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2032. Nāfi' narrated that Ibn 'Umar said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ ascended the Minbar and called out with a raised voice: 'O you who accepted Islām with his tongue, while faith has not reached his heart! Do not harm the Muslims, nor revile them, nor spy on them to expose their secrets. For indeed whoever tries to expose his Muslim brother's secrets, Allāh exposes his secrets wide open, even if he were in the depth of his house.'" He (Nāfi') said: "One day Ibn 'Umar looked at the House – or – the Ka'bah and said: 'What is it that is more honored than you, and whose honor is more sacred than yours! And the believer's honor is more sacred to Allāh than yours.'" (Hasan)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Gharīb, we do not know of it except as a narration of Al-Husain bin Wāqid.
Ishāq bin Ibrāhīm As-Samarqandī reported similarly from Ḥusain bin Wāqid, and Abū Barzah Al-Aslamī reported something similar to this from the Prophet ﷺ.
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It does not behoove a true believer to act in a way that causes hurt to his Muslim brothers or humiliate them. To insult the faithful or put them to shame or insult or pry into their faults and failings is incompatible with being a believer.
