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December 26, 2023 at 6:39 am #90734
THE MANNERS OF INTERACTING WITH ONE’S BROTHERS
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ
THE MANNERS OF INTERACTING WITH ONE’S BROTHERS-14
Keeping A Secret And Not Spreading It
You can be entrusted with many things — for example, with the task of safekeeping wealth, of fulfilling a duty, or of preserving a secret. When a person divulges a secret, he betrays his trust, an action that is from the signs of the hypocrites. Abu Hurairah reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,
“The signs of the hypocrite are three: when he speaks, he lies; when he promises, he breaks his promise; and when he is trusted, he betrays.’”
Jaabir Ibn ‘Abdullah رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ related that the Prophet ﷺ said,
“When a man says something and then turns around (to make sure that no one is listening), then it (what he said) is a trust (i.e, a secret that you must keep).’”[Related by At-Tirmidhee (1959),]
When you are entrusted with a secret, you may not reveal it to anyone, no matter how close a person is to you. The Prophet ﷺ made it clear that a secret is a trust and that it must be kept safe. Even if a person does not outright say, ‘This is a secret; don’t tell anyone about it,” but instead simply turns around to make sure no one is listening, you must treat what he says as a secret.
Thaabit related a Hadeeth from Anas رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ in which the importance of keeping a secret becomes clear. Anas رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ said, “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to me while I was playing with other children. He ﷺ extended greetings of peace to us, and he then sent me on an errand; so I became delayed in returning to my mother. When I arrived [home], she رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهَا said, ‘What kept you?’ I said, “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me on an errand.’ She رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهَا said, ‘What was his errand?’ I said, ‘Verily, it is a secret.’ She رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهَا said, ‘Do not tell the Messenger of Allah’s secret to anyone.”
After relating this Hadeeth, Anas رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ said to Thaabit, “By Allah, were I to tell it to anyone, I would have told it to you, O Thaabit.” Bukhaaree related it with this wording, “The Prophet ﷺ confided a secret to me, and since that time, I have never told it to anyone. Umm Sulaim asked me to [reveal it to her], but I didn’t tell it to her.”[Related by Bukhaaree (6058), Muslim (2526), Ahmad (7296), At-Tirmidhee (2025), Abu Daawood (4872), and Maalik (1864).]
اَلـلّٰـهُ أَعْلَمْ
اَلْحَمْدُ لِـلّٰـهِ رَبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ
To be continued》》》 إِنْ شَآءَ الله تَعَالَى
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