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Regarding Spying

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Darussalam · Volume 5

40. THE BOOK OFETIQUETTE (AL-ADAB)

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الحديث: 4888 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 272

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4888. It was narrated from Rashid bin Sa'd that Mu'awiyah said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah say: If you seek out the people's faults, you will corrupt them' or 'almost corrupt them." So Abü Ad-Dardã' said: "A word that Mu'awiyah heard from the Messenger of Allah and Allah benefited him thereby." (azii)

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4888 - حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الرَّمْلِيُّ، وَابْنُ عَوْفٍ، وَهَذَا لَفْظُهُ قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا الْفِرْيَابِيُّ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ ثَوْرٍ، عَنْ رَاشِدِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «إِنَّكَ إِنِ اتَّبَعْتَ عَوْرَاتِ النَّاسِ أَفْسَدْتَهُمْ، أَوْ كِدْتَ أَنْ تُفْسِدَهُمْ» فَقَالَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ: «كَلِمَةٌ سَمِعَهَا مُعَاوِيَةُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ نَفَعَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى بِهَا»

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