What is the solution for dealing with a brother who is concerned with worldly matters and does not care about the affairs of the afterlife, and backbites people, knowing that he prays and fasts?
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Being infatuated with worldly life and following whims are causes of heedlessness and hardness of heart. Backbiting and slandering people are dangerous sins, as Allah Almighty says: "And do not backbite each other. Would one of you like to eat the flesh of his brother when dead? You would detest it. And fear Allah; indeed, Allah is Accepting of repentance and Merciful." Continue to advise your brother gently and kindly, seizing appropriate opportunities, and you can seek help from some brothers and friends.
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