No one belittles or mocks his brother for falling into a sin

 ❝No one belittles or mocks his brother for falling into a sin except that he falls into the same. If news reaches you that a person has erred, then say to yourself: May Allah forgive him and me.❞ 

- Ibn Al-Qayyim رحمه الله

● You judged a couple without children and your children grew up to be a test for you. 

- Their time came and they were blessed with children. 

● You judged an unmarried sister and your marriage soon became filled with hardships and struggles. 

- Her time came she got married late but with the best man for her.

● You judged someone without a job and lost all your savings in next few years. 

- She struggled for a few years and then landed her dream job. 

● You judged someone for not wearing hijaab and some of your darkest secrets got revealed publicly.

- She is now a hijabi that inspires others to be modest. 

Check your heart for none with an atom of Pride shall enter Paradise.

📚 Abdullah ibn Mas’ud reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “No one who has the weight of a seed of arrogance in his heart will enter Paradise.” A man said, “But a man likes to have nice clothes and nice shoes.” The Prophet said, “Verily, Allah is beautiful and He loves beauty. Arrogance is to disregard the truth and to look down upon people.”

[Sahih Muslim] 

❝If a person shames or mocks his brother for a fault, perhaps Allāh will have mercy upon him and cure him, and then afterwards afflict the mocker with that fault.❞

- Sh. Ibn al-'Uthaymeen Raḥimahullāh

● [شرح رياض الصالحين ٦/٢٦٣]

❝If you speak ill of people, if you mock people, then Allah will test you with the same thing.❞

- Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi

Some of them repent and turn back to their Lord, or else the punishment (hadd) is carried out on them. So it is not permissible to criticize them because their souls have been purified by their repentance or the punishment. 

📚 The Prophet ﷺ said: “The one who repents from sin is like one who has never sinned.” 

[Sunan Ibn Maajah]

It may be that what he meant is that your criticizing your brother for his sin is an even greater sin than his, because it means that you feel pride in your obedience and you are praising yourself for that, and claiming to be free from sin, whereas your brother has fallen into sin. 

But it may be that his feeling humble because of his sin and what has happened to him, such as his feeling humble and submissive, thinking less of himself, ridding himself of pious pretensions, arrogance and self-admiration, standing before Allah with his head bowed, his gaze lowered and his heart broken, it may be that all of that is better for him than your feeling proud of your obedience, thinking that you are doing much good, believing that by doing so you are important, and reminding Allah and mankind of that.

❝The groaning of the sinners is more beloved to Allah than the tasbeeh of the conceited. A sin that leads to humility is more beloved to Him than an act of obedience which fills a person with conceit.❞

- Ibn Al Qayyim رحمه الله

🤲 May Allah keep us humble and focused on our faults - Aameen!

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