Whoever conceals the faults of a Muslim, Allāh will conceal his faults…, a lecture by Ustādh Abu Inaayah Seif ad-Deen (hafidhahullāh)
- Explanation of the ḥadīth: “Whoever conceals the faults of a Muslim, Allāh will conceal his faults in this world and the Hereafter”
- Our desperate need for Allāh’s concealment in both the dunyā and the ākhirah, and the reality of the Day of Resurrection when all secrets will be exposed (86:9)
- The private questioning of the believer by Allāh and His forgiveness of concealed sins
- From the greatest means of gaining Allāh’s concealment is concealing the faults of others; a severe warning against searching for and exposing people’s faults
- The honour of a believer is more sacred to Allāh than the Kaʿbah; warning against slander, backbiting and accusing innocent believers, with lessons from the slander against ʿĀʾishah (raḍiyallāhu ʿanhā)
- The virtue of defending a Muslim’s honour: whoever defends his brother’s honour, Allāh will protect his face from the Fire
- Forgetting one’s own faults while obsessing over others’, and condemning exposing one’s own sins publicly
