All three are prohibited in the verse, and each of them is a major sin (kabira).
The Quran also says: “And among them are unlettered people who do not know the Scripture except in wishful thinking, and they do nothing but guess. So woe to those who write the Scripture with their own hands and then say, ‘This is from Allah,’ in order to gain a small price for it. Woe to them for what their hands have written, and woe to them for what they earn” (Surah Al-Baqarah, 78-79). In this verse, relying on guesswork and assumption is described as a cause of ruin.
Countless hadiths in the books of hadith instruct believers to guard against suspicion, because thinking ill of people gives rise to many wrongs. The noted companion Abu Hurairah (RA) said the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: “Beware! Keep away from suspicion.”
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