Speech and Backbiting
338 questions
Is the severance of ties with female cousins due to their backbiting considered a cutting off of kinship, which prevents entry into Paradise and incurs God's wrath?
Is talking about immodest women after they have left the place where they were present considered backbiting, and does this fall under the saying: "Whoever slanders will be afflicted"?
What are the forms of forbidden backbiting (Gheebah)? Does it include describing a building where someone works as old and not beautiful, or indirectly blaming someone for a problem that occurred, or mentioning a problem without details, or describing someone as obese when asked about them in comparison to another? What is the ruling on indirectly disapproving of heard backbiting?
Is it permissible to record and publish a video to expose the injustice of university professors, mentioning the names of the unjust professors or their actions that might reveal them, for the purpose of reform and drawing attention to the corruption of the university?
What is the ruling on doing these actions to passersby on the street for the sake of mockery and laughter, and what is the right of the passersby upon the doer?
Are you considered to have backbitten your brother when you described to your mother his method of advising his parents as "harsh," knowing that your mother knew you were referring to your brother?
Is a person's statement about his friend, "He practices masturbation," considered an accusation of unchastity against a chaste person?
What is the legitimate Islamic solution for dealing with a wife who insults and slanders her husband's mother, and presents a different image from the one he knew her by, keeping in mind that he does not wish for the destruction of homes or the instigation of problems?
To what extent does a wife have the right to intervene in her husband’s spending on his family, especially if these expenses fall within the scope of luxuries or extravagance? And is her discussion of previous annoyances from her husband’s family considered backbiting (gheebah)?
Does shaving the beard during the day in Ramadan invalidate the fast?
Is it permissible to sever ties with relatives, not visit them, and avoid speaking with them to avoid the sins they commit, such as being lenient in private intermingling [between sexes], backbiting, or speaking in a way that incites lusts, or because some of them do not pray or disbelieve in God?
Is a girl entitled to refuse marriage to a man of good character and religious commitment because his family backbites people and engages in gossip?
Does telling relatives and friends about a cousin's attempts to attract her fiancé's attention, which led to the annulment of the engagement, constitute backbiting (gheebah) and harm to her, and how can one repent from that?
What is the ruling on preventing one's parents from visiting friends, and is my informing them of this considered backbiting or lying, and should I evade answering? And what should the maternal aunt do if her husband prevents her from visiting his sisters, and would informing her of this cause discord and hatred?
Does likening a person to a certain nationality, such as Sudanese due to skin color, for the purpose of joking without insult, fall under backbiting (gheebah), mockery, or ridicule?
What is the ruling on verbally abusing someone loudly at home without anyone hearing, and is it recorded as a sin, based on the Hadith: "Indeed, Allah has pardoned for my Ummah whatever they speak to themselves about, as long as they do not act upon it or speak of it"?
Is what the sister did by mentioning the actions of her brother's wife unnecessarily, or what the second sister did by informing the brother's wife of what her sister said about her, considered backbiting (gheebah) or slander (nameemah)?
What are backbiting (gheebah) and slander (nameemah), and is mentioning details of one's life to others considered one of them?
Is the speech of a driver about another driver whom he sees considered backbiting about an unknown person, or backbiting about a known person? And if a person speaks about an official who is unknown to me, is that considered backbiting about an unknown person, and is there no sin in it? And if one should avoid any of these situations, is it unlawful (haram) or merely disliked (makruh)?
Does insulting others invalidate one's ablution (Wudu')?
Is the inquirer considered sinful for publishing details about his ex-fiancée, her flaws, and her family's flaws on a public Facebook group for the purpose of seeking a fatwa, and what is the expiation for this mistake, if any?
Must I tell my husband about all my conversations with my family and others, especially if he claims that my mother's words could lead to the ruin of the home, or else disputes will arise between us?
Could the recurring mosque fires be due to wrongdoings and violations of Sharia taking place inside it, such as backbiting and gossip, begging, not completing the prayer rows, the Imam neglecting some of his duties, and the cessation of knowledge circles?
Is transmitting slanderous speech against a woman with the intention of informing her about it considered forbidden backbiting, knowing that this speech caused a problem and that the unfortunate person is believed to be the source of the rumor?