۞ لَّا يُحِبُّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْجَهْرَ بِٱلسُّوٓءِ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْلِ إِلَّا مَن ظُلِمَ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ سَمِيعًا عَلِيمًا
Laa yuhibbullaahul jahra bis sooo'i minal qawli illaa man zulim; wa kaanallaahu Samee'an 'Aleeman
Allah does not like the public mention of evil except by one who has been wronged. And ever is Allah Hearing and Knowing.
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Justice & honesty
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27 ayahs in An-Nisaa are strongly about justice and honesty.
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God does not like the utterance of evil words out loud by any person that is to say He will punish him for it unless a person has been wronged in which case He would not punish him for uttering it out loud when he is informing others of the wrong done to him by the wrong-doer or summoning them against him. God is ever Hearer of what is said Knower of what is done.
Related Hadiths
The Prophet, said, "There is none having a greater sense of Ghira than Allah. And for that He has
forbidden the doing of evil actions (illegal sexual intercourse etc.) There is none who likes to be
praised more than Allah does."
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "None has more sense of ghaira than Allah, and for this He has forbidden
shameful sins whether committed openly or secretly, and none loves to be praised more than Allah
does, and this is why He Praises Himself."
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "He who lets the people hear of his good deeds intentionally, to win their praise,
Allah will let the people know his real intention (on the Day of Resurrection), and he who does good
things in public to show off and win the praise of the people, Allah will disclose his real intention (and
humiliate him).
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "There is none having a greater sense of Ghira than Allah, and for that reason He
has forbidden shameful deeds and sins (illegal sexual intercourse etc.) And there is none who likes to
be praised more than Allah does." (See Hadith No. 147, Vol. 7)
I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying. "All the sins of my followers will be forgiven except those of the
Mujahirin (those who commit a sin openly or disclose their sins to the people). An example of such
disclosure is that a person commits a sin at night and though Allah screens it from the public, then he
comes in the morning, and says, 'O so-and-so, I did such-and-such (evil) deed yesterday,' though he
spent his night screened by his Lord (none knowing about his sin) and in the morning he removes
Allah's screen from himself."
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