Backbiting is [a] more severe [sin] than [an outstanding] loan. The loan can be repaid, while backbiting [someone] cannot be repaid!
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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].
Grand mufti warns on social media 'rumors'
Grand Mufti of the Kingdom SheIkh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh, head of Council of Senior Scholars, said there are those who use social media to spread rumors, lies and superstitions with the aim of misleading people and creating discord, describing them as “naive,” who must be stopped.
Those not well versed in Qur'an 'should not issue fatwas'
The grand mufti said scholars must not issue fatwas, or religious edicts, if they are not well versed in the Book of Allaah and the Sunnah of the Prophet, peace be upon him. “If he doesn't know he should not issue any fatwa,” he said.
“The is so-and-so who said such-and-such about you”
Rather than let his students speak ill of a guest who had criticised him, Shaykh Ibn Baaz silenced them and honoured him regardless.