O believers! Avoid too many suspicions; indeed some suspicions become sin. [Kanz-ul-Iman (Translation of Quran)] (Part 26, Surah Al-Hujurat, Ayah 12)

5. Whatever has been said to you should not lead you into curiosity (i.e. you start researching and investigating about it] and argument, and you start considering it to be the truth. Allah Almighty has stated: ‘وَ لَا تَجَسَّسُوۡا’ Translation from Kanz-ul-Iman: And do not search for (hidden) faults.

(Part 26, Surah Al-Hujurat, Ayah 12)

6. What you are stopping the tale-teller from, do not like it for yourself and neither mention his tale-telling ahead by saying that ‘he said this to me’. This way, you will become a tale-teller and backbiter, and what you stopped the other person from; you will end up doing it yourself.

(Ihya-ul-‘Uloom, vol. 3, pp. 473)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب           صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic sisters! Let us listen to further 7 ways of getting rid of tale-telling:

Further 7 ways of refraining from tale-telling

1. In order to refrain from tale-telling, keep in view the torments that tale-tellers will be subjected to. Hold yourself accountable thinking that if we step on a lit cigarette or matchstick, if a heated pot, iron or boiling water drops on our body, then we scream [out of pain]. What will happen to me if I end up facing the torment of grave due to tale-telling? How would my delicate body bear this torment? Etc.

2. Keep reading and listening to the blessed Ayahs and Ahadees that condemn tale-telling over and over again.

3. Tale-telling is normally performed by the tongue. Therefore, safeguard your tongue and develop a habit of observing silence most of the times except permissible talk.