There are three aspects of backbiting, all of which are [mentioned] in the Book of Allaah: backbiting, falsehood and slander. 1) As for backbiting
Tag: falsehood
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen advises
Crowd the people of falsehood on the internet [to respond to their falsehood with sound knowledge], so the truth can be made clear [to everyone].
The one who safeguards himself the most
The one who safeguards himself the most, is the one who protects his tongue the most [from false and idle speech], and is the busiest of them in terms of his religion, and is one who exerts himself…
Making istikhaarah on behalf of someone else
And it is from falsehood to have someone else make istikhaarah for him, and wait to see something in a dream which would guide him to do [something] or leave [it].
Remaining silent about falsehood
If the people remain silent about falsehood, the truth will disappear…
The reality of success
The genuinely successful one is he who is blessed with knowing the truth, and adhering to it and loving it. And the deprived one is he who is denied all of that.
You must aid the truth
If you see a person upon truth, and another upon falsehood, then you must aid the truth and warn against the falsehood, otherwise [it is as if] you are dead; you do not know [that which is] good and…