قال الله تعالى: {وَلَا تَجَسَّسُوا} (الحجرات: 12)

Allah Most High says, {And spy not on each other.} (Al-Hujurat: 12)

معنى هذا الأمر أنّ على المسلم أن يتجنّب البحث عن عيوب أخيه التي ستر الله عليها.

The meaning of this command is that a Muslim should avoid searching about his brother's faults that Allah has concealed.

ذَكَرَ رَجُلٌ لِابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ رضي الله عنه: "إِنَّ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ، يَعْنِي الْوَلِيدَ بْنَ عُقْبَةَ، يَبْدُو أَنَّهُ سَكْرَانُ، إِذْ تَظْهَرُ آثَارُ الْخَمْرِ عَلَى لِحْيَتِهِ." فَقَالَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ: "إِنَّا قَدْ نُهِينَا عَنِ التَّجَسُّسِ، وَلَكِنْ إِذَا ظَهَرَ لَنَا شَيْءٌ أَخَذْنَا بِهِ." وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: «مَنِ اسْتَمَعَ إِلَى حَدِيثِ قَوْمٍ وَهُمْ لَهُ كَارِهُونَ، صُبَّ فِي أُذُنَيْهِ الآنُكُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ».1

Once a man said to Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), "This man, Al-Walid Ibn 'Uqbah, seems to be drunk for the traces of wine appears on his beard." Ibn Mas'ud replied, "We are commanded to avoid spying but when something ascertained to us we judge accordingly.” The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) declared, "Whoever listens to people who are averse to his listening shall have molten lead poured into his ears on the Day of Judgment.”1