صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب       صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

1. Look at the virtues of a Muslim

Instead of finding faults with a Muslim, look at his virtues. The backbiter, the tale-teller and the one who tries to find faults with pious people, will be resurrected on the Day of Judgement looking like dogs.’ (Attargheeb Wattarheeb, vol. 3, pp. 325, Hadees 10)

2. Dispel bad suspicion

Whenever a bad suspicion about a Muslim occurs to you, dispel it and try to form a positive and good opinion about what he has done. For instance, if you have the bad suspicion of ostentation about a Muslim who is weeping during a Na’at or a speech, you should immediately have a positive opinion of the sincerity of his weeping.

Sayyiduna Sa’eed Bin Musayyab رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ has stated: From the blessed companions رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُم of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, they have sent me (this thing) in writing that find a positive aspect of the action of a Muslim brother unless any evidence proves otherwise, and do not have ill opinions about any word said by a Muslim until you find a positive aspect out of it and whoever presents himself for being blamed then he should condemn himself instead of others. (Shu’ab-ul-Iman)

3. Be righteous so that others also look righteous

Continue reforming your own character striving to become pious because a pious person considers others to be pious, whereas an impious person regards others as impious. Here is an Arabic saying: اِذَا سَاءَ فِعۡلُ الۡمَرۡءِ سَاءَتۡ ظُنُوۡنُهُ ‘If the deeds of a person have become bad, his thoughts also become bad’.

(Fayz-ul-Qadeer, vol. 3, pp. 157)

مِرا تَن صَفا ہو مِرا مَن صَفا ہو      خدا! حُسنِ ظَن کا خزانہ عطا ہو