The one who advises his brother in secret ..

Abûd-Dardâ (radhiya Allâhu ´anh) said:

The one who advises his brother in secret has beautified him and the one who advises his brother openly has uglified him.

(al-Amr bil-Ma´rûf wan-Nahî ´an-il-Munkar, p. 39, by Imâm Abu Bakr al-Khallâl)

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