Concealing a Muslim's fault (satr)
ستر المسلم
Concealing a Muslim, in Abu Hurayra's hadith — the thirty-sixth of the Forty — is one of the acts of aiding a brother that are repaid in kind: 'whoever conceals a Muslim, God will conceal him in this world and the next' — shielding a brother's exposed fault in religion or worldly affairs from people's eyes and not tearing his covering, set alongside relieving distress, easing for the insolvent, and the rule 'God is at the servant's aid so long as the servant is at his brother's aid' — so that concealment is a form of aid rewarded with its like in both abodes (Jami' al-Ulum wal-Hikam p. 731).
At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Global / Diaspora
- Review
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Connections
- Based on
- Arba'un 36 — whoever relieves a believer's distress
- Part of
- Muslim brotherhood
People and things also explored
Muslim brotherhood· Arba'un 36 — whoever relieves a believer's distress· The sanctity of a Muslim's blood· Seeking knowledge· Arba'un 35 — do not envy one another; be brothers· Abu Hurayra· Prophetic adab (proper conduct)· Righteousness (birr)
Sources
- Jami' al-Ulum wal-Hikam — Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali
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islam.museum contributors. “Concealing a Muslim's fault (satr)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/satr/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-13.