Pursuit of People s Faults

The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Do not seek to pursue believers shameful acts, for verily whoever pursues believers shameful acts, Allah will pursue his shameful acts, and whoever s shameful acts Allah pursues, He will expose, even if it be in the confines of his own home.

Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Anticipating attentively for a fault [in someone] is a fault in itself.

Imam Ali (AS), in a letter he wrote to al-Ashtar when he appointed him governor of Egypt, said, ‘The furthest of your subjects from you, and the worst of them in your view should be the one who is the most eager to pursue people s shortcomings, because people do have faults and the ruler is the most appropriate person to conceal them, so do not ever seek to discover those faults which are hidden from you.

Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Do not ever rejoice at someone else s mistake, for verily you yourself will never be immune to committing mistakes.

Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He who finds faults will be accused of them himself, and he who insults will be retorted to [with worse].

Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘The furthest a servant can be from Allah is when he associates in a brotherly manner with someone while at the same time making note of all his faults in order to one day shame him.