And it is reported that Hinda said to the Prophet -saww ...
And it is reported that Hinda said to the Prophet -saww , ‘Abu Sufyan is a stingy man. He does not give me what suffices me and my children. Can I take from without his knowledge?’ He -saww said: ‘Take what suffices you and your children with the moderation’. She mentioned of her and her children’s misery and Rasool-Allah -saww did not rebuke her when her purpose was the issuance of the verdict.
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? Mention him with whatever is in him, the people can be careful of him’’. وَ قَالَ ص لِفَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ قَيْسٍ حِينَ شَاوَرَتْهُ فِي خُطَّابِهَا أَمَّا مُعَاوِيَةُ فَرَجُلٌ صُعْلُوكٌ لَا مَالَ لَهُ وَ أَمَّا أَبُو جَهْمٍ فَلَا يَضَعُ الْعَصَا عَنْ عَاتِقِهِ.
And he -saww said to Fatima Bint Qays when she had consulted him regarding her proposers: ‘As for Muawiya, he is a wretched man. There is no wealth for him, and Abu Jahm, he does not place the staff (walking stick) on his shoulders’. قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مَنْ أَلْقَى جِلْبَابَ الْحَيَاءِ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ فَلَا غِيبَةَ لَهُ. Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘The one who casts the robe of modesty away from his face, so there is no backbiting for him’. مِنْ قَوْلِهِ ص لَا غِيبَةَ لِفَاسِقٍ.
From him -saww : ‘There is no backbiting of a mischief-maker’’. وَ قَدْ جَاءَ عَلَى الْمَشْهُورِ قَوْلُ النَّبِيِّ ص هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَا الْغِيبَةُ فَقَالُوا اللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ ذِكْرُكَ أَخَاكَ بِمَا يَكْرَهُ. And it has come upon the well-known words of the Prophet -saww : ‘Do you know what the backbiting is?’ They said, ‘Allah -azwj and His -azwj Rasool -saww are more knowing’. He -saww said: ‘Your mentioning your brother with what he dislikes’’.
وَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ وَ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالا قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص إِيَّاكُمْ وَ الْغِيبَةَ فَإِنَّ الْغِيبَةَ أَشَدُّ مِنَ الزِّنَا إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ قَدْ يَزْنِي وَ يَتُوبُ فَيَتُوبُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ إِنَّ صَاحِبَ الْغِيبَةِ لَا يُغْفَرُ لَهُ حَتَّى يَغْفِرَ لَهُ صَاحِبُهُ. And from Jabir and Abu Saeed Al-Khudry who both said, ‘The Prophet -saww : ‘Beware of backbiting, for the backbiting is severer than the adultery.
The man could commit adultery and repents, so Allah -azwj Turns to him (with Mercy), and the backbiter is not Forgiven until his companion (the back-bitten) forgives him’’.
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