Nov 18, 2010
Posted by Umm Sahl in Heart Therapy | 2 Comments
Part 5 (d): Why do people Backbite?: Heart Therapy
Read the Table of Contents of Heart Therapy
Read Part 5 (c) :Backbiting
- Weakness of faith and lack of piety make a person likely to speak thoughtlessly and carelessly and transgress against others when he speaks.
- To vent his anger against the one who he is backbiting by mentioning his faults and bad qualities.
- To fit it, the backbiter wishes to join his companions in their backbiting; he wants to be part of their conversation. In other words: peer pressure.
- Personal dislike: the backbiter is having bad thoughts about the one who is backbiting.
- For self purification (absolving oneself of these traits and vices): the backbiter wishes to absolve himself of any bad qualities and tries to attribute them to someone else. He mentions them in bad light so people think that he himself does not have those qualities.
- To honor and elevate oneself: He tries to raise his own self by mentioning the faults of others.
- Jealousy and Envy: such that when people praise someone, the back biter gets jealous and this leads him to mention that persons faults.
- Mocking, joking and belittling others.
Read the next Part 5 (e): Prevention and Cure
Umm Sahl, your sister in Islam, a wife and mother of 3 beautiful blessed babies
Jazakallahkhairan for constantly reminding us for the good deeds.It gives a boost when I read your articles. May Allah reward you for your efforts.Ameen
This article about backbiting is mashallaha one of the best article i can say. It really helped me in making my sons (who along with their freinds make fun of their teachers and friends ) understand the meaning of backbiting and slandering and the big sin they are comiting in doing this.jazakallha khair for all the beautiful and enlighting articles published here. May allah bless you all.