Backbiting - Islamic School System - Dawat-e-Islami

Examples of Backbiting 3953. His Bayān is not effective.4. His style is slow.5. People leave when he starts to give Bayān.6. He does not prepare for Bayān in advance.7. His pronunciation is wrong.8. He extends his Bayān unnecessarily.9. He sweet-talks.10. He does not leave go the microphone.11. He does not even know how to give Bayān etc.Even if somebody asks you the reason for not giving such person the chance to deliverBayān, then it is impermissible to expose that person’s shortcomings. Do not even say ‘ifI say this, it will be backbiting’. As this is also aform of backbiting because you definitely did notmention any defect with uttering previous phrase,Just keep in mind that we will notcommit backbiting, nor will we listenbut you surely signalled that there are some عَزَّوَجَلَّ‏ to it. defects in that person. Repeat the first phrase,•which was free from backbiting, that ‘I am sorry;I will not be able to give him the chance to deliver Bayān’. If the person who is not givenاِنْ‏ شَآءَاللهthe Bayān asks, then console him in a courteous manner. If that Muballigh comes, and, عَزَّوَجَلَّ‏ there are mistakes within him, rectify him mannerly in person. This wayone will not only be protected from the sins of backbiting, but the Madanī work will alsoprosper, and affections among the brothers will also remain strong. Just keep in mind that. عَزَّوَجَلَّ‏ we will not commit backbiting, nor will we listen to itاِنْ‏ شَآءَاللهاِنْ‏ شَآءَاللهSunū na fuḥsh-kalāmī na ghībat-o-chughlīTayrī pasand kī bātayn faqaṭ sunā Yā RabKarayn na tang khayālāt-e-bad kabĥī, kardayShu’ūr-o-fikr ko pākīzgī ‘aṭā Yā RabMay not I listen the impermissible; backbiting and tell-taleMay I be blessed with phrases to please you, my RabMay I be not disturbed by irreligious thoughtsMay I be blessed with pureness from my crisis, my Rab