Book Name:Musalman Ki Izzat Kijiye
As related in Ṣaḥīḥ al Bukhārī, the final Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, “Whoever concealed a Muslim’s shortcomings, Allah will conceal their shortcomings on the Day of Judgement.”[1]
The Companion ꜤAbdullāh bin ꜤAbbās رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا states, “When you intend to mention the flaws of your friend, then (at that time) recall your own.”[2]
May Allah save us from searching for faults in others! May He grant us the ability to identify our own faults and rectify them!
اٰمِیْن بِجَاہِ خاتَمِ النَّبِیّیْن صلَّی اللہُ عَلَیْہ ِوَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ
The sixth principle of living together is to not backbite any Muslim. In this regard, Allah declared:
وَ لَا یَغۡتَبۡ بَّعۡضُکُمۡ بَعۡضًا ؕ
And do not backbite one another. [3]
Backbiting is to mention something about a person whilst they are not there, which if they were to hear or come to know about, they would not like.[4]
For example, someone leaves a gathering. It is backbiting to then say, “He finally left. Good riddance!”, “He’s quite the sly person”, or “He laughs at everything.”
Let’s suppose another person doesn’t do any mustaḥabb or nafl actions. It is backbiting to say: