Backbiting - Islamic School System - Dawat-e-Islami

َِّۡ ِۡٓBackbiting – A Cancer in our Society 65And if you prefer I may forgive you.’ He replied, ‘O leader of the faithful, please forgiveme! I will refrain from this (i.e. backbiting and tale-bearing) forever.’ (Iḥyā-ul-‘Ulūm, vol. 3,pp. 193)May Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ‏ have mercy upon him and forgive us for his sake!Y َ ُa ٰ َ< ٰ Mََُ ا‎J K َ L َۡ2ِ ِN ٰ ۡ ِ وَا ََ! Mََ ٰ ُ ا‎J K َ LEَ ۡ‏َهِ‏ اG F اِ‏ ِI Eا-ِ‏وOَ‎ِbَ َ اZ‏ۡ‏]^ ۡ ا < َLYou have come to me with three evilsOne man approached a sage رَحمْ‏ ‏َةُ‏ االلهِ‏ تَعَالىٰ‏ ‏َلَيْه and said some negative things about one of sage’sfriends. The sage said to him, ‘Sadly, you have come to me with three evils:1. You have caused me to dislike a fellow Islamic brother;2. Because of your talk, you have caused me to ponder (and worry about other’scharacter); and3. You have tarnished your truthful character (i.e., I considered you a safekeeping andtruthful individual, but you turned out to be a person who cannot retain a secret tohimself).’ (Iḥyā-ul-‘Ulūm, vol. 3, pp. 193)Safeguard yourselves from the thieves of loveElders of our religion have advised us to safeguard ourselves from the enemies of theintellect and the thieves of love. These thieves are disaffected and tattletale as well. Athief steals worldly materialistic possessions, but they (who backbite and tattletale) stealthe love (and respect) people have among themselves. (Al-Mustadrak, vol. 1, pp. 151)I am in a state of struggle until we partShaykh Sayyidunā Manṣūr Bin Zāżān نَّان said, ‘By Allah ‏!عَزَّوَجَلَّ‏ Whenever someonecomes and sits with me, I find myself usually in a state of battle against that personbecause neither will that person refrain from alienating me from my friends by backbitingعَ‏ لَيْهِ‏ رَ‏ ‏ْح ‏َمةُ‏ الْ‏ ‏َم