"To backbite a Muslim is an act of transgression (fisq) and to fight him is unbelief (kufr)."
(Bukhari, Muslim)
Abu Sa`id al-Khudri related that Rasulullah ﷺ (peace be upon him) said:
"Slander is worse than adultery."
He was asked how slander could be worse than adultery, and he answered:
"If a person commits adultery, he can be forgiven by Allah if he repents. But a slanderer
will not be forgiven until he is forgiven by the person he had been speaking about."
(Baihaqi)
Abu Hurairah reported that once Rasulullah ﷺ (peace be upon him) asked:
"Do you know what is backbiting?"
He was answered: Allah and His Messenger know best; Rasulullah ﷺ (peace be upon him) then said:
"Anything that you say about someone in his absence that may displease him."
Someone asked: 'Even if he is as I describe him?' and Rasulullah ﷺ (peace be upon him) added:
"If he is as you describe him then you are guilty of backbiting, otherwise you are guilty of
slander (which is worse than backbiting)." (Muslim)
As Allah revealed in the Noble Qur`an:
يأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ اجْتَنِبُواْ كَثِيراً مِّنَ الظَّنِّ إِنَّ بَعْضَ الظَّنِّ إِثْمٌ وَلاَ تَجَسَّسُواْ وَلاَ يَغْتَب بَّعْضُكُم بَعْضاً أَيُحِبُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَن يَأْكُلَ لَحْمَ أَخِيهِ مَيْتاً فَكَرِهْتُمُوهُ وَاتَّقُواْ اللَّهَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَوَّابٌ رَّحِيمٌ
Related posts on Gossiping; Backbiting
[Rubaiat`s Blog]: What Islam Says About Gossiping (Ghibah)
[Rubaiat`s Blog]: Brief story and lesson of the young woman & scholar on the dangers of gossiping (ghibah)
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