إِذَا اتَّهَمَ الْمُؤْمِنُ أَخَاهُ انْمَاثَ الْإِيمَانُ مِنْ قَلْبِهِ[3] كَمَا يَنْمَاثُ الْمِلْحُ فِي الْمَاءِ.
‘When a believer accuses his brother (in faith), belief melts away in his heart just as salt melts away in water.’”
سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ مَنِ اتَّهَمَ أَخَاهُ فِي دِينِهِ- فَلَا حُرْمَةَ بَيْنَهُمَا[4] وَ مَنْ عَامَلَ أَخَاهُ بِمِثْلِ مَا عَامَلَ[5] بِهِ النَّاسَ فَهُوَ بَرِيءٌ مِمَّا يَنْتَحِلُ[6].
“I heard Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) saying, ‘Whenever one accuses his brother (in belief) in his religious matters, religious relations will cease to exist between them. Whoever deals with his brother (in belief) just as he deals with other people, his religious relations (religious brotherhood) toward him all comes apart.’”
قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِي كَلَامٍ لَهُ ضَعْ أَمْرَ أَخِيكَ عَلَى أَحْسَنِهِ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَكَ مَا يَغْلِبُكَ مِنْهُ[1] وَ لَا تَظُنَّنَّ بِكَلِمَةٍ خَرَجَتْ مِنْ أَخِيكَ سُوءاً وَ أَنْتَ تَجِدُ لَهَا فِي الْخَيْرِ مَحْمِلًا.
“Amir al-Mu’minin, Ali ibn abu Talib (a.s.) has said in one of his speeches, ‘Deal with the issues related to your brother (in belief) with best interpretations until you receive overwhelming evidence to support the facts. Do not act on (evil) guesswork about a word that has come from your brother (in belief) as long a