Belittling and disgracing another person

Question

Bakr conceals his own faults and openly exposes the faults of others. Is it permissible in the Shariʿa to act like this? If not, please cite some hadith in the answer, and also make clear what Bakr’s standing in Islam is. Explain by the Sunna and the Book, and be rewarded.

Answer

Exposing and broadcasting another’s faults merely to make it the entertainment of a gathering, or in order to humiliate and disgrace others, is itself a very great fault and a grave sin (maʿsiya). It is stated in a noble hadith that whoever pries into the faults of his Muslim brother and tears away his cover, Allah will disgrace him and expose his fault, even if he commits the…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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