What Quran Says about Suspicion
The verses of the Quran and Hadiths urge us to avoid suspicion and mistrust.
Having suspicions about others is a moral vice that can have negative effects on the person and those associated with him.
Suspicion of others is a moral vice that can have negative effects on the person and those associated with him.
According to Islam, suspicion is a sin. God says in Verse 12 of Surah Al-Hujurat:
“Believers, abstain from most suspicion, some suspicion is a sin. Neither spy nor backbite one another…”
The Quran says avoid most suspicion because most of people’s suspicions about one anther are bad ones.
If a person is suspicious of others most of the time, it will cause him to behave badly toward others, and they will lose trust in him.
God says in Verse 12 of Surah Al-Fath: “No, you thought that the Messenger and the believers would never return to their families, and this was made to seem fair in your hearts so you harbored evil thoughts, and so you are a destroyed nation.” This means that suspicion destroys one’s heart and character.
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In another verse, the Quran warns against suspicion about God:
“He would punish the hypocrites and the pagans who have evil suspicions about God.” (Verse 6 of Surah Al-Fath)
The evil suspicion they had about God was they though God’s promises to His messenger would never be fulfilled and Muslims would not defeat the enemies. However, they achieved victory over the enemies and God’s promise came true.
That hypocrites and unbelievers have suspicions about God but believers don’t is because hypocrites and unbelievers see the appearance of events but believers pay attention to the truth and essence of things.
In any case, The Noble Quran strongly disapproves of suspicion and warns of severe punishment for it.
