What are hadiths about backbiting and slandering? Examples of hadiths about backbiting and slandering…
According to Abu Hurayra (ra), “Allah’s Messenger (saw) asked, ‘Do you know what backbiting is?” The Companions (ra) said, ‘Allah and His Messenger know best.’ Thereupon the Holy Prophet (saw) said, ‘Backbiting refers to your talking about your brother in a manner which he does not like.’ Then he was asked, ‘What is your opinion about this that if I actually find (that failing) in my brother which I mentioned?’ He said, ‘If (that failing) is actually found (in him) of what you assert, you have in fact backbitten him, and if that is not in him it is a slander.’” (Muslim, al-Birr, 70)
According to Abu Barza al-Aslami (ra), Allah’s Messenger (saw) said, “O community of people, who believe by their tongue, but belief did not enter their hearts, do not backbite Muslims, and do not search for their faults, for if anyone searches for their faults, Allah will search for his fault, and if Allah searches for the fault of anyone, He disgraces him in his house (by revealing what he did secretly).” (Abu Daʾud, al-Adab, 35)
According to Abu Hurayra (ra), the Prophet (saw) said, “It is enough sin for a man to relate everything he hears.” (Abu Daʾud, al-Adab, 80)
According to al-Mughira b. Shuʿba (ra), Allah’s Messenger (saw) said, “Verily Allah, the Glorious and Majestic, has forbidden for you: Disobedience to mothers, and burying alive daughters, withholding the right of others in spite of having the power to return that to them and demanding that (which is not one’s legitimate right). And He disapproved three things for you; irrelevant talk, persistent questioning and wasting wealth.” (Muslim, al-Aqdiyya, 12)
Hudhayfa (ra) heard the Prophet (saw) saying, “A qattāt (slanderer) will not enter Paradise.” (al-Bukhari, al-Adab, 50; M290 Muslim, al-Iman, 168)
Source: Presidency Of Religious Affairs The Turkey, Islam Through Hadiths
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