Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Backbiting

Backbiting-الغيبة

1. The one who listens to gossip is one of the two backbiters.

1ـ اَلسّامِعُ لِلْغِيْبَةِ أحَدُ المُغتابَيْنِ.

2. Beware of backbiting, for indeed it makes you hated by Allah and the people, and renders you rewards void.

2ـ إيّاكَ والغيبَةَ، فَإنَّها تُمَقِّتُكَ إلَى اللّهِ والنّاسِ،

3. The wicked of [all] people is the backbiter.

3ـ اَلأمُ النّاسِ اَلمُغْتابُ.

4. The most hated of creatures in the sight of Allah is the backbiter.

4ـ أبْغَضُ الخَلائِقِ إلَى اللّهِ المُغْتابُ.

5. Verily the mentioning of slander is the worst falsehood.

5ـ إنَّ ذِكْرَ الغيبَةِ شَرُّ الإفْكِ.

6. Slander is the worst falsehood.

6ـ اَلغيبَةُ شَرُّ الإفْكِ.

7. Backbiting is the sign of a hypocrite.

7ـ اَلغيبَةُ آيَةُ المُنافِقِ.

8. Backbiting is the effort of the feeble.

8ـ اَلغيبَةُ جُهْدُ العاجِزِ.

9. Backbiting is the food of the dogs of hell.

9ـ اَلغيبَةُ قُوتُ كِلابِ النّارِ.

10. The one who listens to gossip is just like the backbiter.

10ـ اَلسّامِعُ لِلْغيبَةِ كَالمُغْتابِ.

11. One who listens to gossip is one of the two backbiters.

11ـ سامِعُ الغيبَةِ أحَدُ المُغْتابيَـْنِ.

12. One who listens to gossip is the partner of the backbiter.

12ـ سامِعُ الغيبَةِ شَريكُ المُغْتابِ.

13. One who is fond of backbiting about others is reviled.

13ـ مَنْ أُولِعَ بِالغيبَةِ شُتِمَ.

14. The one who listens to gossip is like its narrator.

14ـ مُسْتَمِعُ الغيبَةِ كَقائِلِها.

15. Do not accustom yourself to backbiting, for indeed being accustomed to it is a great sin.

15ـ لاتُعَوِّدْ نَفْسَكَ الغيبَةَ، فَإنَّ مُعْتادَها عَظيمُ الجُرْمِ.

16. Even a little slander is calumny.

16ـ يَسيرُ الغيبَةِ إفْكٌ.

17. Servant of Allah, do not make haste in [exposing] the fault of a servant, for he may have been forgiven for it, and do not count yourself safe from [your] small sins as you might be punished for them.

17ـ يا عَبْدَاللّهِ لاتَعْجَلْ في عَيْبِ عَبْد بِذَنْبِهِ فَلَعَلَّهُ