Backbiting - Islamic School System - Dawat-e-Islami

ۡBackbiting – A Cancer in our Society 57to love people and make friendships with them.’ (Jam’-ul-Jawāmi', vol. 4, pp. 339, Ḥadīš 12332)This humble servant (i.e. A’lā Ḥaḍrat) has collected these Aḥādīš at length and in detailin his thesis Jamāl-ul-Ijmāl and in its explanatory notes under the title Kamāl-ul-Ikmāl.In short, intellect and courtesy dictate that these undeniably wrong actions entail severalevils and their end is definitely disgraceful. When such actions are bound to result indispute and discord amongst Muslims, then it becomes a grave crime to act upon them.Hence, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ‏ says:Mischief is more grievous than killing.و ‏ل ۡ فت ۡ ن ة ش دم نل ۡ ق ت ۡ ل‏ l[Kanz-ul-Īmān (Translation of Quran)] (Part 2, Suraĥ Al-Baqaraĥ, Verse 191)In addition it is relayed to us in a Ḥadīš, ‘Fitnaĥ (discord) is sleeping. Allah’s curse beupon the one who awakens it.’ (Al-Jāmi’-uṣ-Ṣaghīr, vol. 4, pp. 339, Ḥadīš 12332) If you observethese people carefully, you will come to realize that those individuals, who carry out suchactions, are utterly oblivious of the requisites of our religion. They contend that the solepurpose of their lives is to lead a life style free of any restriction or worry.A’lā Ḥaḍrat, (Shaykh Imām Aḥmad Razā Khān ) continues on to explain thateating and performing other actions with Christians are the doings of the belligerent andmorally degenerate people. Further A’lā Ḥaḍrat لَيْه has said: ‘...And whoeverclaimed that cooking pork and meat of a dead animal and feeding it to non-Muslimsdoes not matter and that there was no Ḥarām in it; has surely perpetrated a falseconcept. It is certainly not advisable to issue such judgments without prior knowledge orresearch. It is unacceptable and strictly forbidden to pollute oneself with impurities,without any lawful cause under Islamic law. It is even more essential to refrain fromthese activities, when one intends to rectify others in the society from wrong doings.Surely, it is impermissible and Ḥarām for a Muslim to pollute their hands for cookingthings classified as Ḥarām or impermissible. Remember this rule of thumb, whatever isdeclared as Ḥarām to receive, is also Ḥarām to give. Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ‏ says:And help not one another in sin and transgression.و لآ لإ‏ملَيْهِ‏ رَحمْ‏ ‏َةُ‏ ال رَّ‏ حمْ‏ ‏ٰن عَ‏رَحمْ‏ ‏َةُ‏ ال لهِ‏ تَعَالىٰ‏ ‏َع‏لآ ۡ لإث و ‏ل ۡ ع د ۡ و ‏ن‏ o n ت ع اون ۡ و‏[Kanz-ul-Īmān (Translation of Quran)] (Part 6, Sūraĥ Al-Māidaĥ, Verse 2)