Backbiting - Islamic School System - Dawat-e-Islami

ََBackbiting – A Cancer in our Society 87answers to the questions of the Munkar and Nakīr. I thought that I might not have diedon faith. Meanwhile a voice called out, ‘You are receiving this punishment because of theunnecessary use of your tongue.’ Now the angels responsible to carry out the punishments,advanced towards me. Right then a handsome man, who had a fragrant aroma around him,intervened between the torment and me. He reminded me the answers to the questionsof the Munkar and Nakīr. Thus, I was able to answer their questions and عَزَّوَجَلَّ‏ , thepunishment was repelled from me. I asked that elderly man, ‘May Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ‏ have mercyupon you, who are you?’ He informed, ‘I am created by the blessings of your excessiverecitation of Ṣalāt-‘Alan-Nabī and I am designated to aid you in your times of afflictionand need.’ (Al-Qawl-ul-Badī', pp. 260)Āp kā nām-e-nāmī āy ٰ َ< ِّX L َĤer jagaĥ ĥer muṣībat mayn kām ā gayāProphet, your renowned name assisted usIn times of distress, at every hindranceY َ ُa ٰ َ< ٰ Mََُ ا‎J K َ Lۡ2ِbَ َ اZ‏ۡ‏]^ ۡ ا < َLاَل ْ حَمْدُ‏ لِلهWhy can’t the master come in the grave?! By reciting Ṣalāt-‘Alan-Nabī in abundance, an angel can come in the grave ٰ سُبْحنَ‏ الله عَزَّوَجَلَّ‏to assist, then why the Blessed Prophet صَ‏ َّ! االلهُ‏ تَعَالىٰ‏ ‏َلَيْهِ‏ وَاٰلِهٖ‏ وَسَلَّم cannot come for our assistance.Someone has captured the essence of this in the following couplet:Mayn gor andĥayrī mayn gĥabrāun gā jab tanĥāImdād mayrī karnay ā jānā mayray ĀqāRaushan mayrī turbat ko Lillāĥ shaĥā karnāJab naza’ kā waqt āye dīdār ‘aṭā karnāIn my dark grave, when the darkness scares meCome to my aid my Beloved ProphetIlluminate my grave for the sake of AllahWhen it is time to depart, show me your glanceY َ ُa ٰ َ< ٰ Mََُ ا‎J K َ Lۡ2ِbَ َ اZ‏ۡ‏]^ ۡ ا < َL