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📖 Quranic Context
The theme of guarding the tongue is central to Islamic ethics, promoting social cohesion and mutual respect.
References: Key verses include 49:12, which graphically compares backbiting to eating the flesh of one's dead brother, and 104:1, which warns every slanderer and mocker.
💭 Theological Perspective
Speaking ill of others is presented as a destructive trait that stems from negative qualities like jealousy and arrogance.
Guarding the tongue is a crucial aspect of self-purification (Tazkiyah) and a sign of strong faith (Iman).
The prohibition serves to protect the honor and dignity of individuals, which are considered sacred in Islam.
📜 Hadith Perspective
The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) strongly condemned backbiting and slander, defining them and warning of their severe punishment in the Hereafter.
- Defining Gheebah (backbiting) as saying something about a brother that he dislikes, even if it is true.
- Warning that a backbiter's good deeds may be transferred to the victim on the Day of Judgment.
- Likening the punishment for backbiting to scratching one's face and chest with copper nails in the afterlife.
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Behaviorالسلوك
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