This way, you will become a tale-teller and backbiter, and what you stopped the other person from; you will end up doing it yourself.

(Ihya-ul-‘Uloom, vol. 3, pp. 473)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب           صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic brothers! Let us listen to further 9 ways of getting rid of tale-telling:

Further 9 ways of refraining from tale-telling

1. In order to refrain from tale-telling, keep in view the torments that tale-tellers will be subjected to. Hold yourself accountable thinking that if we step on a lit cigarette or matchstick, if a heated pot, iron or boiling water drops on our body, then we scream [out of pain]. What will happen to me if I end up facing the torment of grave due to tale-telling? How would my delicate body bear this torment? Etc.

2. Keep reading and listening to the blessed Ayahs and Ahadees that condemn tale-telling over and over again.

3. Tale-telling is normally performed by the tongue. Therefore, safeguard your tongue and develop a habit of observing silence most of the times except permissible talk.

4. Company of evil friends persuades one to tell-tale. Therefore, stay away from their company and always adopt the company of devotees of Rasool.

5. Whenever Shaytan entices you to tell-tale, then develop a mindset that when I do not like the fact about myself that someone backbites me, speaks ill of me to somebody else, reveals my secret, engages in tale-telling against me, then I should have the same mindset towards Muslims as well. If I backbite or engage in tale-telling somebody today or talk ill about people to others, then I will also be treated in a similar manner. Therefore, wellbeing lies in the fact that a person looks at his