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Lesson: 37 Favourable Opinion
For dear readers,
we divide the subject of favourable opinion in some kinds:
1 - Having
good opinion about god of the universe.2 - Favourable opinion in respect of the Islamic ruler.3 - Having good opinion about Muslims.
As regards
the first it can be said, with pressure, that if man does not have a good opinion
about the Lord of the Universe, he looks with an angry eye toward everything
in this world and always remains in a state of sorrow and anxiety and fear.
Consequently corruption of morale envelopes his entire life and for getting
out of this condition of internal grief and continuous burning, he, like polytheists,
turns into a believer in a god of good and a god of bad or evil.
It is obvious
that a Monotheist believes in one God and has faith that the Lord of the universe
is all-knowing and Just and also that the working of the universe is aimful
not aimless always experiences peace of mind and remains pleased with whatever
Almighty Allah has destined for him, because, he knows that He is Merciful and
that He wishes good of the faithful and that He puts them to trials to make
them wise and perfect.
Therefore,
there are many narrations from the Holy Imams (a.s.) wherein it is said that:
We want nothing except Your pleasure. Masoom (a.s.) is reported to have said:
Having good opinion about the only Lord creator is that you should not have
any hope except from Him and must not be afraid of anything but your sins.
And regarding
the second issue: A nation which elects a leader having Islamic virtues and
conditions must always be obedient to him and also his well-wisher because only
such nation can achieve prosperity and happiness.
The Prophet
of Islam (s.a.w.s.) says in this regard: I stand surely for entrance to Paradise
for the one who assures me five things! It was asked what those things were
and he replied:
1 - Having
good opinion about the Almighty Allah,2 - Well-wishing for
the Apostle of Allah, 3 - Favourable opinion about the Book of Allah, 4 - Having good opinion about the Religion of Allah and 5 - Wishing well for the Islamic society.
Similarly
it is recorded from Imam Moosa Kazim (a.s.): The heart of a faithful always
has three things: 1 - Sincerity in deed, 2 - Well-wishing for Muslim leaders
and 3 - Remaining attached with the Muslim society.
The third
problem - Misgiving about men
If the Islamic
society, rather a human society adopts the Islamic laws and programmes, one
of which is having good opinion, many disputes, rumours, hasty and undue decisions,
doubtful news, falsities all of which rise from misgivings may be wiped out.
Otherwise, the society will continue to suffer chaos and no one will be safe
from others misgiving and all will be restless.
After concluding
this them, we now invite your attention toward the verses and narrations about
misgiving:
1 - O you
who believe! Avoid most of the suspicion, for surely suspicion in some cases
is a sun, and do not spy 2 - And follow not that of which you have not the knowledge; surely the hearing
and the sight and the heart, all of these, shall be questioned about that. 3 - And most of them do not follow anything but conjecture; surely conjecture
will not avail author against the truth
Traditions
regarding Conjecture
Amirul Mo-mineen
(a.s.) said: Have a good opinion about whatever is done by your brother-in-Faith
and do not entertain misgiving in his word until you get a good place and carrier
for him.
The Holy Prophet
(s.a.w.s.) said: Try to find a good excuse and cause for any of your brothers'
deeds. If you cannot find try again.
Similarly The
Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said: Keep away from conjecture as conjecture is the
worst lie
Somebody asked
Amirul Mo-mineen (a.s.); What is the distance between truth and falsehood. He
replied placing his four hand fingers between his eye and ear: Whatever your
eye saw is true and most of what you ear heard is untrue.
Wash whatever
you hear like water and do not speak what you have not seen, that is, be like
a mirror.
Evil Consequences
of Conjecture
Amirul Mo-mineen
(a.s.) said: O People! The one who sees tranquillity, steadfastness in religion
and correct behaviour in his brother-in-Faith must not listen to talks spoken
against him. Beware sometimes firing misses its target conjecture is not reality.
A false word will eventually be rejected even if repeated increasingly because
God is All-hearing and All-knowing. Also know that the distance between true
and false is not more than four fingers. Then he placed his four fingers between
his eye and ear and said: It is false when you say I heard and it is true when
you say I saw.
In conclusion
it can be said that consequences of conjecture means:
1 - Conjecture
is a calamity that endangers the honour of the honourable and the servants of
the society and the religion.2 - Misgiving makes
the market of rumourmongers flourish.3 - Conjecture causes
destruction of friendly and warn relations within family and market and office
and workshop and everywhere and at all times.4 - Suspicion encroaches
upon the rights of the members of a society.5 - Unfavourable guessing
results in spying upon people's lives.
Ways of
Curing This Dangerous Disease
This deadly
disease can be remedied in two ways:
1 - First man
must recognise the disease and always keep in mind its evil effects.2 - He should try
all must endeavour so that the noble Islamic culture rules over him and the
society so that we remember that Allah is always watching and protecting us
and that He is Omniscient, Allah-seeing and All-knowing; that He is aware of
even our thoughts and imaginations: He knows the stealthy looks and that which
the breasts conceal.
Then it must
be realised that every spoken word and every taken step is being recorded and
that it will have to be accounted for in the supreme court of Allah and that
the Day will come when all of us will have to answer for all of our misplaced
deeds and decisions and imaginations before Allah.
Some Essential
Advice
A - Husn-e-Zann
(having favourable opinion) is correct when the society is not corrupt or polluted.
Ali (a.s.) says: When honesty and goodness is well spread in the society, it
is oppression unjust to have a bad opinion about a person whose defects are
not obvious. Of course when evil and immorality and corruption overtakes a society,
having good opinion about one can prove deceptive.
B - Husn-e-Zann
does not encircle un-Islamic militiamen or un-Islamic organisations because
their designs and their foundations for working are based on secret and underground
and they work for the destruction of Islam and Muslims.
C - One must
keep distance from excessive favourable opinion, especially in money matters
and in affairs that are in dispute among people because sometimes it can cause
allegation and false accusation. In this connection Imam Sajjad (a.s.) has said:
Excessive favourable opinion attracts allegation.
D - What is
meant by conjecture is baseless belief and decision and it does not include
tendency of heart or inclination of mind and hence it is not a doubt.
