Backbiting - Islamic School System - Dawat-e-Islami

ُForty Parables 289astonishing that you consider jealousy as a bad attribute, however, you are backbiting,without any reservations, by calling that person ‘jealous’. Who has told you that onlyjealousy is Ḥarām; is backbiting not? Remember, if a jealous person is worthy of Hell,the backbiter deserves the punishment of the fire.’ (Būstān-e-Sa’dī, pp. 188)When is it Wājib to stop from backbitingDear Islamic brothers! سُبْحنَ‏ الله عَزَّوَجَلَّ‏ ٰ , if one has teachers, they should be like him. Theirgoal should not only be to teach just specific subjects; but should have a broader visionof imparting the students with moral and ethical values. Not only teacher but all Muslimsshould bear this burden of responsibility and enjoin good and forbid evil. Beware, if aperson is backbiting and the other person (advisor) is positive that if he stops him frombackbiting, the backbiter will refrain; then, it is Wājib for the person to stop the backbiter.If he does not stop the backbiter, he will be a sinner.On page 255 of Baĥār-e-Sharī’at, Volume 16 (the 312-page publication of Maktaba-tul-Madīnaĥ, the publishing department of Dawat-e-Islami), it is cited: The Holy Prophethas made a marvellous statement, ‘By the One under Whose dominion وَسَلَّمmy soul is! Either you will enjoin others to do good and stop them from evil; or Allahwill send His punishment upon you, then you will do Du’ā and your Du’ā will not عَزَّوَجَلَّ‏صَ‏ !َّ االله تَعَالىٰ‏ ‏َلَيْهِ‏ وَاٰلِ‏ ‏ٖهbe accepted.’ (Jāmi’ Tirmiżī, vol. 4, pp. 69, Ḥadīš 2176)7 Examples of backbiting regarding jealousyWe also learnt from the parable in Būstān-e-Sa’dī that it is backbiting to say, ‘So-and-soperson is jealous of me.’ In reality, this is actually going towards levelling accusationswhich is worse than backbiting, because jealousy is an internal disease and it is related tothe heart. Although, jealousy is displayed by clear signs, most of the people base theirjudgements on their opinion (not evidence). Here are seven such statements of backbitingpertaining to jealousy:1. He is green-eyed.2. He is jealous of me.3. He cannot bear my prosperity.4. He is not happy with my state of happiness.