Backbiting - Islamic School System - Dawat-e-Islami

ِBackbiting – A Cancer in our Society 165Alas! Blinded in love for her, he martyred Sayyidunā ‘Alī – a personality of such highcalibre. Despite that Ibn Muljim still could not get Qiṭām because immediately after hecommitted the murder, people caught him and severely cut his body into pieces, put in abasket and burned to ashes.You just heard of the horrific torment Ibn Muljim is facing from the time of his deathwhich will continue till the Day of Judgment. He was neither successful here nor there.Sayyidunā Abū Dardā ر‎5َ‎ االلهُ‏ تَعَالىٰ‏ عَنْهُ‏ َ was very correct in saying, ‘To follow your temptationseven for a second result in sadness for a long time.’Qābīl also murdered Sayyidunā Ĥābīl رَحمْ‏ ‏َةُ‏ االلهِ‏ تَعَالىٰ‏ ‏َلَيْه because of his temptations and wasdoomed. Doomed so badly, that just listening to his tale gives goose bumps. Listen to histale and seek the refuge of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ‏ from the temptations of the Nafs.6. Man hung upside down at the pond‘Abdullāĥ has narrated: Few of us set on a voyage in the sea. Coincidentally, there wasdarkness for a few days and when the sun shone we were near a township. I went tosearch for water but the doors of the houses were all closed. I called out several times butno one replied. Meanwhile, two men emerged on horses, and directed me, ‘Abdullāĥ!Go on this street and you will find a pond. Take water from there but do not get scaredwith what you see.’ I inquired about the houses with the close doors where winds wereblowing inside. They told me that the souls of the dead resided there.When I reached the pond, I saw a man hanging upside down. He was trying to get waterwith his hand but could not do so. When he saw me he called out, ‘Abdullāĥ! Give mewater to drink.’ I took a can and submerged it in water so I could fill it and give it to him,but somebody grabbed my hand. I said to the man hanging upside down, ‘Bondman ofAllah! You witnessed that I tried to give you water but my hand was held back. Tell meyour story.’ He said, ‘I am (Qābīl), the son of Ādam, who committed the very first murder.’(Kitāb man-‘Āsha ba’d-al-Maut ma’ Mawsū’aĥ Ibn Abid Dunyā, pp. 297, Raqm 48)Qābīl’s evil deedsDear Islamic brothers! Qābīl was initially a Muslim, but later became an apostate [Murtad].He committed the very first murder in this world. As the retribution for the murder, he