killed the man. Then a fight broke out between both the families and around one hundred people got killed. (Ihya-ul-‘Uloom, vol. 3, pp. 195)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب           صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic sisters! We have come to know that tale-telling is an extremely heinous epidemic. The habit of tale-telling ruins the peace of a home. Tale-telling distances people away. Tale-telling creates doubts and uncertainties among each other. Tale-telling creates hatred in the hearts for each other. Tale-telling removes trust from one another. As we heard in the aforementioned parable that a person considered tale-telling to be something very minute, so its curse desolated his entire home. Due to the ill-effects of tale-telling, doubts were created among those who were living a happy and prosperous life. Due to tale-telling, both, the husband and wife died and such fight and massacre prevailed among their relatives too that we seek Allah’s refuge [اَلْاَمَان وَالْحَفِیْظ]. Therefore, refrain from tale-telling yourself as well as persuade others to refrain from it as well. May Allah Almighty protect us from quarrels, fights, tale-telling and all the sins!

اٰمِيۡن بِجَاهِ النَّبِيِّ الۡاَمِيۡن صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيۡهِ وَاٰلِه وَسَلَّم

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب           صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

A tale-teller can never be truthful

Dear Islamic sisters! Remember! Whenever anyone comes to us and says something negative about someone, for example, so and so is not trustworthy, so and so breaches promises, so and so was speaking ill of you etc., then we shall not blindly believe at all in what she says. If we study the Seerah of righteous predecessors, then we will obtain the Madani pearl that whenever anyone would bring such news to them that would be against someone, then instead of believing it without authentication, they would bless him with the Madani pearls of advice while reforming him. Let us go through four instructive parables in this relation.