Ways of countering with suspicion

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First of all, there is a problem in this discussion that should be solved, that is:

Most often, suspicion is not a freewill affair to be avoided. Rather, in most cases, when observing a vision, or hearing an utterance, or remembering a memory (with special mental backgrounds about the other person), a suspicion appears unwillingly in man's mind. So, how it is possible to avoid it?

The following well-known tradition too proves this sense:

«ثَلاثٌ لا یَسْلُمُ مِنْها اَحَدٌ: اَلطِّیَرَةُ وَ الْحَسَدُ وَ الظَّنُّ».

There are three things that no one is secure from them: forebode, envy and suspicion.

The researchers have paced different ways for solving this problem:

1- Some believe that suspicion is not forbidden instinctively, and express the famous prophetic tradition as their proof:

«ثَلاثٌ فِی الْمُؤْمِنِ لا یُسْتَحْسَنَّ وَ لَهُ مِنْهُنَّ مَخْرَجٌ، فَمَخْرَجُهُ مِنْ سُوءِ الظَّنِّ اَنْ لا یُحَقِّقَهُ».

There are three unfavorable things in the believer, and it is possible for him to escape them, and it is possible to escape suspicion through not giving a follow-up to it.(1)

2- Some others say avoiding suspicion refers to not giving a follow-up to it heartily and outwardly. In other words, he shall not establish heart conclusion, which is freewill, in his heart, and not to feel a hate and disgust to the suspected person, and not to change his relations and behavior with him outwardly. Thus, non-realization of suspicion refers to the same wide sense of word including mind and outward.

There is no doubt that these two are both against the appearance of the verse for avoiding suspicion and the traditions mentioned in this part, because they have forbidden suspicion itself, and there is not any hearty establishment aspect to be evitable.

But the issue of belief and hearty establishment is a freewill affair (because belief and faith is something else than knowledge, as it has been already proved), but hate and disgust are not so.

3- The reality is that although suspicion is not voluntary at the beginning, but its continuation is optional, because it usually originates from a series of unreal factors that cause such a supposition due to precipitancy and hurry in judgement. Hence, one can soon avoid it through thinking and studying about the matter, and subtilizing in different probabilities, and thus it is greatly emphasized in the narrations and traditions that a man should try and do his best for finding correct probabilities in the Moslems affairs, and avoid primary perspectives.

Imam Ali A.S. says:

«وَلا تَظُنَّنَّ بِکَلِمَة خَرَجَتْ مِنْ اَخِیکَ سُوءاً وَ اَنْتَ تَجِدُ لَها فِی الْخَیْرِ مَحْمِلا».

Do not suspect on the utterance, which you hear from your brother as far as you find a proper way for it.(2)

Therefore, only sudden hearty perspectives are out of will, but stable and durable suspicion is a freewill affair, and this sense is completely compatible with the appearance of the noble verse, traditions concerning forbiddance of suspicion.

Seemingly, the phrase:

«کَذِّبْ سَمْعَکَ وَ بَصَرَکَ عَنْ اَخِیکَ».

Deny your eye and ear about your brother.(3)

which is narrated from Imam Sadegh A.S. addressing Mohammad Ebne Fosail, may refer to attempt for finding proper senses and avoiding primary perspectives.


1- Majlessi, Beharol Anvar, 201/75
2- Kelini, Kafi, 362/2
3- Kelini, Kafi, 147/8

 

 

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