Rasool Allah SAW said, "Do not do Gheebat (backbiting) against each other. Would any of you like to eat the meat of your dead brother? You find that idea very repulsive."
A Sahabi (companion of the Holy Prophet SAW) once asked Rasool Allah SAW, "Ya Rasool Allah! What is Gheebat?" Rasool Allah SAW replied, "Talking about your brother behind his back in a way that he would dislike." (Meaning if he would get upset and hurt if he heard that these things were said about him behind his back, then this constitutes Gheebat) The Sahabi asked, "Ya Rasool Allah! What if what I am saying about him is actually true?" Rasool Allah SAW said, "It is only Gheebat if what you are saying about him is true. If what you are saying is incorrect then it is not Gheebat, it is Buhtaan (slander), and is an even greater sin."
Adapted from the talk "Gheebat- A great Sin" by Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani DB
A Sahabi (companion of the Holy Prophet SAW) once asked Rasool Allah SAW, "Ya Rasool Allah! What is Gheebat?" Rasool Allah SAW replied, "Talking about your brother behind his back in a way that he would dislike." (Meaning if he would get upset and hurt if he heard that these things were said about him behind his back, then this constitutes Gheebat) The Sahabi asked, "Ya Rasool Allah! What if what I am saying about him is actually true?" Rasool Allah SAW said, "It is only Gheebat if what you are saying about him is true. If what you are saying is incorrect then it is not Gheebat, it is Buhtaan (slander), and is an even greater sin."
Adapted from the talk "Gheebat- A great Sin" by Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani DB
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