What Allah (azwj) has Forbidden a Believer to do Against a Fellow Believer

I heard Abu 'Abd Allah (a.s) saying: The closest stage to infidelity that one attains is that a person takes one to be his brother-in-faith then the latter keeps track of his mistakes and slips that he may use them…

One who accuses a believing man or believing woman falsely will be raised on the Day of Judgment by Allah in a messy substance unless he unsays it. The reporter asked, 'What is this messy substance?' It is pus flowing…

The Prophet (a.s) said: One who spreads an indecency is like the one who started it; and one who dishonors a believer of something will not die until he perpetrates it himself.

Between every two believers there is a covering (that binds them); if one of them says to the other, 'you are not a friend to me' then he commits apostasy; and if he accuses him of something, faith will dissolve in his…

If a person says to his brother the lease expression of contempt, he cut off any relation between them; and if he says to him, 'you are my enemy,' one of them has then committed apostasy; and if he accuses him falsely,…

176. The Prophet (a.s) has said: One who does not care to know of his brother what he knows of him is not his brother.

It is Allah's will that a believer should always be thought of well; and to humiliate a dead believer is like humiliating him whilst alive.

Any believer that disappoints his brother while he is able to help him, Allah will desert him in the world and the hereafter.

If any believer asks a fellow believer for help but the other refuses though he is able to do, Allah will impose a serpent in his grave biting his fingers.

Any believer who goes with his brother for a need to help him and does not counsel him correctly has been disloyal to Allah and His Messenger.

Do not belittle your brother-in-faith lest Allah [M.G] should show mercy to him while you are belittling him and your circumstances should change for worse.

If one belittles a destitute believer, Allah [M.G] will not cease scorning and loathing him until he makes up for his looking down on the believer.

One who brings happiness to a believer has in fact brought it to the Messenger of Allah (a.s); and one who brings happiness to the Messenger of Allah (a.s) has had the happiness reached Allah [M.G]; and the same is for…

the Messenger of Allah (a.s) said: Allah [M.G] says: One who humiliates a friend of Mine has prepared to confront Me;58 and I am the swiftest in coming to My friends' aid.

I heard al-Sadiq (a.s) saying: Most surely, Allah [M.G] has declared: One who humiliates a friend of Mine has prepared for battle against Me; and I am the swiftest of all in coming to My friends' rescue.

O Muhammad, your Lord says: Whoever disgraces My believing servant has in fact confronted Me with war.'

Whoever conceals the shame of a believer, Allah will conceal his shame on the Day of Resurrection; and whoever exposes a believer, Allah will expose him on the Day of Resurrection.

Do not revile at the believers and do not try and uncover their faults; for if one discloses the faults of a believer, Allah will disclose his; and if Allah discloses a person's faults, he will be disgraced even in his…

Whoever makes one of our Shi'ah happy will make happy the Messenger of Allah (a.s); and the same is said about one who offends or causes grief.

Abd Allah ibn Sinan said: I said to Abu 'Abd Allah (a.s), 'it is true that believers are forbidden from exposing other believers, is it not?' 'Yes, it is' he replied. 'Does this mean physical nakedness?' I asked. 'No, it…

Backbiting (ghibah) is to say about your brother what is true but Allah has hidden; for when you say about him what is untrue, then that refers to what Allah has said, '…he indeed takes upon himself the burden of a…

the Prophet (a.s) said: Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day must not sit in a gathering in which an Imam is reviled or a Muslim is backbitten. Allah [M.G] says, 'And when you see those who enter into false…

One who narrates something concerning a believer with the intention of disgracing and defaming him, Allah will humiliate him on the Day of Resurrection unless he unsays.

the Messenger of Allah (a.s) said: O community of those who have believed with their tongues but not with their hearts! Do not seek the shortcomings of believers and do not try to uncover their faults. Most surely, one…

the Messenger of Allah (a.s) said: He is not a believer from whose actions his neighbor is not safe. 'O Allah's Messenger,' they asked, 'What are these?' 'These are the acts of wronging and oppression,' the Messenger of…

It is forbidden on believers to expose the secrets of each other. I do not mean that they see each other naked; rather they find faults in or disgrace each other.

If one's brother-in-faith is backbitten in his presence while he does neither aid nor defend him when he is able to do so, Allah will disgrace him in the world and the hereafter.

When a believer says a word of contempt loses his friendship; and when he says to him, 'you are an enemy to me,' one of the two has become a disbeliever because Allah does not accept the actions of one who hastens to…

the Prophet (a.s) said: A believer is sacred - all of him - his dignity, his property and his life.

Do not rejoice at the misfortune of your brother-in-faith lest Allah [M.G] should have mercy on him and change your condition. The Imam also said: One who rejoices at a misfortune that has befallen his brother will not…

brother of al-Tirbal (i.e. Ibrahim ibn Jamil al-Kufi) said: I heard al-Sadiq (a.s) saying: Allah holds some on the earth as sacred: the Book of Allah, the Messenger of Allah, the Ahl al-Bayt, the Ka'bah and a Muslim and…