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During the golden Abbasid During the golden Abbasid period, one of the scholars in period, one of the scholars in
Baghdad, the capital of Muslim Baghdad, the capital of Muslim caliphate at that time, was caliphate at that time, was
reputed to hold knowledge in high reputed to hold knowledge in high esteemesteem . .
One day an acquaintance met One day an acquaintance met the great scholar and saidthe great scholar and said , ,
""Do you know what I Do you know what I just heard about your just heard about your
friend?friend?
Hold on a minute, before Hold on a minute, before telling me anything I'd like telling me anything I'd like you to pass a little test. It's you to pass a little test. It's
called the called the Triple Filter Triple Filter TestTest . .
ScholarScholar
Triple Filter TestTriple Filter Test??
The ManThe Man
That's right, before you talk That's right, before you talk to me about my friend it to me about my friend it
might be a good idea to take might be a good idea to take a moment and filter what a moment and filter what
you're going to sayyou're going to say . .
ScholarScholar
That's why I call it the triple That's why I call it the triple filter test. The first filter is filter test. The first filter is
TruthTruth. Have you made . Have you made absolutely sure that what you absolutely sure that what you
are about to tell me is trueare about to tell me is true??
Scholar continuedScholar continued
No, actually I just heard No, actually I just heard about it andabout it and ......
The ManThe Man
All right, so you don't really All right, so you don't really know if it's true or not. Now know if it's true or not. Now let's try the second filter, the let's try the second filter, the filter of filter of GoodnessGoodness. Is what . Is what
you are about to tell me about you are about to tell me about my friend something goodmy friend something good??
ScholarScholar
No, on the contraryNo, on the contrary......
The ManThe Man
So, you want to tell me So, you want to tell me something bad about him, something bad about him, but you're not certain it's but you're not certain it's
true. You may still pass the true. You may still pass the test though, because there's test though, because there's
one filter leftone filter left : :
ScholarScholar
TThe filter of he filter of UsefulnessUsefulness . .
Is what you want to tell me Is what you want to tell me about my friend going to be about my friend going to be
useful to meuseful to me??
Scholar continuedScholar continued
No, not reallyNo, not really..
The ManThe Man
Well, if what you want to Well, if what you want to tell me is neither true nor tell me is neither true nor good nor even useful, why good nor even useful, why
tell it to me at alltell it to me at all??
ScholarScholar
كثيرا اجتنبوا آمنوا ذين ال ها أي يا كثيرا اجتنبوا آمنوا ذين ال ها أي ياو إثم الظن بعض إن الظن و من إثم الظن بعض إن الظن الالمن
و سوا و تجس سوا بعضا الالتجس عضكم ب بعضا يغتب عضكم ب يغتبأخيه لحم يأكل أن أحدكم أخيه أيحب لحم يأكل أن أحدكم أيحبإن ه الل قوا وات فكرهتموه إن ميتا ه الل قوا وات فكرهتموه ميتا
حيم ر تواب ه حيم الل ر تواب ه اللSurah 49 Al-Hujurat Ayah 12 Surah 49 Al-Hujurat Ayah 12
O you who believe! Avoid much O you who believe! Avoid much suspicions, indeed some suspicions suspicions, indeed some suspicions
are sins. And spy not, neither are sins. And spy not, neither backbite one another. Would one backbite one another. Would one of you like to eat the flesh of his of you like to eat the flesh of his
dead brother? You would hate it (so dead brother? You would hate it (so hate backbiting) . And fear Allah. hate backbiting) . And fear Allah.
Verily, Allah is the One Who Verily, Allah is the One Who accepts repentance, Most Mercifulaccepts repentance, Most Merciful . .
Surah 49 Al-Hujurat Ayah 12 Surah 49 Al-Hujurat Ayah 12
Translation of the meaning:Translation of the meaning:
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