Backbiting is [a] more severe [sin] than [an outstanding] loan. The loan can be repaid, while backbiting [someone] cannot be repaid!
Tag: backbiting
Breaking the fast with that which is haraam
al-Awzaa’ee رحمه الله said: ‘I heard Yahya Ibn Abi Katheer رحمه الله say
I have not seen anyone like Ahmad ibn Hanbal
I met 200 scholars of knowledge, and I have not seen anyone like Ahmad ibn Hanbal. He would not delve into anything like what the people delve into.
In the absence of your brother
In the absence of your brother, make mention of him with what you [yourself] would like to be remembered with, and do not make mention of him with what you [yourself] would not like to be mentioned…
Watch your tongue
Most of the sins of the son of Aadam are due to his tongue
Don’t concern yourself with them
Indeed, you are unable to please all of the people, so rectify that which is between you and Allaah and don’t concern yourself with [what] the people [may think or say].
Control over his tongue
[From] amongst them, [‘Abdullaah] Ibn ‘Own was the one who had the most control over his tongue.
Backbiting and mocking others in a gathering
[I am] a woman who spends a lot of time in gatherings with [other] women, and a lot of the time in these gatherings there is backbiting and mockery [of others].
Sitting in gatherings where backbiting takes place
I often sit in the company of other women, and often is the case that there is backbiting in these gatherings.
Listening to backbiting
What is the ruling regarding listening to backbiting?