ذَمُّ الاشتِغالِ بِعُيوبِ النّاسِ ومُداهَنَةِ النَّفسِ The Censure of Preoccupying Oneself with Others’ Faults Whilst Flattering Oneself

6ـ عيسى (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): يا عَبيدَ السّوءِ، تَلومونَ النّاسَ عَلَى الظَّنِّ، ولا تَلومونَ أنفُسَكُم عَلَى اليَقينِ؟!

6– Prophet Jesus (AS) said, ‘O iniquitous servants, you blame others based on what you conjecture about them and do not blame yourselves in that which you know for certain!’[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 501]
 

7ـ كنز العمّال: قالَ رسولُ اللّه‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): يُبصِرُ أحَدُكُمُ القَذى في عَينِ أخيهِ، ويَنسى الجِذعَ ـ أو قالَ: الجِذْلَ ـ في عَينِه !

7– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘How can you notice a speck in your brother’ s eye but overlook the tree stump in your own!’[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 44141]
 

8ـ رسولُ اللهِ‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): كَفى بِالمَرءِ عَيبا أن يَنظُرَ مِنَ النّاسِ إلى ما يَعمى عَنهُ مِن نَفسِهِ، ويُعَيِّرَ النّاسَ بِما لا يَستَطيعُ تَركَهُ، ويُؤذي جَليسَهُ بِما لا يَعنيهِ.

8– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The fault that lies within a man’ s own self is more than enough to prevent him from prying into other people’ s faults, which he himself possesses but to which he is blind; or from blaming others for that which he himself is unable to abandon; or from bothering the one he is sitting next to by prying into matters that are none of his business.’[al-Khisal, p. 110, no. 81]
 

9ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن نَظَرَ في عُيوبِ النّاسِ فأنكَرَها ثُمَّ رَضِيَها لِنَفسِهِ، فذلكَ الأحمَقُ بِعَينِهِ.

9– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The one who pries into others’ faults, disapproves of them, and then adopts them for himself, is truly a fool.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 349]
 

10ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): أكبَرُ (أكثرُ) العَيبِ أن تَعيبَ ما فيكَ مِثلُه.

10– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The greatest fault is when one criticises others for the same faults present in oneself.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 353]