In a Hadith found in Sahih Muslim, number 6593, the Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, explained the meaning of backbiting and slander.
Backbiting is when one criticizes someone behind their back in a way which would be displeasing to them even though it is the truth. Whereas, slander is similar to backbiting except that the statement is not true. These sins mainly involve speech but can include other things, such as using hand signals. It is a major sin and has been compared to eating the flesh of a dead corpse in the Holy Quran. Chapter 49 Al Hujurat, verse 12:
“…And do not spy or backbite each other. Would one of you like to eat the flesh of his brother when dead? You would detest it…”
It is important to understand that this sin is worse than most of the sins which are between a person and Allah, the Exalted. This is because the sins between a person and Allah, the Exalted, will be forgiven by Him if the sinner sincerely repents. But Allah, the Exalted, will not forgive a backbiter until their victim forgives them first. If they do not then on Judgment day the good deeds of the backbiter will be given to their victim as compensation and if needed the sins of the victim will be given to their backbiter until justice is established. This may well cause the backbiter to be hurled into Hell. This has confirmed in a Hadith found in Sahih Muslim, number 6579.
The only times backbiting is lawful is if one is warning and protecting another person of unlawful harm or if a person is resolving a complaint against another with a third party, such as a legal case.
One should avoid backbiting and slandering by firstly gaining knowledge on the evil consequences of these major sins. Secondly, a person should only utter words which they would happily say in front of the person full well knowing they would not take it in an offensive way. Thirdly, a muslim should only utter words about another if they would not mind someone else saying those or similar words about them. Meaning, they should talk about others how they want people to talk about them. Finally, a muslim should concentrate on fixing their own faults and when done sincerely it will prevent them from backbiting and slandering others.
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