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Islam considers ghibah, or backbiting, to be a major sin and the Qur'an compares it to the abhorrent act of eating the flesh of one's dead brother. [9] Additionally, it is not permissible for one to keep quiet and listen to backbiting. [10] In Judaism, backbiting is known as hotzaat shem ra (spreading a bad name) and is considered a severe sin.
Ghibah (Arabic: الغيبة ghībah) is backbiting as understood in Islam. It is generally regarded as a major sin in Islam and compared in the Qur'an to 'the abomination of eating the flesh of a dead brother '.
The Baháʼí Faith labels backbiting as the "worst human quality and the most great sin..." [30] [dubious – discuss] In their faith, murder would be considered less negative than backbiting. Bahá’u’lláh, the Prophet-Founder of the Baháʼí Faith stated: "Backbiting quencheth the light of the heart, and extinguished the life of the soul."
Susie Wiles, President-elect Trump’s incoming White House chief of staff, said there won’t be any “backbiting” or “drama” tolerated in the next administration. “I don’t welcome ...
Shia cleric Ruhollah Khomeini considered joking to be haram in Islam. In one of his sermons, he stated: Allah did not create man so that he could have fun. The aim of creation was for mankind to be put to the test through hardship and prayer. An Islamic regime must be serious in every field. There are no jokes in Islam.
Sura 56 - Al-Waqia (MAKKA) : Verse 25 No Laghw (dirty, false, evil vain talk) will they hear therein, nor any sinful speech (like backbiting). Translation : Eng-Dr. Mohsin Sura 49 - Al-Hujraat (MADINA) : Verse 12 O you who believe! Avoid much suspicion, indeed some suspicions are sins. And spy not, neither backbite one another.
Lashon hara is considered to be a very serious sin in the Jewish tradition. The communicator of lashon hara (which is included in rechilut ) violates the Torah prohibition of lo telech rachil b'ameicha, [ 4 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] translating to "thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people" ( Leviticus 19:16 KJV).
Engraving of the Prodigal Son as a swineherd by Hans Sebald Beham, 1538.. Backsliding, also known as falling away [1] or described as "committing apostasy", [2] is a term used within Christianity to describe a process by which an individual who has converted to Christianity reverts to pre-conversion habits and/or lapses or falls into sin, when a person turns from God to pursue their own desire ...