Backbiting - Islamic School System - Dawat-e-Islami

‏ِه ‏ُةِۡExamples of Backbiting 335صَ‏ َّ! االلهُ‏ تَعَالىٰ‏ َ narrated that the Beloved and Blessed Rasūl ر‎5َ‎ االلهُ‏ تَعَالىٰ‏ عَنْهُ‏ Sayyidunā Šaubāncursed the one who offers the bribe, the one who accepts it and the one who facilitatesthis transaction between them. (Musnad Imām Aḥmad, vol. 8, pp. 327, Ḥadīš 22462)Curse of a Ḥarām morsel‏َلَيْهِ‏ وَاٰلِهٖ‏ وَسَلَّمIt is narrated on page 211 of Bayānāt-e-‘Aṭṭāriyyaĥ (a 480-page book published by Dawat-e-Islami’s publishing house Maktaba-tul-Madīnaĥ), ‘It is relayed in Mukāshafa-tul-Qulūb:When a Ḥarām morsel enters the stomach of a person, every angel on the lands and inthe skies curse that person until that morsel remains in his stomach and if he dies in thisstate (i.e. this morsel is still in his stomach) then he will enter Hell.’ (Mukāshafa-tul-Qulūb,pp. 10)Virtues of a Ḥalāl morselWe should always earn from Ḥalāl sources, and should consume and feed others onlyḤalāl sustenance. There are marvellous virtues of consuming a Ḥalāl morsel. It is narratedon page 179 of Faīzān-e-Sunnat, Volume 1 (a 1548-page publication of Maktaba-tul-Madīnaĥ, publishing department of Dawat-e-Islami), ‘Sayyidunā Imām MuhammadGhazālī وَا ‏ِلى in his second volume of Iḥyā-ul-‘Ulūm has cited the followingaphorism attributed to a pious predecessor: When a Muslim eats the first morsel of Ḥalālfood, he is absolved of the sins he committed in the past. Furthermore, the one who goesto a place of humiliation in search of Ḥalāl food, his sins fall like leaves fall from a tree.’عَ‏ لَيهِ‏ رَ‏ ‏ْح ‏َم الل الۡ‏(Iḥyā-ul-‘Ulūm, vol. 2, pp. 116)15 Examples of backbiting about the ride and its rider1. His car needs a push to get started.2. Is this a car or a donkey-cart?3. The speed of his car is very slow.4. His car is a heap of junk.5. His car is an absolute clunker.6. It’s an old car with a new paint job, but he goes around telling everyone he boughtit new.