The Prohibition of Listening to Gossip

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when i read this made me scared walaahi, wondered how many sins I commit listening goasp. I thought i might share it with ya so u could penefit from it as well.size 3 "blue">

 

Allah (SWT) said: "… Every act of hearing, or of seeing, or of (feeling in) the heart will be enquired into (on the Day of Reckoning)." (al-Isra' 17:36)

 

He also said: "… If Satan ever makes you forget, then after recollection, do not sit in the company of those who do wrong." (al-An'am 6:68) "And when they hear vain talk, they turn away there from…" (al-Qasas 28:55)

 

From Ka'b ibn Malik, in the long Hadith concerning his repentance; he said: The Prophet (SAWS) said, when he was sitting among the people at Tabuk: "What happened to Ka'b ibn Malik?" A man from Banu Salamah said: "O Messenger of Allah, the beauty of his cloak and the appreciation of his sides (have detained him)!" Mu'adh ibn Jabal said: "Woe be upon that which you have said. By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, we know nothing about him but good." The Messenger of Allah (SAWS) kept quiet.

 

What do we learn from these texts?

 

1. That listening and paying attention to gossip is something for which the individual will have to answer to Allah (SWT).

 

2. That it is prohibited to sit with people who are gossiping and backbiting.

 

3. That refusing to listen to Ghibah (backbiting) and bad speech is one of the qualities of the believer.

 

4. The Hadith which related the story of Ka'b (RA) goes beyond the rejection of Ghibah: the Muslim's honour should be defended by criticizing what the gossip says, and by saying something good about the person which is true. Thus Mu'adh (RA) said to the gossip: "Woe be upon that which you have said. By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, we know nothing about him but good."

 

The Prophet (SAWS) said: "Whoever defends the honour of his brother, Allah will protect his face from the Fire on the Day of Resurrection." He also said: "Whoever defends his brother in his absence, Allah will defend him in this world and the next."

 

These are matters which are well-understood; there is no excuse for any nonsense talk or backbiting. But anyone looking at the people nowadays will see them behaving in the opposite manner. You will see them:

 

1. Paying attention to the gossip who criticizes a fellow-Muslim;

2. Listening to it with enjoyment, hoping to hear more bad news about the person;

3. Adding some news or description of their own, mentioning about their brother something which he dislikes, and thus co-operating with Shaytan (Satan);

4. Agreeing with the gossip and supporting him in his criticism of the Muslim who is absent.

 

"Do they not think that they will be called to account - on a Mighty Day, a Day when (all) mankind will stand before the Lord of the Worlds?" (al-Mutaffifin 83:4-6)?

 

Allah (SWT) described them in the best way when He said: "The same is it to them whether you admonish them or you do not admonish them: they will not believe." (Ya-Sin 36:10)

 

One of the verses of poetry on the prohibition of listening to gossip says:

 

Protect your ears from listening to evil talk,

as you would protect your tongue from speaking it.

For when you listen to evil talk,

You are an accomplice of the one who is speaking so

beware!"

 

[From: Gossip and its Adverse Effects on the Muslim Community By: Husayn Al-Awayishah]

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asalmu calykum

 

masha'allah sis, thanx for that it was very informative. jazakallah khayran

 

wasalaam.