āĻDiscussion on 7 important topics about gossip at present
(1) Backbiting of food:
The worst gossip is to gossip about food. A man cooks with difficulty, and all of them come together to slander the cooking.
As the saying goes, the food is not fun, the salt is low, it gives so much salt that it tastes bitter and so on.
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) never blamed food. If he didn't like it, he would keep it on one side. Never say, what food is cooked is not going to be given in the mouth!
(2) Physical backbiting:
It is also backbiting to mention a person's physical defect.
As the saying goes, such a person is very fat, his nose is stuffy, his eyes are very small, he does not see with his eyes, he has no hair on his head, he has a belly in his stomach, he is very short and so on.
So if you have such a discussion with another person behind the back of a person about the physical condition of that person, then it will be backbiting.
Once Ayesha (ra) said, O Messenger of Allah! Do you not dislike Saifiya's shortness?
The Prophet (pbuh) said, O Ayesha! If you say something that is mixed with the water of the river, you will react to it. "(Abu Dawood)
(3) Backbiting of the wearer:
In other words, it is difficult to look at the clothes of such and such a person, what kind of clothes he is wearing.
"Once Ayesha (ra) said, the body of such and such a woman is very long. The Prophet (saw) said to Shu'n, 'O Ayesha! It is your duty to spit.' "
(At-Targhib wat-Tarhib)
(4) Backbiting of habits or conduct:
Criticize a person's behavior. For example, he hurts people, speaks badly, is rude, greedy, lazy, sleeps till 10 in the morning, and so on.
Once Salman Farsi (ra :) ate and fell asleep. The following verses are revealed when two people discuss their eating and sleeping patterns,
"Don't gossip about each other."
(Surat al-Hujurat: 11)
(According to Ibn Jurayh in Durrul Mansur)
(5) Descendant backbiting:
To call someone insignificant, to say that the lineage of such and such is inferior, the former men of such and such were coolie laborers or thieves, robbers, etc. There is no lineage of such and such.
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, "No one has superiority over another except deen and good deeds."
(Abdur Rahman Ash-Sharani)
(6) The backbiting of worship:
To discuss the error of worship with deviation. For example, it is not possible for someone to pray properly, it is not permissible to pray in Makrooh, he does not fast in Ramadan, he has grown up so much but he has not prayed yet, he does not know how to recite the Qur'an in such a big way, and so on.
Sheikh Saadi (Rah :) criticized some people while they were sleeping in the words of Tahajjud and said, "If these people had read Tahajjud, they would not have liked it. Then the sin of backbiting them would not be on your neck. "
(Ihya Uloomid-Din)
(7) Cain's backbiting:
Even if you don't say it yourself, listening to Cairo's backbiting and not interrupting it while listening is the backbiting of Cain There are two types of backbiting -
(1) Speaking orally
(2) Kaane Shoine
Gossip and listening are equal sins.
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: He who hears backbiting is also one of the backbiters. (Tabarani)
May Allah protect us from this backbiting practice.
Amen
