Speech and Backbiting

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Is the origin of the hadiths of cursing prohibition, and that no cursing of a disobedient Muslim was mentioned in either the Qur’an or the Sunnah?
How can one rid oneself of sins related to the rights of others without directly confessing them to the wronged person?
Is one who warns his family and friends against a preacher—after discovering that his narrations are weak or fabricated, and after being affected by them himself, which caused him a setback—sinful for fearing that they experience what happened to him?
Is it considered a sin to turn off one's phone and distance oneself from one's mother for a day or two when feeling distressed by her, or during fasting, to avoid inappropriate speech or conversations that the questioner does not desire, knowing that she does not need him during those periods?
Is it permissible, when seeking the removal of an evil, to mention the details of that evil, even if it leads to backbiting?
Is relaying words genuinely spoken to another person with the intention of advising and warning them considered backbiting (namimah)? And is informing a girl of what her ex-boyfriend said about her, without her knowledge, considered backbiting or discord (fitnah)?
Is it permissible for me to say: "Woe to so-and-so for an evil that has drawn near"?
Is it permissible for the husband to use a recorded phone call, overheard without the speakers' knowledge, to prove the ill intent of his wife and her family?
Is repeatedly saying, "May your form be cursed" considered an injustice on the part of the speaker, given their initial ignorance of its prohibition or that it is a supplication?
Is it permissible to describe someone as "lord of evil" or "lord of wickedness" to express the extent of their malice and evil?
What is the ruling on saying: "This person is everywhere," if the intent is that he spies a lot on people?
What is the punishment for someone who slandered her colleague, tarnished her reputation falsely, accused her honor untruthfully, called her a "street girl," and photographed her without her knowledge? And is it permissible for the wronged person to do to her as she did to her?
Is the reward paid for relaying employees' words about their manager permissible or forbidden (halal or haram)?
Is reading people's negative comments about doctors on the internet considered backbiting (gheebah), which is forbidden?
How can one distinguish speech that is permissible to transmit, and when and how does one repent from the feeling of intending backbiting when unable to apologize?
What is the meaning of "Lan" (curse/damnation), and what is intended by it when it is said: "The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, cursed whoever did such and such"?
Does speaking about someone with words they dislike in their presence, in a language they don't understand, count as backbiting?
Is likening a human to an animal, such as "strong as a lion" or "like a falcon," forbidden, or does it have another meaning?
What is the ruling on insulting for the purpose of jest among friends who are accepting of it?
Is it permissible to describe a man as a "dayyuth" if he allows his wife to work in public institutions or mixed schools where women and men converse together, and his wife goes out displaying her adornments, while he is aware of the presence of this mixing?
Is it obligatory to condemn the backbiter every time he backbites, knowing that most of their speech is backbiting, and does the sin fall upon the silent one or the one who is in doubt as to whether the situation constitutes backbiting or not?
Is a son informing a parent that a sum has been transferred to one of their accounts in a usurious bank considered backbiting (gheebah)? And is it obligatory for the son to object, or would expressing gratitude be considered an act of disobedience (ʿuqooq)?
Is joking that causes psychological and physical harm to the family considered Haram, and what is its expiation if it is?
What is the ruling on a wife accusing her husband of a relationship with another woman without proof, even if she asserts this to her parents?

Speech and Backbiting

Is the origin of the hadiths of cursing prohibition, and that no cursing of a disobedient Muslim was mentioned in either the Qur’an or the Sunnah?

How can one rid oneself of sins related to the rights of others without directly confessing them to the wronged person?

Is one who warns his family and friends against a preacher—after discovering that his narrations are weak or fabricated, and after being affected by them himself, which caused him a setback—sinful for fearing that they experience what happened to him?

Is it considered a sin to turn off one's phone and distance oneself from one's mother for a day or two when feeling distressed by her, or during fasting, to avoid inappropriate speech or conversations that the questioner does not desire, knowing that she does not need him during those periods?

Is it permissible, when seeking the removal of an evil, to mention the details of that evil, even if it leads to backbiting?

Is relaying words genuinely spoken to another person with the intention of advising and warning them considered backbiting (namimah)? And is informing a girl of what her ex-boyfriend said about her, without her knowledge, considered backbiting or discord (fitnah)?

Is it permissible for me to say: "Woe to so-and-so for an evil that has drawn near"?

Is it permissible for the husband to use a recorded phone call, overheard without the speakers' knowledge, to prove the ill intent of his wife and her family?

Is repeatedly saying, "May your form be cursed" considered an injustice on the part of the speaker, given their initial ignorance of its prohibition or that it is a supplication?

Is it permissible to describe someone as "lord of evil" or "lord of wickedness" to express the extent of their malice and evil?

What is the ruling on saying: "This person is everywhere," if the intent is that he spies a lot on people?

What is the punishment for someone who slandered her colleague, tarnished her reputation falsely, accused her honor untruthfully, called her a "street girl," and photographed her without her knowledge? And is it permissible for the wronged person to do to her as she did to her?

Is the reward paid for relaying employees' words about their manager permissible or forbidden (halal or haram)?

Is reading people's negative comments about doctors on the internet considered backbiting (gheebah), which is forbidden?

How can one distinguish speech that is permissible to transmit, and when and how does one repent from the feeling of intending backbiting when unable to apologize?

What is the meaning of "Lan" (curse/damnation), and what is intended by it when it is said: "The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, cursed whoever did such and such"?

Does speaking about someone with words they dislike in their presence, in a language they don't understand, count as backbiting?

Is likening a human to an animal, such as "strong as a lion" or "like a falcon," forbidden, or does it have another meaning?

What is the ruling on insulting for the purpose of jest among friends who are accepting of it?

Is it permissible to describe a man as a "dayyuth" if he allows his wife to work in public institutions or mixed schools where women and men converse together, and his wife goes out displaying her adornments, while he is aware of the presence of this mixing?

Is it obligatory to condemn the backbiter every time he backbites, knowing that most of their speech is backbiting, and does the sin fall upon the silent one or the one who is in doubt as to whether the situation constitutes backbiting or not?

Is a son informing a parent that a sum has been transferred to one of their accounts in a usurious bank considered backbiting (gheebah)? And is it obligatory for the son to object, or would expressing gratitude be considered an act of disobedience (ʿuqooq)?

Is joking that causes psychological and physical harm to the family considered Haram, and what is its expiation if it is?

What is the ruling on a wife accusing her husband of a relationship with another woman without proof, even if she asserts this to her parents?