Do not scandalize an innocent!

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Whoever accuses anyone with something not found in him, in order to scandalize him, Allah will imprison him in the Hell fire, until he brings a solid evidence of what he claimed." (Collected by At-Tabarani)

Often times, it is observed in our Muslim community that people accuse others, just for the sake of increasing themselves in honour or worldly respect. A lot of false accusations are made simply to degrade a person of a different colour, ethnic or economic background. In addition, it is disgusting to see, sometimes apparently very practicing Muslims, specially the youth, bad-mouthing the brothers and sisters who are probably not very Islamically practicing yet, or those who belong to different Islamic organizations, ideologies or mosques. Let us not forget that, in this Hadith, the Prophet (peace be upon him) has used very severe words against those who falsely accuse others for no reason. May Allah cure all of these ills from our Ummah.

Compiled From:
"Selected Traditions of Prophet Muhammad" - Shk. Al-Amin bin Al-Mazauri