BACKBITING

✦ BACKBITING ✦

Allah Almighty Says in Holy Quran: "O you who believe! Avoid much suspicion, in deeds some suspicions are sins. And spy not 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 Allah, verily, Allah is The One Who accepts repentance, Most Merciful" [Surah Al Hujurat, 49:12]

This verse resembles a person who backbites to one who eats the flesh of his/her dead brother/sister. Islam defines backbiting as saying anything about a person behind their back in a manner that they wouldn't like.

☞ Any Exceptions?

Backbiting doesn't include complaining from wrong doing or from injustice.

☛ Allah Almighty Says in Holy Quran: "Allah does not like the public mention of evil except by one who has been wronged. And ever is Allah Hearing and Knowing." [Surah An Nisa, 4:148].

☛ If the backbiting is based on facts then it is defined as backbiting. If you are making the things up, then it is slander.

"Abu Huraira (May Allah Pleased with him) reported that, The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) as saying: Do you know what is backbiting? They (the Companions) said: Allah and His Messenger know best. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Backbiting implies your talking about your brother in a manner which he does not like. It was said to him: What is your opinion about this that if I actually find that failing in my brother which I made a mention of? He said: If that failing is actually found in him what you assert, you in fact have backbitten him, and if that is not in him it is a slander. "[Sahih Muslim Book 32:6265].