Does one of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? You would hate it.
Holy Quran
He who slanders has sinned in every instance. Slander is when you mention something about a person which is not a fault in's eye Gods, or when you censure what the people of knowledge praise.
As for discussing someone who is not present with regard to something which Allah censures, when that person is guilty of it, then this does not amount to slander, even if he dislikes it when he hears it; and you are free of any slight of that person. This is in order to make the truth clear from the false by the clarification of Allah and His Messenger. However, this has a precondition, in that the person who says it must seek only to clarify what is true and false, in the faith of Allah. If he means to deprecate the person of whom he talks without meaning to make things clear, then he is taken to task for his corrupt goal, even if he is correct in what he says.
If you really slander someone, then seek pardon from that person. If you do not go that far nor reach that point, then ask Allah's forgiveness for that. Slander eats up good deeds as fire eats up wood. As Allah revealed to Moses, 'The slanderer will be the last to enter the Garden, if he repents. If he does not repent, then he will be the first to enter the Fire.
The various aspects of slander occur when you mention a fault in someone's character, intellect, action, behaviour, belief, ignorance and so on.
The origin of slander may be one of ten types: venting one's anger, pleasing other people, suspicion, believing a report without investigating it, having a bad opinion, envy, mockery, astonishment at some action in another which one does not comprehend, dissatisfaction or impatience with others, and embellishment of oneself at the expense of others.
If you seek Islam, then remember the Creator and not the created; then the circumstances of slander will be a lesson for you, and a wrong action will be replaced by a reward.
2007-12-14 18:14:34 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Ramadan
Asalam Alaikum
Backbiting is a major sin but one that is so easy to fall into. I was recently approached by a sister asking if I knew anything about the backbiting going on against her. SubhanAllah what is wrong with us. We have enough problems in this world, we need to be sticking together not tearing each other down. We are all guilty of this one time or another. Not just is this a sin, but it is also painful to the person who has been slandered. When we hear someone backbiting we need to stand up and say this is not right.
May Allah keep us from this evil act. Ameen
2007-12-14 18:23:46 · answer #1 · answered by Umm Ali 6 · 5⤊ 1⤋
it is very sinful indeed, and i wouldn't say that people are ignorant about this fact, since it is basically common sense, and not religious knowledge..people have a more difficult time classifying spoken words in to "slander" or "backbiting", and are therefore very careless with their words..it is something that anyone can easily fall victim to, and is just as addictive and virtually incurable as smoking..we all are, i feel, guilty of this crime, in various degrees, purposely or not, sometimes overcome by strong emotions..i'm trying to overcome this huge shortcoming of mine, but like i mentioned above, it takes a lot of determination and will power..
2007-12-14 19:45:14 · answer #2 · answered by Lamya 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Obviously not, since Muslims lie and slander the Jews every single day. Here's the latest lie:
http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/1625.htm.
2007-12-14 18:21:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
Jazakallah khair!
And as a bonus to your post:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RchDgZfu228
2007-12-15 03:47:16 · answer #4 · answered by hayaa_bi_taqwa 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Amen.
2007-12-14 18:18:18 · answer #5 · answered by ni2penang 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
are we really Muslims????
2007-12-15 00:58:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋