حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا ثَابِتٌ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ: بَيْنَمَا النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَعَ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ، إِذْ مَرَّ بِهِ رَجُلٌ، فَدَعَاهُ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ: يَا فُلاَنُ، إِنَّ هَذِهِ زَوْجَتِي فُلاَنَةٌ، قَالَ: مَنْ كُنْتُ أَظُنُّ بِهِ فَلَمْ أَكُنْ أَظُنُّ بِكَ، قَالَ: إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَجْرِي مِنِ ابْنِ آدَمَ مَجْرَى الدَّمِ.
Anas said, "While the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, was with one of his wives, a man passed by and the Prophet, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, called him and said, 'So-and-so, this
is my wife so-and-so.' The man said, 'Whoever I might suspect, I would
not suspect you!' The Prophet said, 'Shaytan flows in the son of Adam like
blood flows.'"
Bilal ibn Sa'd al-Ash'ari related that Mu'awiya wrote to Abu Dharr,
"Write down for me the deviants of Damascus." Abu Dharr said, "What do
I have to do with the deviants of Damascus and how would I know them?"
His son Bilal said, "I will write them," so he wrote them. Abu Dharr said,
"How do you know? You would only know that they are deviants if you were
one of them. Begin with yourself and do not send their names."
Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, said, "Beware of suspicion. Suspicion is the worst type of lie. Do not spy. Do not fight one another. Do not try
to ensnare one another (in sales). Do not envy each other. Do not hate one another. Be slaves of
Allah and brothers."
