Backbiting - Islamic School System - Dawat-e-Islami

َٰ َِ^ ًَََُِِّۡ80 Backbiting – A Cancer in our SocietyIt is narrated in Ṭabarānī by Ibn Mas’ūd ر‎5َ‎ االلهُ‏ تَعَالىٰ‏ عَنْهُ‏ َ that he heard from the Holy Prophetthat, ‘A son would owe to the parents. So, on the Judgment Day they will وَسَلَّمrush towards him and he will say, ‘I am your son!’ Then the parents will be awarded theirrights and they would wish they had even more rights due on him.’صَ‏ !َّ االلهُ‏ تَعَالىٰ‏ ‏َلَيْهِ‏ وَاٰلِهٖ‏When this is the case of one’s own parents, expecting from others is mere a wishfuldesire. If Allah, the Exalted and the Almighty عَزَّوَجَلَّ‏ wills to show mercy on someone,He عَزَّوَجَلَّ‏ would grant the claimant glorious heavenly abodes and satisfy him to forgivethe other. In one grand scheme of compassion, both will benefit. Neither will his goodsdeeds be given to the claimant, nor will the claimants’ sins be passed to him, nor was hedeprived of his rights. In fact, he was granted thousands times more than what his claimwas worth. The mercy of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ‏ is so remarkable that the oppressor will be forgivenand the oppressed is left well pleased as well. ‹ ۡ 4 َ^dَ}2 رَ,ِ ۡ ِ ً ‏^‏b‏َرَ‏b 3 Sاً ِۡŠ, Y ۡ َ& ُYَۡ َِِ1عَزَّوَجَلَّ‏ praise which is abundant, pure and blessed, like our Allah ‏,عَزَّوَجَلَّ‏ (All praise is for Allahlikes and pleases).’ (Al-Mu’jam-ul-Kabīr, vol. 10, pp. 219, Ḥadīš 10526)Yā Ilāĥī! Jab pařay maḥshar mayn shor-e-dār-o-gīrAman daynay wālay piyāray Payshwā kā sātĥ ĥoYā Allah! As uproar starts to call to account on Judgement DayWe seek the help of the Your Beloved on Judgement Day‏ًا اZوI forsake my honour on the peopleDear Islamic brothers! Backbiting is a disease which is so widespread that very few peoplerefrain from this sin. To lessen the burden of our sins, we should all strive to refrain frombackbiting and other sins and toil to safeguard others from these sins as well. Anotherway to lessen the burden of sins of others is to try our utmost to forgive our rights overfellow Muslims.Enticing us towards forgiving others, the Caring Prophet َّ! االلهُ‏ تَعَالىٰ‏ ‏َلَيْهِ‏ وَاٰلِهٖ‏ وَسَلَّم ‏,صَ‏ the Beloved ofAllah ‏,عَزَّوَجَلَّ‏ the Dearest of Āminaĥ would often say: Who amongst you is not capable ofصَ‏ َّ! ال being like Abū Ḍamḍam? They asked, ‘Who is Abū Ḍamḍam?’ Hereplied, ‘He was a man from the past Ummaĥ who used to say in the mornings:O Allah ‏!عَزَّوَجَلَّ‏ Today I forsake my honour for the person who oppresses me.’ (Shu’ab-ul-Īmān,vol. 6, pp. 261, Ḥadīš 8082) لهُ‏ تَعَالىٰ‏ ‏َع لَيْهِ‏ وَاٰلِهٖ‏ وَسَلَّم