Islam is a religion of peace, love
and compassion. Lies, unjustified suspicion, backbiting, slander and gossips
are totally alien to Islam. In fact they are considered amongst the most
destructive of major sins.
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This is so because these sins sow enmity and discord among the Muslim
community (Ummah) and lead to its destruction. They cause hostilities between
people of the same household, and between neighbors, friends and relatives.
Islam states that our relationship with mankind should be one of sincerity
and responsibility. It should be one where we have respect for the honor,
reputation and privacy of others. This beautifull relgion teaches us that we
are not only held accountable for our own attitudes and actions but also for
anything else over which we have control or influence over, in our society or
the world around us.
Those who worship Allah should care for each other in every way; the Muslim
community should sustain best moral values of the faith: Mercy, compassion,
fear of Allah, piety, and justice.
Allah ordered Muslims to defend, help and stand by each other,
"strong against unbelievers but compassionate amongst each
other"[Qur’an 48:29].
A Muslim is required to defend his brother when someone talks about him
behind his back. In Islam, Muslims should not do injustice to others nor do
they tolerate any injustice to themselves.In their love and concern for each
other, all Muslims are like one body, as Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said:
“when any part of the body suffers, the whole body feels the pain”.(Sahih
Muslim)
Allah has promised for the one who defends his absent brother with a great
reward and promised to protect him from the fire.
Abu Ad-Darda narrated that Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said:
"The one who rebuts another from backbiting has protected himself
from the fire."
Defending (Rebutting) backbiting is a characteristic of a believer. Allah
says in the holy Qur’an:
(And when they hear Al-Laghw (dirty, false, evil vain talk), they withdraw
from it and say: "To us our deeds, and to you your deeds. Peace be to
you. We seek not the ignorant.)(28:55)
The believer knows that the devil wants to destroy him because he rejects
backbiting by rebutting it. If he cannot change the topic of conversation he
should dislike it in his heart and leave the gathering, remembering Allah's
saying:
(...And if Shaitan(evel) causes you to forget, then after the remembrance
sit not you in the company of those people who are the Zalimun (unfair,
wrong-doers,etc..)(6:68)
Also, Prophet Muhammad advised Muslims to love each other, he said:
"...no one believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for
himself."(Muslim)
Islam teaches us that if people are being ridiculed or backbitted in our
presence, we should defend their honor. If we neglect this, we shall deprive
ourselves of ever needed help and mercy from God. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)
said:
“If a man's Muslim brother is slandered in your presence, and you are
capable of defending him and you do so, God will defend you in this world and
in the next. But if he fails to defend him, God will destroy him in this
world and the next.”(Baghawi).
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