Hadith 4674

(1) His statement: “All of my Ummah will be forgiven except those who publicize their sins”: Al-Tayyibi said: It is more appropriate to say: “All of my Ummah are spared from backbiting except those who publicize their sins,” as it is stated: “Whoever casts off the cloak of modesty has no backbiting.” Forgiveness here means being spared, implying negation, like Allah’s saying: But Allah would not allow except that His light should be perfected [At-Tawbah: 32]. The publicizers are those who openly commit and display their sins, uncovering what Allah has concealed. They say: He publicized, he openly declared, he announced. I say: Al-Ashraf’s statement that “All of my Ummah have no sin” is not correct absolutely. The meaning is: “All of my Ummah will not be held accountable or severely punished except the publicizers.” [As stated in Al-Mirqat]

(۱) قوله: كل أمتي معافى إلا المجاهرون قال الطيبي: والأظهر أن يقال: كل أمتي يُتْرَكُون عن الغيبة إلا المجاهرون، كما ورد من ألقى جلباب الحياء فلا غيبة له، والعفو بمعنى الترك، وفيه معنى النفي، ونحوه قوله تعالى: ﴿وَيَأْبَى الله إِلَّا أَن يُتِمَّ نُورَهُ﴾ (التوبة: (۳۲)، والمجاهرون هم الذين جاهروا بمعاصيهم وأظهروها وكشفوا ما ستر الله عليهم منها فيتحدثون، يقال: جهر وجاهر وأجهر، أقول: قول الأشرف كل أمتي لا ذنب عليهم. لا يصح على إطلاقه، بل المعنى: كل أمتي لا يؤاخذون أو لا يعاقبون عقابا شديدا إلا المجاهرون. كذا في «المرقاة».