looking after her. But she passed away in the same very illness. That person arranged for the funeral and burial of his sister. When he returned after the burial, he recalled that he forgot his money pouch inside the grave. He sought help from one of his friends. Both of them went, dug the grave and took the money pouch out of the grave. So, he said to his friend: ‘Move aside a bit. Let me see what state is my sister in?’ When he peeped inside the grave, he saw that fire was blazing in there. He quietly returned from there and asked his mother: ‘Did my sister possess any bad habit?’ The mother replied: ‘Your sister had the habit of secretly listening to the conversations of neighbours and used to engage in tale-telling.’ (اَلْاَمَان وَالْحَفِیْظ)

(Mukashafa-tul-Quloob, pp. 17)

The aforementioned account holds admonitory Madani pearls for those who are indulged in the curse of tale-telling. Therefore, those who are indulged in tale-telling should develop the fear of Allah Almighty in their hearts. They shall be frightened of the torment of the grave. They shall remember their death and the dark and narrow grave. They shall try their utmost to keep their tongue under control and learn to respect the Muslims. اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ, our righteous predecessors spent their entire lives to take Muslims out of the pits of evils and also wrote books for this purpose so that evils can get extinct from the society and peace can prevail all around. The reason because tale-telling is a grave evil, that’s why they have blessed us with Madani pearls to follow for the removal of this evil. As a persuasion, let us listen to few methods regarding abandoning tale-telling and reforming the tale-tellers.

Six methods to get rid of tale-telling and reforming tale-tellers

Hujjat-ul-Islam, Imam Muhammad Bin Muhammad Ghazali رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has stated: The one to whom someone tell-tales or he is told that someone said so and so about you, or he has done this against you, or he is conspiring to make your matters worse, or is looking forward to having friendship with your enemy, or is trying to make your circumstances worse, or such kind of other things are said, then that person falls under six things: