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| LI Senior Member   Status: Offline Posts: 155 Reputation: 2374 Rep Power: 18   Join Date: Apr 2006 Gender:  Way of Life: Muslim |  Beware of Ghibah brothers and sisters! -
10-06-2008
 ,An excellent article on Ghibah (Ghibah meaning BACKBITING), taken from: "Mukhtasar Minhaj al-Qasideen" (being Ibn Qudamah's abridgement of Ibn al-Jawzi's summary of al-Ghazzali's "Ihya' `Ulum al-Deen"). I'll post it in parts so that people are more likely to read it :O. Wassalam. NOTE: This text is copyrighted. Permission is granted to include it on web sites, and to make hard copies for the SOLE PURPOSE of da`wah (propagation) or educational efforts. Due acknowledgement should be given. (c) Suheil Laher "O you who believe! Avoid much suspicion, for some suspicions are a sin. Do not spy on one another, nor backbite one another. Would one of you love to eat the flesh of his dead brother? Nay, you would abhor it, [so similarly, avoid backbiting]. And fear Allah. Indeed, Allah is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful." Qur'an, [49:12]Imam Nawawi says "It is obligatory for every sane adult to guard his tongue against talking, except when it contains a clear benefit. If talking and remaining silent are of equal benefit, it is sunnah to abstain, for permissible talking might lead to something undesirable or forbidden, as in fact is very often the case, and nothing matches safety." On the authority of Abu Hurayrah : "Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should say [something] good, or he should keep silent." [Bukhari, Muslim, Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah]Nawawi says, "This hadith is quite explicit that it is imperative to not talk unless the speech is good, which is that wherein there is some benefit. If a person is in doubt as to whether there will be any benefit, then he should remain silent." On the authority of Sahl ibn Sa`d : "Whoever guarantees for me what is between his two jaws and what is between his two legs, I guarantee Heaven for him." [Bukhari, Muslim]On the authority of `Uqbah ibn `Amir : I said, 'O Messenger of Allah! What is salvation?" He said, "Hold your tongue, let your house contain you, and weep over your sins." [Bukhari, Muslim] Mu`adh ibn Jabal said, "Are we even going to be held accountable for what we say?!" The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, "May your mother be bereaved of you! Is there anything which drags people into the Fire on their faces other than the harvest of their tongues?!" [Tirmidhi (hasan sahih)] On the authority of Abu Bakrah, from the Farewell Pilgrimage: "Indeed, your blood, property and honor are sacred to [one another], like the sanctity of this day of yours in this city of yours." [Bukhari, Muslim]On the authority of Abu Hurayrah : "All of a Muslim is prohibited to another Muslim : his blood, his honor and his property." [Muslim] |
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| LI Senior Member Status: Offline Posts: 155 Reputation: 2374 Rep Power: 18 Join Date: Apr 2006 Gender: Way of Life: Muslim | Re: Beware of Ghibah brothers and sisters! -
10-06-2008
Meaning of ghibah It has been defined precisely by the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) as, "Your mentioning your brother with something about him that he dislikes [being spoken about]." Someone asked, "How about if my brother contains that [characteristic which I am mentioning]?" He replied, "If he possesses that which you mention, then you have [indeed] backbited him. And, if he does not contain that which you say, then you have slandered him." [Muslim in al-Birr, 4/2001, #70; Ahmad in Al-Musnad, 2/230,384] Body. Lineage. Character. Clothing. |
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| LI Senior Member Status: Offline Posts: 155 Reputation: 2374 Rep Power: 18 Join Date: Apr 2006 Gender: Way of Life: Muslim | Re: Beware of Ghibah brothers and sisters! -
10-06-2008
Ghibah in the guise of religiousity "Praise be to Allah who has saved us from such evil." |
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| LI Senior Member Status: Offline Posts: 155 Reputation: 2374 Rep Power: 18 Join Date: Apr 2006 Gender: Way of Life: Muslim | Re: Beware of Ghibah brothers and sisters! -
10-06-2008
Listening to Ghibah Someone who listens to backbiting is a partner to it. He is not absolved of the sin of listening unless he remonstrates verbally, or in his heart if he is afraid. If he is able to start talking about something else, or to change the subject of the conversation, then it is imperative for him to do so. "And, when they hear vain talk, they turn away from it." [Qur'an, 28:55] |
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| LI Senior Member Status: Offline Posts: 155 Reputation: 2374 Rep Power: 18 Join Date: Apr 2006 Gender: Way of Life: Muslim | Re: Beware of Ghibah brothers and sisters! -
10-06-2008
Causes of ghibah
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| LI Senior Member Status: Offline Posts: 155 Reputation: 2374 Rep Power: 18 Join Date: Apr 2006 Gender: Way of Life: Muslim | Re: Beware of Ghibah brothers and sisters! -
10-06-2008
Cure for ghibah Realize that it exposes you to the displeasure of Allah, the Exalted. Remind yourself that your good deeds will go to the person whom you are backbiting, and his sins will be borne by you. Ponder over your own faults, and occupy yourself with correcting them. Feel ashamed to discuss the faults of others when you yourself have so many faults. If you are rally free from fault, then occupy yourself with thanking Allah for His favor. Just as you would dislike someone else backbiting you, out yourself in the place of the one whom you are inclined to backbite. "Indeed, truthfulness leads to righteousness, and righteousness leads to Heaven. And, a man [continues to] tell the truth, until he is recorded before Allah as a truthful one. And, indeed, lying leads to evil, and evil leads to Hell. And, a man [continues to] lie until he is recorded before Allah as a liar. [Bukhari, Muslim] |
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| LI Senior Member Status: Offline Posts: 155 Reputation: 2374 Rep Power: 18 Join Date: Apr 2006 Gender: Way of Life: Muslim | Re: Beware of Ghibah brothers and sisters! -
10-06-2008
Ghibah of the heart To think the worst of Muslims. You may not think badly of a Muslim unless you have definite knowledge of his having done something evil, and there is no possible excuse or justification for him. You should try to make 70 excuses for your brother, and if you cannot find an excuse for him, look for some flaw in your perception. If someone informs you of something bad about someone else, it is obligatory upon you to investigate the matter. Is there some enmity between the informer and the one he is telling you about? You are obliged to think the best of your Muslim brother/sister. Thwart Satan by making du`a for the person. Do not spy on your brother, under the pretext of trying to find out the truth. If it does turn out that he has done something wrong, then advise him in secret. |
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10-06-2008
bootifull thread!
__________________you might say im tellin the truth, play it all smooth, you might count it as a slip, but its stil gona make u trip! you might say your jus chattin but really ur backbitin  http://www.islamicboard.com/fiqh/207...backbitin.html  Jaa-Ro-Nee-Mo!!!"they ask you when will the help of Allah (swt) come! Certainly Allah (Swt) help is always near" Surah al Baqarah v214 SMILE |
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| butterflyyy  Status: Offline Posts: 829 Reputation: 1893 Rep Power: 20 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: PaKiStAn Gender:  Way of Life: Muslim | Re: Beware of Ghibah brothers and sisters! -
10-06-2008
JazakAllah 4 sharing
__________________ " O Allah when I lose Hope Because my plans hav come to nothing help me to remember that your love is always better than my disappointment and your plans are always better than my Dreams!!" Ameen ^^^***PERIWINKLE***^^^ |
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| LI Senior Member Status: Offline Posts: 155 Reputation: 2374 Rep Power: 18 Join Date: Apr 2006 Gender: Way of Life: Muslim | Re: Beware of Ghibah brothers and sisters! -
10-06-2008
Cases in which ghibah is permissible
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| LI Senior Member Status: Offline Posts: 155 Reputation: 2374 Rep Power: 18 Join Date: Apr 2006 Gender: Way of Life: Muslim | Re: Beware of Ghibah brothers and sisters! -
10-06-2008
Expiation for ghibah The backbiter has committed two infringements; one upon the limits of Allah, and this must be expiated by repentance and regret. The second is on the rights of his brothers/sisters. If news of the backbiting has reached the person, the backbiter must apologize to him/her, and express regret at having said it. "Whoever has wronged his brother, in the way of property or honor, let him go to him and repair it, before it is taken [from him on a day] when he has no dirhams or dinars, such thatif he has any good deeds, some of the good deeds will be taken and given to [the wronged one], otherwise [if he has no good deeds], some of the other's evil deeds will be taken and cast upon him." [Bukhari, Al-Mazalim, 5/121, #2449. Ahmad, Al-Musnad, 2/435]If the person has not learned that he has been backbited, then the backbiter need not tell him, but he should ask Allah to forgive him. "The expiation with regard to one who has been backbited is that forgiveness be asked for him." [Suyuti, Al-Jami` As-Saghir, 2/390, #6259] |
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10-06-2008
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contribution and for trying to hijack my thread with your own . Quote:
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| Dead nd Gone  Status: Offline Posts: 4,948 Reputation: 17906 Rep Power: 33 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: same as tupac........beneath u. under the dirt. lost inside the earth. left the spark 4 u, nd left Way of Life: Muslim | Re: Beware of Ghibah brothers and sisters! -
10-06-2008
lol i thouht u ment Ghaba'...hm..
__________________jazakallah khair, interesting thread  |
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10-06-2008
As Salaam Alaykum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu
__________________Such benefical and important thread to read! Jazaak'Allah Khair akhi. May Allah Taala rewards on you.   |
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| LI Senior Member Status: Offline Posts: 155 Reputation: 2374 Rep Power: 18 Join Date: Apr 2006 Gender: Way of Life: Muslim | Re: Beware of Ghibah brothers and sisters! -
10-06-2008
On Backbiting non-Muslims In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Who sent His messenger with the Guidance and the religion of truth, in order that He might make it prevail over all religions, though the pagans may be averse. Blessings and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah, who was sent to perfect the noble traits of character. To proceed : May Allah guide you to felicity! You have asked about the permissibility of a Muslim’s backbiting a non-Muslim. A possible source of confusion here is that the Qur’anic verse prohibiting backbiting is addressed to the believers, and says, in translation, ‘O you who believe! Avoid much suspicion; indeed, some suspicions are a sin. And do not spy, nor backbite one another.’ [Qur’an, 49:12]Hence, one may mistakenly conclude that backbiting non-Muslims is permissible. However, one should beware of relying on first impressions, and especially in matters related to the Sacred Law, one should refrain from pronouncing one’s own, unlearned opinion on a matter based on one’s own impressions. The Qur’anic and hadith texts prohibiting speaking without knowledge, and censuring those who pronounce verdicts (fatwa) rashly, are numerous, and we will not mention them here. The verdict here requires consideration of the evidence and texts in their totality, for only such can yield a full picture of the situation. Firstly, the fact that the address is made to the Muslims, rather than to mankind in general, is understandable when one takes into consideration that the unbelievers, although also subject to all of Allah’s commands, and technically obligated to follow them, (as evidenced by the clear texts of the Qur’an, and backed by the consensus of Muslim scholars) are first and foremost called upon to believe. This is because rectitude of doctrine is a prerequisite for the acceptability of a good deed, and without belief in Allah and all His Messengers, deeds are rendered worthless, like floating dust or scattered ashes, not earning their doer any reward in the Hereafter. It is only by accepting the message of Allah, and all his Prophets, that one can ‘validate’ one’s good deeds so as to earn reward for them in the Hereafter. This includes those who followed the message of a previous Prophet, and they shall receive a double reward upon embracing the Final Message. `Those to whom We gave the book before it, they believe in it. And, when it is recited to them, they say, ‘We believe in it. Indeed, it is the truth from our Lord. Indeed, we were, [even] before it, Muslims’. They will be given their reward twofold, because they persevered.’ [Qur’an, 28:52-54] Furthermore, there are some orders and prohibitions (or all, according to the epistemology of the Ash`aris) whose goodness or baseness can be known only through scriptural communication, such that an unbeliever would not be likely to obey them without first embracing faith. That the address is made to the believers does not rule out its applicability to unbelievers; i.e. the command, `Do not backbite one another,’ does not, logically, imply a permission to backbite others. For example, Allah says, (translated), ‘O you who believe! Devour not your wealth amongst yourselves by falsehood, except if it be by trade, by mutual consent amongst yourselves.’ [Qur’an, 4:29]This verse does not give permission to consume the wealth of the Dhimmis (non-Muslim subjects of the Islamic state). It is reported that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, ‘Does any of you, while reclining on his couch, imagine that Allah has prohibited only that which is to be found in this Qur'an? By Allah, I have preached, commanded and prohibited various matters as numerous as that which is found in the Qur'an, or more numerous. Allah has not permitted you to enter the houses of the people of the Book without permission, nor to beat their women, nor to eat their fruits when they give you that [tax] which is imposed on them.’ [N |
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