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Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “All of my Ummah will be forgiven 1 except those who publicize their sins. Among such publicity is that a man does a deed at night, and Allah conceals it, but in the morning he says, ‘O so-and-so, last night I did such-and-such,’ while his Lord had covered him at night, yet he uncovers Allah’s cover in the morning.”
Possible references (unverified, pending editorial review)
- Candidate: Sahih al-Bukhari 6069 (unverified) 99% confidence
- Candidate: Sahih Muslim 2990 (unverified) 98% confidence
- Candidate: Mishkat al-Masabih 4815 (unverified) 85% confidence
Mishkat (candidate) 4815
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Commentary and footnotes (2)
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(1) His statement: “All of my Ummah will be forgiven except those who publicize their sins”: Al-Tayyibi said: It is more appropriate to say: “All of my Ummah are spared from backbiting except those who publicize their sins,” as it is stated: “Whoever casts off the cloak of modesty has no backbiting.” Forgiveness here means being spared, implying negation, like Allah’s saying: But Allah would not allow except that His light should be perfected [At-Tawbah: 32]. The publicizers are those who openly commit and display their sins, uncovering what Allah has concealed. They say: He publicized, he openly declared, he announced. I say: Al-Ashraf’s statement that “All of my Ummah have no sin” is not correct absolutely. The meaning is: “All of my Ummah will not be held accountable or severely punished except the publicizers.” [As stated in Al-Mirqat]
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(۱) قوله: كل أمتي معافى إلا المجاهرون قال الطيبي: والأظهر أن يقال: كل أمتي يُتْرَكُون عن الغيبة إلا المجاهرون، كما ورد من ألقى جلباب الحياء فلا غيبة له، والعفو بمعنى الترك، وفيه معنى النفي، ونحوه قوله تعالى: ﴿وَيَأْبَى الله إِلَّا أَن يُتِمَّ نُورَهُ﴾ (التوبة: (۳۲)، والمجاهرون هم الذين جاهروا بمعاصيهم وأظهروها وكشفوا ما ستر الله عليهم منها فيتحدثون، يقال: جهر وجاهر وأجهر، أقول: قول الأشرف كل أمتي لا ذنب عليهم. لا يصح على إطلاقه، بل المعنى: كل أمتي لا يؤاخذون أو لا يعاقبون عقابا شديدا إلا المجاهرون. كذا في «المرقاة».