*this is one of my essays that i wrote last year. i used to write on islamic matters once a week, but dont have much time nowadays.
*sorry for any mistakes, & grammatical errors. do tell me for anything wrong. tq.
Assalamualaikum wbt.
Dear my brothers and sisters in Islam, may this reach you in the best condition of health. I’m writing for the sake of my responsibility on concerning others’, to remind them whenever they commit sins and mistakes. I know we are only human beings. We are flawless but that does not mean that we can do anything we like, anything we want. We have religion, our way of life. We have Allah, our God who is always watching us, wherever we are, whatever we do, and at anytime. Thus we are created to help each other, to remind each other, so that everybody will get the best in the world and also in the hereafter. I guess I had given such a long introduction.
My aim for writing this is actually to admonish about the habit of backbiting people. This is a common sin made by women. (If you never commit this kind of sinful action, please continue reading so that you may admonish other people regarding this and may Allah reward you for the good deed!) Sometimes, we may have the intention to say something bad about people around us, especially our own friends. In other words, we might have the ‘intention’ to only tell other people the fact about the person we are ‘talking’ about. Thus we might think that we are not committing sin though. But let’s look at the technical meaning of this action in Islam. It does make sense as ‘to say anything to another about your friend or anyone in his absence which he/she doesn’t like’. Got the point right? Even though what we are telling is true, we are still backbiting. While if it is not true, we are instead slandering (fitnah)- which is much worse than killing. Since we are human, we don’t have right to judge people. It’s Allah’s job. We can’t bother. We ourselves do make mistakes, thus do not talk on others’.
However if we are intending to seek assistance in changing one’s evil deed, it is fine then. We are even will be rewarded for our good deed. It is also allowable if we are aiming to warn other Muslims on the evil. In other words, we tell one’s story to another so that they can learn something from it. But however we can’t mention the name of the person we are talking about or pointing directly to her/ him so that it will not humiliate her/him. Other than that, backbiting is also allowed in order to disclose a person’s evil which are done openly. Means, if we are telling someone about one’s evil action which is done openly in public, then it’s fine. But again, it must be depended on our intention as well. It is okay since the person we are talking about is committing the sin openly without intending to hide the action. Like I’ve mentioned before, backbiting is saying something about someone which he doesn’t like. In this case, since he is doing it openly, in other hands he does not feel shy of what he is committing thus he does not even care if everyone is keep on talking about his sinful action.
I guess it is enough to explain the concept of backbiting which is always being misunderstood by many people. Here I would also like to mention the translation for a Quranic ayah to support my points. It is Surah Al-Hujurat, ayah 12;
We get the point that Allah had strictly prohibited His people from backbiting or we will be punished in the hereafter. and the punishment for backbiting is that we will eat the flesh of our dead brother (the one we backbite). So do fear of Allah’s punishment which we do not have any idea about how painful it is.
Besides, our Prophet s.a.w. also had once said after he got back from his tour to the ‘Isra’ Mi’raj’ that he saw lots of women in the hellfire compare to men. Because of what? Then Prophet added that it is because of their mouths. (women commonly commit lots of sins through his sayings such like backbiting).
So do fear of Allah. Do fear of the hellfire. We will never know when is our death thus do repent before it is too late to do so. Allah is Al-Rahman and Al-Rahim. He will forgive His people’s sins if the prayers are done sincerely. I’m sorry if this causes your angry towards me or you feel annoyed though. I’m just doing and playing my role to take care of my sisters in Islam since I will be asked in the hereafter for not doing my responsibility. Plus, this is a reminder for me too. I do not have any other intention but for the sake of continuous rewards by Allah. Do think over it yea. (you will even be rewarded for your intention to think over it).
May Allah bless you and your family. Wassalam.
*sorry for any mistakes, & grammatical errors. do tell me for anything wrong. tq.
Assalamualaikum wbt.
Dear my brothers and sisters in Islam, may this reach you in the best condition of health. I’m writing for the sake of my responsibility on concerning others’, to remind them whenever they commit sins and mistakes. I know we are only human beings. We are flawless but that does not mean that we can do anything we like, anything we want. We have religion, our way of life. We have Allah, our God who is always watching us, wherever we are, whatever we do, and at anytime. Thus we are created to help each other, to remind each other, so that everybody will get the best in the world and also in the hereafter. I guess I had given such a long introduction.
My aim for writing this is actually to admonish about the habit of backbiting people. This is a common sin made by women. (If you never commit this kind of sinful action, please continue reading so that you may admonish other people regarding this and may Allah reward you for the good deed!) Sometimes, we may have the intention to say something bad about people around us, especially our own friends. In other words, we might have the ‘intention’ to only tell other people the fact about the person we are ‘talking’ about. Thus we might think that we are not committing sin though. But let’s look at the technical meaning of this action in Islam. It does make sense as ‘to say anything to another about your friend or anyone in his absence which he/she doesn’t like’. Got the point right? Even though what we are telling is true, we are still backbiting. While if it is not true, we are instead slandering (fitnah)- which is much worse than killing. Since we are human, we don’t have right to judge people. It’s Allah’s job. We can’t bother. We ourselves do make mistakes, thus do not talk on others’.
However if we are intending to seek assistance in changing one’s evil deed, it is fine then. We are even will be rewarded for our good deed. It is also allowable if we are aiming to warn other Muslims on the evil. In other words, we tell one’s story to another so that they can learn something from it. But however we can’t mention the name of the person we are talking about or pointing directly to her/ him so that it will not humiliate her/him. Other than that, backbiting is also allowed in order to disclose a person’s evil which are done openly. Means, if we are telling someone about one’s evil action which is done openly in public, then it’s fine. But again, it must be depended on our intention as well. It is okay since the person we are talking about is committing the sin openly without intending to hide the action. Like I’ve mentioned before, backbiting is saying something about someone which he doesn’t like. In this case, since he is doing it openly, in other hands he does not feel shy of what he is committing thus he does not even care if everyone is keep on talking about his sinful action.
I guess it is enough to explain the concept of backbiting which is always being misunderstood by many people. Here I would also like to mention the translation for a Quranic ayah to support my points. It is Surah Al-Hujurat, ayah 12;
“….do not speak ill of each other behind their backs. Would any one of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother?...”
We get the point that Allah had strictly prohibited His people from backbiting or we will be punished in the hereafter. and the punishment for backbiting is that we will eat the flesh of our dead brother (the one we backbite). So do fear of Allah’s punishment which we do not have any idea about how painful it is.
Besides, our Prophet s.a.w. also had once said after he got back from his tour to the ‘Isra’ Mi’raj’ that he saw lots of women in the hellfire compare to men. Because of what? Then Prophet added that it is because of their mouths. (women commonly commit lots of sins through his sayings such like backbiting).
So do fear of Allah. Do fear of the hellfire. We will never know when is our death thus do repent before it is too late to do so. Allah is Al-Rahman and Al-Rahim. He will forgive His people’s sins if the prayers are done sincerely. I’m sorry if this causes your angry towards me or you feel annoyed though. I’m just doing and playing my role to take care of my sisters in Islam since I will be asked in the hereafter for not doing my responsibility. Plus, this is a reminder for me too. I do not have any other intention but for the sake of continuous rewards by Allah. Do think over it yea. (you will even be rewarded for your intention to think over it).
May Allah bless you and your family. Wassalam.
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