Hadeeth Eighteen: The Muslim Does Not Fall Into Backbiting
From
Ibn ‘Umar (radiyallaahu ‘anhumaa) who said that Allaah’s Messenger
() said:
Whoever
intercedes and prevents one of the punishments prescribed by Allaah, the Mighty
and Majestic, then he has opposed Allaah regarding His orders. Whoever dies with
a debt due on him then it will not be (repaid) by deenaars and dirhams but
rather by good and bad deeds. Whoever disputes for something which he knows is
false then he remains in Allaah's anger until he desists. Whoever accuses a
believer of something that is untrue then Allaah will make him dwell in the pus
flowing from the inhabitants of the Fire and he will not leave until he retracts
from what he said.[1]
So
the lethal plague of backbiting destroys one’s good deeds, destroys
brotherhood and destroys one’s reward. So the true Muslim does not backbite,
nor does he allow backbiting to take place in his presence. So let those people
fear Allaah, those whose bodies do not develop and those whose spirit is not fed
except upon spreading rumours and inventing lies against the servants of Allaah
claiming that ‘this is for the benefit of da‘wah!’
[Previous
| Table
of Contents | Next]
Notes:
[1] Reported by
Ahmad (no. 5385), Aboo Daawood (translation 3/1021/no.3590), Ibn Maajah
(no.2320) and al-Haakim (4/383) and its chain of narration is saheeh.