Moulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi RA narrated that once Hazrat Abdullah Ibne Omar RAA was sitting in a gathering. Someone started doing Gheebat (backbiting) against Hajjaj Bin Yousuf. Hazrat Abdullah Ibne Omar RAR stopped him and said, "Look! What you are saying against Hajjaj Bin Yousuf constitutes Gheebat. And don't think that because his hands are bloodied with blood of hundreds of Muslims so Allah SWT has declared his Gheebat Halal. Allah SWT has not declared anyone's Gheebat Halal. Just like Allah SWT will hold Hajjaj Bin Yousuf accountable for the lives of the hundreds he killed, similarly He will hold you accountable for for the Gheebat you are doing behind his back."
Adapted from the talk "Gheebat - A great sin", by Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani DB
Hazrat Thanvi RA said that somebody once asked a Buzurg (holy person), "Is it allowed to do Yazeed's (killer of Hazrat Hussain RA) Gheebat?" The Buzurg said, "It is allowed for the person who has absolute certainty that he will die a better Muslim than Yazeed." What he meant was that what happens to a person on the Day of Judgment would depend on the state of their Iman (faith) at the time of their death. There have been many pious people who changed to non- believers before their death. Similarly, there have been many people who started their lives as criminals and sinners but died as saints. So we must never think of ourselves as better than any sinner or even a non-believer because no one knows for certain what the state of their Iman is going to be like at the time of their death.
Adapted from the talk "Gheebat - A great sin", by Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani DB
Hazrat Thanvi RA said that somebody once asked a Buzurg (holy person), "Is it allowed to do Yazeed's (killer of Hazrat Hussain RA) Gheebat?" The Buzurg said, "It is allowed for the person who has absolute certainty that he will die a better Muslim than Yazeed." What he meant was that what happens to a person on the Day of Judgment would depend on the state of their Iman (faith) at the time of their death. There have been many pious people who changed to non- believers before their death. Similarly, there have been many people who started their lives as criminals and sinners but died as saints. So we must never think of ourselves as better than any sinner or even a non-believer because no one knows for certain what the state of their Iman is going to be like at the time of their death.
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