Many people, who appear to be devout, are also indulging in this grave sin(backbiting). They are seen listening to,smiling at and nodding their heads in acceptance of backbiting. Since backbiting is so common place, no one turns a deaf ear that backbiter, instead of remaining pious, becomes sinner and stands in a line for the inferno of hell. Presented here are 20 perils of backbiting compiled from the Quranic verses, hadis narrations and the aphorisms of our Shuyukh(pious predecessors).Glance at these and try to absorb as these instill a fear in your heart:
1.Backbiting severs the faith.
2.it can cause a faithless end.
3.furthermore, excessive backbiting is a major cause for one's supplication not being accepted.
4.Backbiting deprives one from blessings of SALAH and SAUM.
5.It erases the good deeds.
6.It devours the good deeds.
7.Even if the backbiter repents,
he will still be the last one to enter paradise.
8.Backbiting is absolutely Haram,
a major sin that condemns one to the inferno of Hell.
9.It is worse than fornication.
10.The one, who backbites against a muslim, is tangled with the sin worse than fornication.
11.If backbiting is submerged in the ocean, the whole ocean would smell foul.
12.Backbiters will be made to eat the dead in the Hell.
13.Backbiting is like eating the carcass
of your dead brother.
14.It engenders torment in the grave.
15.On Layla-tul-miraj(the night of ascension) the Prophet(thousands of salat upon him) witnessed that backbiter is eating his own flesh cut from the sides and was peeling his face and chest with his own copper nails.
16.Backbiters will be forced to eat their own flesh.
17.In addition, the backbiter will be resurrected looking like a dog on the day of judgement.
18.Backbiter will be the monkey of the hell.
19.Backbiter will be running amuck between the blazing infernos and the boiling water seeking death. Even the hell-dwellers will be sick of him.
20.Backbiter will be the first one to enter the hell.
