Backbiter is a cheat | Hubeali Skip to content Hubeali Menu Topics Quran Tafseer Books Urdu Books English Books Sermons School of Wilayat Search for: Search Button Home Articles Backbiter is a cheat Details Sidebar Table of contents Summary: Ahadith on Backbiting: Imam-asws rebukes a backbiter (who reports an illicit talk): Listening intently to backbiting is forbidden: Backbiter is outside from the Wilayah of Allah-azwj and inside the wilayah of Satan-la Defender of a Muslim is in Paradise: There is no backbiting for the vulgar and heretic: Appendix: Additional Ahadith Explaining scope of Backbiting[23] Backbiter is a cheat Download PDF Summary: It has become a norm to narrate an embarrassing past event or preceding discussions of an absent person, which did take place.
In Islam it is forbidden unless it is already in publicly knowledge and/or is from a ‘Biddah’ (heresy – harmful to religion), this norm of society comes under backbiting and Islam considers it as (equating to) eating the flash of one’s brother. However, if the narration is a fabrication, then it would come under ‘ Bohtan ’ (slandering) which is a punishable sin. The backbiter is termed as a ‘Cheat’!
Some brief Ahadith are cited below: الدُّرَّةُ الْبَاهِرَةُ، قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ع وَ لْيَقِلَّ عَيْبُ النَّاسِ عَلَى لِسَانِكَ. (The book) ‘Al Durr Al Bahira’ – ‘Ali -asws Bin Al-Husayn -asws said: ‘And let people’s faults be less on your tongue’’. [1] وَ قَالَ ع مَنْ رَمَى النَّاسَ بِمَا فِيهِمْ رَمَوْهُ بِمَا لَيْسَ فِيهِ. And he -asws said: ‘One who shoots (accuses) the people with what is in them, they will shoot at him (accuse him) with what isn’t in him’’.
[2] كان رسول الله ص إذا كره من إنسان شيئا قال ما بال أقوام يفعلون كذا و كذا و لا يعين. Rasool-Allah -saww was such that whenever he -saww mentioned something from a person, said: ‘What is the matter with a people doing such and such?’ And he -saww would not specify’’. [3] وَ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ ع اذْكُرُوا مَحَاسِنَ مَوْتَاكُمْ. And Ali -asws said: ‘Mention the good deeds of your deceased’’. [4] وَ فِي خَبَرٍ آخَرَ لَا تَقُولُوا فِي مَوْتَاكُمْ إِلَّا خَيْراً.
And in another: ‘Do not be saying regarding your deceased, except good’’. [5] قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص أَ تَرْعَوُونَ عَنْ ذِكْرِ الْفَاجِرِ حَتَّى يَعْرِفَهُ النَّاسُ اذْكُرُوهُ بِمَا فِيهِ يَحْذَرُهُ النَّاسُ. The Prophet -saww said: ‘Are you afraid from mentioning the immoral until the people recognise him?