Nor backbite one another; would any of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? You would hate it. (Qur'an 49:12)
Prophet Muhammad (s) once said to Imam 'Ali ('a): "O 'Ali! When someone hears the backbiting of his Muslim brother committed in his presence, yet he does not rally to his assistance despite being capable of doing so, God shall humiliate him in the world and in the Hereafter."
[Al-Hurr al-`Amili, Wasa'il al-Shi`ah, vol. 8, hadith no. 16336]
Diseases of the Soul …Backbiting
Abu Dharr (r) once asked the Prophet Muhammad (s): "O Messenger of Allah, what is gheebah?" He replied: "It is to mention about your brother that which he detests."
Abu Dharr (r) said: "O Messenger of Allah, what if that which is mentioned of him should actually be in him?" He (s) replied: "Know that when you mention that which is in him, you have committed his gheebah, and when you mention that which is not in him, then you have slandered him."
Consequences of Backbiting
The Prophet (s) once gave counsel to Abu Dharr (r) , saying: "O Abu Dharr! Beware of backbiting, for backbiting is graver than adultery (zina')." Abu Dharr (r) said: "Why is that so, O Messenger of Allah?" He (s) replied: "That is because when a man commits adultery and then repents to God, God accepts his repentance. However, backbiting is not forgiven until forgiven by its victim."
The Noble Messenger (s) said: "Whoever backbites a Muslim spoils his fasts and breaks his wudu', and shall come on the Day of Resurrection with his mouth's stench more putrid than a carcass', and it shall irk those who are with him in his station (mawqif). If he dies before repenting, his death is like that of one who dies while considering permissible that which is prohibited by God, the Exalted and the Glorious."
Imam al-Sadiq ('a) narrated from the Prophet (s) who said: "O you who have embraced Islam with your tongues but in whose hearts faith has not yet entered, do not disparage Muslims and do not seek their defects. Verily, God will seek out the defects of he who is after their defects; and one who has God after his defects will be humiliated, even in his own abode."
The Prophet (s) said: "The listener is one of the two backbiters."
The Prophet (s) said: "No fire is faster in consuming dry wood than gheebah in consuming a devotee's virtues."
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Best Regards,
Syed Raheel Naqvi
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