Remembrance 1 from Chapter 321

According to [Imām al-Ghazālī], anyone to whom tales are conveyed and who is told ‘So-and-so said this about you’ should do six things. Firstly, he should not believe him, for the talebearer is a deviant whose reports are to be rejected. Secondly, he should tell him not to do it, counsel him sincerely, and show him the ugliness of his deed. Thirdly, he should hate him for the sake of Allah , for he is hateful to Allah . It is compulsory to hate for the sake of Allah . Fourthly, he should not think evil of the person from whom the tale is transmitted, because Allah said: “Avoid much suspicion.”

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