Backbiting - Islamic School System - Dawat-e-Islami

ََۡBackbiting – A Cancer in our Society 205After giving the aforementioned explanation, Shaykh Sayyidunā Ismā’īl Ḥaqqīhas عَلَيْهِ‏ رَحْمَةُ‏ اللهِ‏ الۡ‏ قَوِی narrated that Shaykh Sayyidunā Imām Samarqandī عَلَيْهِ‏ رَحْمَةُ‏ اللهِ‏ الۡ‏ قَوِیexplained this in his exegesis: I say that whatever these pious scholars have relayed,entails a grave danger, because saying statements against others in sympathy could verywell lead one towards the (sinful) backbiting (in their carelessness). Therefore, it is betterto refrain from this backbiting (in sympathy) altogether, as it is closer to Taqwā andprecaution. (Rūḥ-ul-Bayān, vol. 9, pp. 89)11. It is permissible to scrutinize (and reveal) the deficiencies of the narrators of Ḥadīš,or witnesses in a court case or authors. (Rad-dul-Muḥtār, vol. 9, pp. 675)12. It is permissible to discuss the shortcomings of an apostate and a Ḥarbī Kāfir.(Nowadays all non-Muslims are Ḥarbī Kāfir). All the aforementioned instances areapparently backbiting but in reality, they do not fall under sinful backbiting. In fact,they are permissible and in some instances, they are even compulsory to reveal.Ṣubḥ ĥotī ĥay shām ĥotī ĥay‘Umar yūnĥī tamām ĥotī ĥayGhībatayn chughliyān ĥay karwātīJab zabān bay-lagām ĥotī ĥayThe day passes and then comes the nightAge is passing like a short flightThe tongue starts to tattle and backbiteWhen it has no restraint in sightY َ ُa ٰ َ< ٰ MَاJY َ ُa ٰ َ< ٰ Mَََُ ا‎J K L َُِfۡeَۡOَُ ا‎J K L َ2 ِbا اMِ‎ َ ا‎Jاۡ2ِbَ َ اZ‏ۡ‏َL ۡ ‏^[ا