𝗞𝗵𝗮𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗵 (107)

Love Covers Faults While Hate Exposes Them Among the benefits extracted from the hadith of Umm Zar' is loving a person can lead you to become blind of that person’s mistakes. Abu Zar' treated his wife badly by divorcing her, yet that did not stop her from praising him greatly—almost to the point of exaggeration. Al-Hafidh says: love hides everything. When you love something, it can make you “blind and deaf.” This woman still loved her first husband even though he divorced her. She later married another man who loved her, yet she continued to praise the first one. Even though he hurt her, her heart remained attached to him. As the poet Abu Tammam said: كَم مَنزِلٍ في الأَرضِ يَألَفُهُ الفَتى * وَحَنينُهُ أَبَداً لِأَوَّلِ مَنزِلِ “A person may love many homes on earth, but his longing is always for the first home.” Another poet said: وعين الرضا عن كل عيب كليلة * كما أن عيب السخط تبدي المساويا . “The eye of contentment is blind to every fault, just as the eye of anger reveals all flaws.” This means: if you are pleased with someone, you may see their faults as if they are good qualities, and think they are perfect. Some people describe a friend in such glowing terms that you imagine someone truly exceptional—but when you meet him, he is not as described. It is simply because of love. On the other hand, if someone dislikes a person, they focus on every mistake and flaw. Yet when you actually meet that person, they may be much better than what was said about them. So love can make a person blind and deaf to faults. Source: https://t.me/khawaaaaatir/182