[Iman]. Because agreeing with Kufr with the soundness and presence of all senses is also Kufr. اَلۡعِيَاذُ بِاللّٰه عَزَّوَجَلَّ

Remember! It is not forbidden to only commit backbiting and taletelling, but it is also forbidden to listen to the backbiting and taletelling against a Muslim silently and interestingly. It is stated in a blessed Hadees: The Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has forbidden [us] from singing songs and listening to them, from committing backbiting and listening to it, and from committing taletelling and listening to it. (Al-Jami’-us-Sagheer, pp. 560, Hadees 9378)

Shaykh ‘Abdur Ra`oof Munaawi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has stated, ‘The listener of backbiting is also one of the backbiters.’

(Fath-ul-Qadeer, vol. 3, pp. 612, Taht-al-Hadees 3969)

اے کاش! ضرورت کے سوا کچھ بھی نہ بولوں

الله زَباں کا ہو عطا قُفلِ مدینہ

Introduction to book ‘Backbiting – A Cancer in our Society’

Dear Islamic brothers! In order to know further the curse, destructions and perils of a Haraam act that leads to Hell like ‘backbiting’ and to protect yourself and others from it study a great 504-page book named ‘Gheebat ki Tabah Kariyan’ [Backbiting – A Cancer in our Society] written by Shaykh-e-Tareeqat, Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat, the founder of Dawat-e-Islami, ‘Allamah Maulana Abu Bilal Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qaadiri Razavi Ziyaee دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـه. The study of this book will be very effective for us in order to stay safe from backbiting, taletelling, false accusations and finding faults with Muslims.

The definitions of backbiting, blessed Ayahs and Ahadees and the sayings of pious predecessors on the prohibition of backbiting, incidents of painful torments of those who committed backbiting, disasters of sins [such as taletelling, arrogance etc.] have been mentioned in an extremely easy and impressive manner. Cure of a deadly disease like backbiting, virtues of concealing faults of Muslims, punishment for disclosing faults, hundreds of examples of backbiting on different topics and many other useful Madani