Backbiting - Islamic School System - Dawat-e-Islami

2 Backbiting – A Cancer in our Societyforeman or the labourer. Similarly, the rich or the poor, the ruler or his subject, thematerialist or the spiritual, the old or the young and the ones affiliated with a religiousorganization or members of a worldly institution. These days, none of our gatherings aredevoid from this heinous act of speaking ill against others because of peoples’ habit ofunremitting gossip.Perils of backbiting at a glanceMany people, who appear to be devout, are also indulging in this grave sin. They areseen listening to, smiling at and nodding their heads in acceptance of backbiting. Sincebackbiting is so commonplace, no one turns a deaf ear that the backbiter, and so insteadof remaining pious, becomes a sinner and stands in a line for the inferno of Hell.Presented here are twenty perils of backbiting compiled from the Quranic verses, Ḥadīšnarrations and the aphorisms of our Shuyūkh (pious predecessors). Glance at these andtry to absorb as these may instill a fear in your heart:1. Backbiting severs the faith.2. It can cause a faithless end.3. Furthermore, excessive backbiting is also a major cause for one’s supplication notbeing accepted.4. Backbiting deprives one from the blessings of Ṣalāĥ and Ṣaum.5. It erases the good deeds.6. It devours the good deeds.7. Even if the backbiter repents, he will still be the last one to enter Paradise.8. Backbiting is absolutely Ḥarām, a major sin that condemns one to the inferno ofHell.9. It is worse than fornication.10. The one, who backbites against a Muslim, is tangled with the sin worse thanfornication.