بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Among the sins of the tongue are gossip (ghibah) or backbiting and tale bearing (namimah).
Gossip is prevailing in many societies. Let's remind ourselves and others to be cautious of spreading this disease.
The Prophet (ﷺ) defined gossip as mentioning something about your Muslim brother that he hates such as to say; He is short, he is cross-eyed, he is rude, he likes to sleep a lot, he eats too much, his house is messy, his son is rude, he is controlled by his wife, and the like.
Allah forbids the believers from gossip and drew an analogy between gossiping and eating the flesh of his brother after his death to show the ugliness of this sin.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱجْتَنِبُوا۟ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ ٱلظَّنِّ إِنَّ بَعْضَ ٱلظَّنِّ إِثْمٌ ۖ وَلَا تَجَسَّسُوا۟ وَلَا يَغْتَب بَّعْضُكُم بَعْضًا ۚ أَيُحِبُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَن يَأْكُلَ لَحْمَ أَخِيهِ مَيْتًا فَكَرِهْتُمُوهُ ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ تَوَّابٌ رَّحِيمٌ ﴿١٢﴾
O you who have believed, avoid much [negative] assumption. Indeed, some assumption is sin. And do not spy or backbite each other. Would one of you like to eat the flesh of his brother when dead? You would detest it. And fear Allah; indeed, Allah is Accepting of repentance and Merciful. [Quran, al Hujurat 49:12]
One of the companions asked the Prophet (ﷺ) about the best among the Muslims, to which the Prophet replied: « He whom the Muslims are safe from his hands and his tongue. »
Talebearing(namîmah) is defined as spreading words among the believers with the purpose of stirring up enmity and problems between them.
It is reported from Hudhaifa that news reached him (the Prophet ﷺ) that a certain man carried tales. Upon this Hudhaifa remarked: "I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying: The tale-bearer shall not enter Paradise." [Muslim]
May Allah forgive our sins and protect us from the sins of gossip and talebearing. Aameen.
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