tellers will be gathered in the shape of dogs on the Day of Judgement. A tale-teller will be subject to the punishment of grave before the Hereafter and a tale-teller will not initially enter Paradise.

Alas! Whether it is a friends’ gathering or normal gathering after a religious Ijtima’, whether it is a wedding function or a gathering for condolence, whether someone speaks on the phone or meets someone, in short, if someone speaks for few minutes to someone, hardly, she can refrain from tale-telling. Now hold your breath and listen to an admonitory parable based on the destructions of tale-telling and make an intention to avoid it.

A house ruined due to tale-telling

It is stated on Dawat-e-Islami’s publishing department, Maktaba-tul-Madinah’s booklet ‘Gunahaun ki Nahusat’, page no. 71: A person sold his slave to someone and said to the buyer: ‘This slave has no flaws. However! He has the habit of tale-telling.’ The buyer bought him considering this flaw to be an inferior one. The slave started living at his service. One day, he went to the wife of his master and said: ‘Madam! I feel sad that your husband does not love you at all. Now he intends to buy a female slave and enjoy with her and have complete separation from you. If you want, I can tell you of a tactic that would make his heart inclined towards you and he would start loving you.’ The wife asked: ‘What is that tactic?’ The slave replied: ‘When your husband goes sleep tonight, then take a razor and shave off some of his hair from his beard close to his neck. Then keep those hairs with you. I will then tell you the tactic.’ Then the slave went to his master and said: ‘O master! Today, I saw your wife mingling with a stranger and she is thinking of killing you. If you want the authenticity of what I am saying, then lie down tonight with your eyes shut and pretend as if you are asleep.’ This created doubt in his heart. He did exactly the same in the night time. His wife thought that he is asleep. Therefore, she came forward with the razor to shave off the hair of his beard. This turned husband’s doubt into certainty that his wife really wants to kill him. He immediately stood up, snatched the razor and killed the woman. When the relatives of the woman found out, they came running and