Backbiting - Islamic School System - Dawat-e-Islami

486 Backbiting – A Cancer in our SocietySaying ‘sleeps too much’ is backbiting ................................................................................................... 145Listening to backbiting is also backbiting .............................................................................................. 14512 Examples of backbiting concerning eating & speaking .................................................................. 146To call ‘short-heighted’ in the absence is backbiting ............................................................................ 146Commenting on someone’s physical attributes could be detrimental ............................................... 147To call someone weak ............................................................................................................................... 1479 Examples of backbiting against a physically weak person ................................................................ 147Discussing someone’s disease related deficiencies ............................................................................... 148Backbiting against a handicapped person .............................................................................................. 148Picking faults in someone’s dress is also backbiting ............................................................................. 14924 Examples of backbiting regarding others’ clothes ........................................................................... 149Repentance from business of gambling.................................................................................................. 151Gambling is Ḥarām ................................................................................................................................... 151Gambling is a sin ....................................................................................................................................... 152Gambling is an evil act .............................................................................................................................. 152Money won through gambling is Ḥarām ............................................................................................... 153Soak hands in swine’s blood & meat....................................................................................................... 153Whoever invites for gambling should give charity in expiation ......................................................... 153Definition of gambling ............................................................................................................................. 154•Six types of gambling ........................................................................................................... 1541. Lottery ............................................................................................................................................... 1542. Tickets of prize bonds ..................................................................................................................... 1543. Cell phone messages & gambling .................................................................................................. 1554. Puzzling question ............................................................................................................................ 1555. Drawing names after collecting money ........................................................................................ 1556. Betting in sports .............................................................................................................................. 156Method of repenting from gambling ...................................................................................................... 156Speaking of faults of dead is also backbiting ......................................................................................... 157