Backbiting - Islamic School System - Dawat-e-Islami

ِِّۡ ِۡٓ432 Backbiting – A Cancer in our Societyinquired as to why he did not see Sayyidunā Sulaymān Bin Abī Ḥašmaĥ for Fajr Ṣalāĥtoday. She replied that he spent all night praying, and went to sleep in the morning.نْ‏ ‏ُه Sayyidunā ‘Umar Fārūq A’ẓamَ said that he considered offering the Fajr االلهُ‏Ṣalāĥ with Jamā’at, better than worshiping the whole night. (Muwaṭṭā Imām Mālik, vol. 1pp. 134, Ḥadīš 300)تَعَالىٰ‏ عَ ر‎5َ‎May Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ‏ have mercy upon him, and forgive us for his sake! َِ ِN ٰ ۡ ِ وَا ََ! Mََ ٰ ُ ا‎J K َ LEَ ۡ‏َهِ‏ اG F اِ‏ ِI Eا-ِ‏وOَ‎Declaration of war against backbitingAlas! ‘Backbiting’ has enslaved the majority of the Muslim population. Through backbiting,Satan is aggressively dragging people towards the Hellfire. Beware! Declare war againstbackbiting and then stay well-grounded at your forts. Those who have committedbackbiting must also repent and seek forgiveness. Make a firm determination: Neitherwill we backbite nor will we listen to it!Sadly, backbiting is eating into the very fabric of the Madanī environment like a termite.Therefore, I urge all the responsible Madanī brothers and sisters, in the course of thiswar against backbiting, please lock all the doors that could lead to backbiting. Whoeverhas parted with the Madanī environment under your tenure of responsibility, please tryto recall 112 times if they ever slandered you and in retaliation you might have causedthem any grief or they might have gotten disheartened by your backbiting and that mighthave caused them to distance themselves from the righteous Madanī environment.If this is the case then with a righteous intent at heart, and to seek the pleasure of Allahimmediately beg and plead to them for their pardon, preferably with tears. Do not ‏,عَزَّوَجَلَّ‏ask them to come to you, but my dire wish is that you would go pay them a visit and tryto convince them to satisfy their discontent and beg for their pardon.Moreover, regarding the Islamic brothers who have departed from Dawat-e-Islami, Iwould suggest that you persuade them, beg and plead with them, and somehow bringthem back into the righteous Madanī environment of Dawat-e-Islami and engage themin the propagation of Sunnaĥ.