<b>Guidance from the Hadiths:</b><br> 1) The Hadith warns against backbiting, being one of the grave major sins, and one of the causes of destruction for its doer in the worldly life and the Hereafter.<br> 2) It is prohibited to speak about other Muslims in a way that they do not like, even if what is said is true about them, for it is considered backbiting. It is allowable under the Shariah in some cases only.<br> 3) The Muslim’s life, property, and honor are as inviolable in the sight of Allah as are the sacred town, the sacred month, and the sacred day.<br> 4) Belittling the value of the worldly life and everything in it if compared to the pleasure of Allah Almighty.<br> 5) Mentioning the punishment of backbiters on the Day of Judgment; they will torture themselves with their own hands because they allowed their fellow Muslims to be backbitten, so they will reap what they sowed.<br> Precious note:<br> Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah (may Allah have mercy upon him) said as he underlined the importance of watching what the tongue utters:<br> “It is wondrous how a person finds it easy to guard against consuming what is unlawful, doing injustice, committing unlawful sexual intercourse, theft, drinking alcohol, looking at what is unlawful, and other prohibited acts, yet it is difficult for him to control his tongue. You may see a man who is known for his religiosity, worship, and asceticism, yet he thoughtlessly says words that displease Allah Almighty, and because of that he falls into Hell to depths that are farther than the distance between the East and West. You may find a man who is too prudent to commit immorality or injustice, yet his tongue is ardently vilifying the honor of living and dead people, and he does not care about what he is saying. If you like to know more about that, then look at the Hadith narrated by Muslim in his Sahih on the authority of Jundub ibn ‘Abdullah who reported: ‘The Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) said that once a man said: ‘By Allah! Allah would not forgive so-and-so.’ Thereupon, Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, said: ‘Who is this who adjures about Me that I would not grant pardon to so-and-so; I have granted pardon to so-and-so and rendered your deeds worthless.’ This worshiper who offered worship to Allah Almighty for as long as what Allah willed for him to do had all his deeds worthless on account of a single word...The easiest movement of all the organs is that of the tongue, but it is the most harmful to the slave.” [Al-Jawāb Al-Kāfi liman Sa’ala ‘an Ad-Dawā’ Ash-Shāfi]