Backbiting - Islamic School System - Dawat-e-Islami

‏ِه ‏َمَُ َ ۡBackbiting – A Cancer in our Society 45twig on the grave as mentioned in both the narrations above, the renowned exegetistof the Quran, Muftī Aḥmad Yār Khān Na’īmī هِ‏ تَعَالىٰ‏ ‏َلَيْه has stated in his famous book‘Jā-Al-Ḥaq’, Volume 1, Page 240-41: It is relayed that the punishment will be lessened‏.(عَزَّوَجَلَّ‏ until the plant’s branches stay fresh because they will do Tasbīḥ (glorify AllahImām Nawavī الۡ‏ has stated: Based on this narration, the scholars contend thatrecitation of Quran near the grave is a Mustaḥab (rewarding) act because reciting the‏.(عَزَّوَجَلَّ‏ Quran is more auspicious than doing Tasbīḥ (glorification of Allahرَحمْ‏ ‏َةُ‏ ال ل‏قَوِی ‏ُةالل عَ‏ لَيْهِ‏ رَ‏ ‏ْحIt is stated in Ṭaḥṭāvī ‘Alā Marāqil Falāḥ on page 364, ‘Based on this Ḥadīš, some of ourcontemporary colleagues have declared in their Fatwā verdict that it is a Sunnaĥ to placeperfume and flowers on the grave as it is customary amongst Muslim. Muftī Aḥmad YārKhān Na’īmī رَحمْ‏ ‏َةُ‏ االلهِ‏ تَعَالىٰ‏ ‏َلَيْه has further added: From the elaborations of the Masters of Ḥadīšand the classifications of the Fuqaĥā, we learn two things: Firstly, that it is permissible toplace any fresh green part of a plant on any Muslim’s grave. The Compassionate Prophethimself placed the (fresh green) branches on the graves of those who لَيْهِ‏ وَاٰلِهٖ‏ وَسَلَّمwere undergoing punishment. Secondly, that the Tasbīḥ of these branches caused themitigation of the punishment. Therefore, if we place fresh plants and flowers on the grave,it will benefit the deceased in their graves. Actually the wisdom in leaving عَزَّوَجَلَّ‏the top of the grave un-bricked is so that green grass grows there with rain water and itsTasbīḥ relieves the punishment.صَ‏ !َّ ال لهُ‏ تَعَالىٰ‏ ‏َعاِنْ‏ شَآءَاللهĤay kaun kay jo giryāĥ karay Fātiḥaĥ ko āyeBarsāye kaun qabr pay baykas kī baĥaran pĥūlWho will recite Quran and pray for grace for the powerlessWho will spray flowers on the grave of this helplessY َ ُa ٰ َ< ٰ Mََُ ا‎J K َ LBackbiting is severer than fornicationۡ2‘ said: لَيْهِ‏ وَاٰلِهٖ‏ وَسَلَّمِbَ َ اZ‏ۡ‏]^ ۡ ا < َLاeَ‎‏ِ‏ 7b ا َsَ َRِ ^Y ا‏W‏ّ‏ۡ Backbiting isThe Beloved and Blessed Prophet صَ‏ َّ! ال لهُ‏ تَعَالىٰ‏ ‏َع َpِseverer than fornication.’ People asked, ‘Yā Rasūlallāĥ َّ! االلهُ‏ تَعَالىٰ‏ ‏َلَيْهِ‏ وَاٰلِهٖ‏ وَسَلَّم ‏!صَ‏ Why is that?’ TheProphet صَ‏ َّ! االلهُ‏ تَعَالىٰ‏ ‏َلَيْهِ‏ وَاٰلِهٖ‏ وَسَلَّم replied, ‘A person fornicates then he repents, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ‏ acceptshis repentance. Whereas the repentance of the backbiter will not be accepted until theperson he slandered forgives him.’ (Shu’ab-ul-Īmān, vol. 5, pp. 306, Ḥadīš 6741)