Speech and Backbiting
338 questions
Is mothers' complaining about their children, such as "My son is bothering us; he doesn't like such-and-such food," considered backbiting (gheebah)? And is it permissible to sit with them if their conversation does not go beyond complaining about their children? And is a grandmother's statement about her granddaughter, "This one is mischievous and doesn't sit still," considered backbiting, especially if she says it playfully and the child does not comprehend what is being said about her?
Would the wife be sinful if she did not warn the other wife about her husband who is negligent in prayer and consumes forbidden things?
How can one advise family members to stop backbiting (gheebah) and tale-telling (nameemah) in their gatherings without causing a greater evil?
What is the ruling on the fast of one who committed backbiting during the daytime in Ramadan?
Is backbiting without mentioning the name considered among the forbidden acts, and is backbiting about someone with something that neither benefits nor harms him considered among the forbidden backbiting?
What is your interpretation of the actions of my sister's husband and my brother's wife at the resort, and what should I do about my problems with my husband and my brother's wife, and is what I told my friend considered backbiting (gheebah)?
What is the difference between backbiting (namimah) and gossiping (gheebah), and what are examples of each?
How can one deal with a father whose excessive talk causes continuous problems with neighbors and colleagues, leading to the exposure of people and the spread of backbiting and slander, which harms the family and negatively affects its social relations?
Was Juha a retainer and his mother a servant to Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him)? And are the tales and jokes attributed to him unfitting for his status? And what is the authenticity of the statements narrated from the Salaf and scholars regarding this?
What is the punishment for Fitna?
What is the ruling on a husband who does not wish to socialize with people or visit them unless they are trustworthy and committed in his view?
What is the ruling on sitting in a gathering where backbiting (gheebah) and slander (nameemah) are practiced, and what is the duty to be fulfilled in such a situation? Is it considered backbiting to allude to negative characteristics about a person, even if these characteristics are not explicitly mentioned?
What is the ruling on reading evaluations of doctors on university websites, which may contain words considered backbiting, and is the reader sinful for doing so, and what is the expiation for reading them if one is sinful?
What should I do with my mother and sisters who imitate people and their movements and voices for fun, and rush to judge religious matters without knowledge?
What is the solution for dealing with the children of a divorced husband who lack commitment, discipline, and cleanliness, and who do not respect their father, causing problems for the wife in her home and her organized life?
What is the ruling on dealing with one's husband's mother with complete formality, limiting contact to Eid and speaking only when asked, in order to avoid problems with her, knowing that attempts at advice and reconciliation have failed due to her characteristics of lying, slandering, backbiting, and hypocrisy?
Is it permissible to inform the husband's family of what their other daughter-in-law says about them, and does sin befall the doer or the listener who does not denounce it?
Are all the Companions of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forgiven and destined for Paradise, taking into account the hadith: “The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, passed by two graves and said: ‘Indeed, they are being tormented, and they are not being tormented for a major sin.’ Then he said: ‘Rather, as for one of them, he used to walk among people spreading malicious gossip, and as for the other, he was not careful to purify himself from urine’”?
Why did the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, combine avoiding urine and gossip in the Hadith about the torment of the grave?
Is it permissible to collectively recite the Quran and some Prophetic eulogies at a banquet to divert attendees from idle talk and gossip?
Is it permissible to describe a human being as "more astray than a beast"? And how do we differentiate between what is permissible and what is impermissible in terms of reviling?
Is it obligatory to inform the girl of what this young man did, or is it better not to interfere, knowing that there is no relationship between the questioner and the girl, but there is a friendship or acquaintance between the questioner and the young man?
Is the work of a committed young woman who frequently experiences inattentiveness and worldly thoughts while pondering the Qur’an and engaging in dhikr accepted, and what should she do to avoid falling into idle talk and backbiting?
How can I overcome my remorse after preventing my sister from marrying a man who proposed to her, which led to her missing this opportunity?