Benefits of Good Assumptions

There are many benefits of having good assumptions of others:

1.   Its blessings protect you from evil assumptions, thereby earning you reward.

2.   The honour of a Muslim brother is protected.

3.   The one who thinks well of his Muslim brothers is granted tranquillity, and the one who thinks negatively of others has a troubled heart.

4.   The greatest benefit of thinking positively is that a person attains the pleasure of Allah Almighty and His Messenger صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم.

Harms of Negative Assumptions

There are many harms of evil assumptions, including:

1.   Expressing your bad opinion in front of someone can hurt his feelings, and it is forbidden in Islam to hurt a Muslim’s feelings.

2.   Voicing these evil thoughts to someone else is backbiting, and it is forbidden to backbite a Muslim.

3.   Having bad assumptions leads to spying as the heart is not content with only the thought, but it seeks confirmation too. Spying, in the sense of waiting for a Muslim brother to sin, is forbidden.

4.   It can lead to spiritual diseases such as hatred, jealousy and enmity.^[1]

5.   People who always make negative assumptions even at the smallest of issues are avoided by others, disgraced and looked down upon.  

Dear Islamic brothers! After hearing about the virtues of good assumptions in light of the noble Quran and sacred hadith, and after