*Ghibah*
It was narrated from Abu Hurayrahرضي الله عنه that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Do you know what gheebah [backbiting] is?” They said, “Allah and His Messenger know best.” He said, “Saying something about your brother that he dislikes.” It was said, “What if what I say about my brother is true?” He said, “If what you say is true then you have backbitten about him, and if it is not true, then you have slandered him.” [Muslim]
It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbas رضي الله عنه said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by two graves and said, “They are being punished, but they are not being punished for anything that was difficult to avoid. One of them used to walk about spreading malicious gossip [nameemah], and the other used not to take precautions to avoid getting urine on himself when he urinated.” Then he called for a green branch, which he split in two and planted a piece on each grave, and said, “May their torment be reduced so long as these do not dry out.” [Al-Bukhaari, Muslim]
*For a person to say of another, “He cannot control his tongue [or he has a loose tongue]” is undoubtedly one of those things that a person would dislike to have said about him. If it is true, then it is gheebah [backbiting], and if it is not true then it is buhtan [slander].*
It was narrated from Abu Hurayrahرضي الله عنه that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Do you know what gheebah [backbiting] is?” They said, “Allah and His Messenger know best.” He said, “Saying something about your brother that he dislikes.” It was said, “What if what I say about my brother is true?” He said, “If what you say is true then you have backbitten about him, and if it is not true, then you have slandered him.” [Muslim]
It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbas رضي الله عنه said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by two graves and said, “They are being punished, but they are not being punished for anything that was difficult to avoid. One of them used to walk about spreading malicious gossip [nameemah], and the other used not to take precautions to avoid getting urine on himself when he urinated.” Then he called for a green branch, which he split in two and planted a piece on each grave, and said, “May their torment be reduced so long as these do not dry out.” [Al-Bukhaari, Muslim]
*For a person to say of another, “He cannot control his tongue [or he has a loose tongue]” is undoubtedly one of those things that a person would dislike to have said about him. If it is true, then it is gheebah [backbiting], and if it is not true then it is buhtan [slander].*
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