Do not publicise anything against him which would disgrace...

Do not publicise anything against him which would disgrace him and destroy his magnanimity, for you will become those for whom Allah -azwj has Said in His -azwj Book: Those who love that the scandal should spread regarding those who believe, for them would be a painful Punishment, and Allah Knows while you are not knowing [24:19] .’ [3] مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ مَنْ بَهَتَ مُؤْمِناً أَوْ مُؤْمِنَةً بِمَا لَيْسَ فِيهِ بَعَثَهُ اللَّهُ فِي طِينَةِ خَبَالٍ حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ مِمَّا قَالَ قُلْتُ وَ مَا طِينَةُ الْخَبَالِ قَالَ صَدِيدٌ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ فُرُوجِ المُومِسَاتِ Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Malik Bin Atiyya, from Ibn AbuYafour, from; Abu Abdullah -asws has said: ‘The one who slanders a Momin or a Momina (female Believer) with what is not in him, Allah -azwj would Resurrect him in the clay of Khabaal until he exits from what he had said.’ I said, ‘And what is the clay of Khabaal?’ He -asws said: ‘Pus coming out from the private part of the prostitutes.’ [4] وعنه: عن محمد بن يحيى، عن أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى، عن محمد بن الفضيل، عن أبي حمزة، عن أبي جعفر (عليه السلام)، قال: «يجب على المؤمن أن يستر عليه سبعين كبيرة And from him, from Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Muhammad Bin Al Fazeyl, from Abu Hamza, From Abu Ja’far -asws having said: ‘It is Obligatory upon the Momin that he veils upon him, seventy major sins.’ [5] عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَيَابَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) يَقُولُ الْغِيبَةُ أَنْ تَقُولَ فِي أَخِيكَ مَا سَتَرَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ أَمَّا الْأَمْرُ الظَّاهِرُ فِيهِ مِثْلُ الْحِدَّةِ وَ الْعَجَلَةِ فَلَا وَ الْبُهْتَانُ أَنْ تَقُولَ فِيهِ مَا لَيْسَ فِيهِ Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus Bin Abdul Rahman, from Abdul Rahman Bin Sayaba who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah -asws saying: ‘The backbiting is that you are saying regarding your brother what Allah -azwj has Veiled upon him, and as for the apparent matters in him, like the violent anger and the haste, so no; and the slander is that you are saying regarding him what is not in him.’’ [6] In Holy Quran, Allah -azwj Forbids the snooping (spying) on others.