amer_awan_1988
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In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Assalamualiqum Brothers and Sisters,
It was narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Do you know what gheebah (backbiting) is?” They said, “Allaah and His Messenger know best.” He said, “Saying something about your brother that he dislikes.” It was said, “What if what I say about my brother is true?” He said, “If what you say is true then you have backbitten about him, and if it is not true, then you have slandered him.” [Narrated by Muslim, 2589]
We as Muslims need to guard our tongue and avoid the matters that have been forbidden. Among these forbidden matters which people often take very lightly are gheebah (backbiting), buhtaan (slander) and nameemah (malicious gossip). It is obvious from the hadith mentioned above that it is not worth talking at all about a Muslim behind their back. You will not achieve anything except displeasing and disobeying your Lord, Allah subhanaawataalah.
We are Muslims and we need to have certain characteristics to be apart of such a great ummah.
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The Muslim does not slander, curse, speak obscenely or speak rudely.” [Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, who said, this is a ghareeb hasan hadeeth; it was classed as saheeh by al-Albaani].
“Everyone who does any kind of backbiting, slander or malicious gossip has to repent and pray for forgiveness, and that is between him and Allaah. If he knows that any of his words reached the person about whom he was speaking, then he should go to him and ask him to forgive him. But if he does not know, then he should not tell him; rather he should pray for forgiveness for him and make du’aa’ for him, and speak well of him in his absence just as he spoke against him. Similarly, if he knows that telling him will provoke more enmity, then it is sufficient to make du’aa’ for him, speak well of him and pray for forgiveness for him.” – IslamQA fatwa
Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“neither backbite one another. Would one of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? You would hate it (so hate backbiting). And fear Allaah. Verily, Allaah is the One Who forgives and accepts repentance, Most Merciful” [al-Hujuraat 49:12]
SubhanAllah, just the thought of dead flesh is so disgusting but Allah subhanaawataalah describes backbiting as eating your brother’s dead flesh. Just imagine this thought for a second and see how disturbing this image can be.
Just remember one thing brothers and sisters, how would you feel if you found out that someone was backbiting about you? How badly would it hurt if you found out that people were spreading false rumours about you? It would feel horrible so why do something when you know you would not like the same thing to happen to you. Wallahi brothers and sisters, it is not worth backbiting because it will only have a negative impact by causing more problems and hatred between the Muslims.
What every Muslim is obliged to do is to love for their brother/sister what they love for themself of good things, and to hate for their brother/sister what they hate for themself of bad things. This is just a reminder for me as it is for everyone else. InshAllah I hope we can implement this into our lives and strive to become better Muslims.
JazakAllah Khair for your time