In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.

Responding to the Appeal For ‘Good Suspicion’ Regarding Staunch, Well-Known and Wilful Supporters of Mubtadi’ah or Evildoers on the Basis That They Are Muslims

Amir Al-Mumineen Umar Ibn Al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, said:

People were (sometimes) judged by the revealing of a divine Inspiration during the lifetime of Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, but now there is no longer anymore [new revelation]. Now we judge you by the deeds you practice publicly, so we will trust and favour the one who does good deeds in front of us, and we will not call him to account about what he is really doing in secret, for Allah will judge him for that; but we will not trust or believe the one who presents to us with an evil deed even if he claims that his intentions were good. [Al-Bukhari 2641]

Imam Abdul-Azeez Bin Baz, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: “Whoever manifests good, it will be accepted from him and a good suspicion is held about him. And if he manifests evil, it will held against him and an evil suspicion is held about him”. [1]

Al-Allamah Rabee Bin Hadi Al-Mad’khalee, may Allah have mercy upon him, said:

Destructive Good Suspicion is to have a good suspicion of the people of falsehood whether they are disbelievers, innovators or evil (open) sinners. And that which led the disbelievers to belie the Messengers, (harbouring) a severe disbelief in them and their message was due to their evil suspicion towards the people of truth (i.e. the Prophets and their true followers), and having a good suspicion of their forefathers and their religions of falsehood and disbelief. Ahlul Bidah such as the Rawaafid, the khawaarij, the soofiyyah, the murji’ah, the qadariyyah and the people of Tahazzub Al-Baatil [false partisanship] are destroyed by good suspicion towards their shuyukh and figureheads, and their corrupt creeds. On the other hand, they are destroyed by their evil suspicions towards the truth and its people. Abul Hasan Al-Maribee and his followers have a share of both this destructive good suspicion and destructive evil suspicion. [2]

[1] An Excerpt from Al-Hulalul Ibreeziyyah Min at-Taliqat Al-Baaziyyah Alaa Sahih Al-Bukhari 2/397. footnote 1

[2] Majmu 13/363-364