Home got destroyed due to tale-telling

On page 71 of a booklet ‘Curse of Sins’, published by Maktaba tul Madinah, the publishing department of Dawat-e-Islami it is stated: Once a person sold his slave to someone and said to him: This slave has no fault, except one, that is, he is a tale-teller. Considering the fault (minor) the buyer bought him and the slave started looking after him. One day the same slave went to the wife of his master and said: O ma’am! I am sorry to say that your husband does not love you; now he intends to buy a slave girl so that he can have a very good time with her and leave you completely. If you want, I can tell you a way by which he may turn towards you and may start loving you. The wife asked: What is the way? The slave said: Tonight when your husband falls asleep, get a razor and cut some hairs of his beard from the throat side and then keep the hair yourself, I will then tell you the method. After this the slave went to his master and started saying: Your highness! Today I have seen ma’am with a stranger having a close personal relationship with him and she wants to murder you. If you want to get a proof of what I am saying, pretend that you are sleeping tonight with your eyes closed. Whatever the slave told aroused suspicion [in his heart] and that night he did the same. His wife thought that he was sleeping. With a razor in her hand she went near him to cut the hair of the beard. Her husband became sure that his wife wanted to kill him. He immediately stood up, snatched the razor and killed her. When the relatives of the woman learnt, they came quickly and killed him. Then the relatives of both fought against each other and almost 100 people were killed. (Ihya-ul-‘Uloom, vol. 3, pp. 195)

حسد، وعدہ خلافی، جُھوٹ،چُغلی، غیبت و تُہمت     مجھے اِن سب گناہوں سے ہو نفرت یارسولَ اللہ

Through this parable we came to know that tale-telling is a very bad disease and it leads to the destruction of a peaceful home.