الامام علی علیه السلام: مَنْ وَقَفَ نَفْسَهُ مَوْقِفَ اَلتُّهَمَهِ فَلاَ یَلُومَنَّ مَنْ أَسَاءَ بِهِ اَلظَّنَّ وَ مَنْ کَتَمَ سِرَّهُ کَانَتِ اَلْخِیَرَهُ فِی یَدِهِ.

Imam Ali (as): One who put himself in a place of accusation must blame no one save himself; and one who keeps his own secrects will have the command of the affairs. (al-Amali,p.304, session fifty)

Exposition:

When you stay somwhere that is naturally a place of accusation, do not blame the one who suspects you. Avoid the palce of accusation. If you do not observe this instrution and someone sees you in that pace, he will suspect you.

The second sentence: someone who keeps his own secrets, he will have the command of his own affairs. When you say a secret to someone, you cannot control it anymore. He will say it to a third person who will tell the fourth one. If you want to keep a secret, you must conceal it.

According to another tradition, “The one who deserves most to be accused is the one who associates himself with accused people". This is another guiding rule. All poeple must observe this rule. Associating with one who is accused of a wrong deed or a corruption causes one to be accused.