You Know What She Said!...
Rasul Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wasallam) said: “He who stirs enmity
among people, by quoting their words to each other, will not enter
Paradise.” [Bukhari]
Unfortunately, this is a common social evil these days. Rather than
mend relations among people, Shaytaan has us excited about carrying
tales to each other. “You won’t believe what he did!...Can you imagine
what she said?...”
Refuse to listen to what other people have said or done. It is
backbiting, just to hear it. If what you are being told about20is not
true, it is an even bigger sin, both for the person telling it and the
person listening to it. If you tell yourself not to believe everything
you hear, your heart will nevertheless be tainted by it. That is why
the Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) told his companions not to
say things about each other to him, since he didn't want to meet them
with disquiet in his heart. If Rasul Allah's feelings for people had
the possibility of getting soured by hearing tales about them, despite
his being rehmat-ul-lil-alameen, then we are certainly not above being
corrupted by listening to tales.
The people who carry tales from one person to another, do it in the
guise of well wishers. First they sympathize with one party. Then they
take what they have gleaned to other people and sow discord, ruining
relations between people, by repeating things. A person who behaves in
such a manner is being two faced. Rasul Allah (sal Allahu alaihi
wasallam) said: “You find that among the worst people is someone who
is two-faced, showing one face to some and another face to others.”
[Bukhari]
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