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alayum Quran weekly this is ABD Nas
janga I wanted to talk to youall
inshallah today about a very serious
issue the issue of backbiting Allah
subhana wa tala in the Quran inah huat
Surah number 49 which is like the Surah
of etiquette the Surah of adab in Ayah
number 12 Allah subh T starts off by
saying oh you who believe oh those
people who have claimed Faith have
claimed Iman and see something very
interesting is that every single place
in the Quran where Allah
says he's either then afterwards either
telling us to do something or he's
forbidding us from something because
when Allah says y Allah is saying that
you've claimed that you believe now
here's a chance and opportunity to for
you to prove whether you are actually a
Believer or not if you are a true
sincere believer then you will do the
following if you are a true or sincere
believer then you will not do the
following so here Allah subhana wa T
tells
us in the Arabic language means stay
away from something abstain from
something all right and what's very
fascinating about this is another place
in the Quran where Allah uses the wordu
to tell us to stay away from something
he
says stay away from
alcohol stay away from gambling the word
that Allah uses to tell us to stay away
from drinking wine and gambling is the
word u though think about the gravity of
it and think about the association that
what follows after this word ianu is so
bad you need to completely stay away
from it it's completely Haram absolutely
unequivocally Haram forbidden you can't
do it so whatever Allah is saying here
in Surah 49 Ayah 12 is about to be very
very serious well what does he
say stay away from most assumptions
don't assume things about people stay
away from most assumptions
why because some assumptions are sinful
Allah teaches us something here when
when something is so problematic it's
sometimes better to stay away from it
all together so Allah says stay away
from most types of assumptions because
some assumptions are very
bad now Allah subhana wa t tells us why
what's so terrible about assumptions
because you're assuming something on
someone's behalf but what makes it worse
because it leads to other bad things
that's why Allah uses the word itham
itham is a type of sin a sin of the
heart and the type of sin that leads to
other sins because it's in the heart so
Allah
says don't spy on people don't spy when
you start assuming things about people
you become suspicious of people then you
want to confirm your suspicion so you go
snooping around poking into people's
business creeping and stalking right
trying to confirm your suspicions about
people don't spy on people don't creep
on people don't stalk people then Allah
says once you start spying and creeping
and stalking people guess what you might
be able to confirm some of your
suspicions and you find out oh my God he
is doing this oh my God she is doing
that now you start now you confirm some
of your suspicions you know what happens
when you have a juicy piece of
information like that you develop the
worst stomach ache that you you ever had
in your entire life because you have to
now tell somebody about this you have to
talk to somebody you have to text
somebody you have to tell somebody you
have to message somebody you have to put
it on Facebook you have to put it on
Twitter you got to tell somebody until
you don't tell somebody that thing is
going to start causing you stomach pains
and stomach aches that and so what
happens you go to somebody and you tell
them Hey listen I'm going to tell you
something but please don't tell anybody
promise to me you won't tell anybody
which is basically code for right after
I'm done telling you make sure you go
tell somebody just like I told you it's
called backbiting
right some of you should not backbite
about others what is the definition of
backbiting so the prophet sallallah
alaihi wasallam told us
it it is you saying something about
somebody else that they would not
appreciate you saying the companion
asked the prophet sallallah alaihi
wasallam well what if what I'm saying is
true what if I'm what I'm saying is true
the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam
said then that is the very definition of
backbiting if what you're saying about
that person isn't true that's slander
that's an even bigger crime and even a
bigger issue but saying something that
somebody else would not appreciate you
saying about them is the definition of
backbiting so Allah says don't backbite
one another and then Allah subhana wa T
gives us an example he presents a
parable an example an image to us in the
Quran and I'm going to go ahead and let
youall know here real quick a disclaimer
this is one of the most Gra graic images
that is presented to us in the entire
Quran now let's take a look at what
Allah is telling
us would any one of you like would any
one of you love and now Allah uses the
word right to love something would you
love to do the
following any one of you right because
Allah wa T is saying think about you
doing this yourself
Matan to eat the Flesh of his or her own
sibling brother sister brother sibling
would any one of you love to eat the
flesh the meat of his brother Maan that
is dead corpse the word mate in the
Arabic language means a corpse already
dead so now here let me talk this out to
you let me explain this to you real
quick what this basically means is that
imagine somebody's brother imagine your
brother or your sister your sibling die
died may Allah protect all of us and our
family members but imagine your sibling
died and their body is laying there in
front of you and you're sitting next to
their body crying and mourning their
loss you're crying and you're sad that
you've lost your brother your sister
your sibling and then all of a sudden
you reach down you pick them up pick up
their hand or go to their leg and you
chew you take a bite out of them and you
start to chew and eat their flesh the
corpse the body of your dead sibling how
graphic how disgusting how crazy is that
image is that idea Allah subhana wa T
says would any one of you love to do
that and Allah subhana wa tal
says of course you would hate that you
you hate just hearing about it just
talking about it just listening to it
just reading about it makes your skin
crawl that's how disgusting it would be
similarly Allah subhana wa tala says is
the example of when you backbite
somebody that's just as disgusting of an
act now I'm going to answer a question
real quick right here Quran is the
speech of God the word of Allah guidance
and mercy and rahma from Allah n and hi
from Allah why would Allah give us such
a disgusting image in the Quran because
when you picture that in your head and
it makes you jump backwards it's so
disgusting it shakes you to your core
Allah wants us to feel disgusted because
he's saying just as
disgusting as that would be somebody
eating the Flesh of their own dead
sibling it is even more disgusting when
you backbite about somebody when you
violate someone's dignity someone's
honor someone's respect and you talk
about them that's even more disgusting
than that Allah subhana wa tala takes it
a step
further actually I want you to think
about this for a second further you know
a lot of times there's a question I
don't back by to anybody but what if
somebody else is are you a party to that
are you entertaining that are you there
while they're doing it and therefore
giving them a sympathetic ear you're
becoming a part of this by listening to
it so let's look at the example the
example the Quran the examples the Quran
gives are so powerful and eloquent
because there's so many angles and
features to
this can you imagine if you if it's not
your sibling somebody else's brother
died somebody else sister dies and that
person's s sibling's dead body their
brother and sister's dead body is lying
there and they reach down and start to
eat and chew and devour the dead body of
their own brother or sister would you
sit there and would you watch if you
were there the third party if you were
there you're not the one doing it but if
you were there what would you do you
would stop that person you would tell
them don't do that that's gross that's
disgusting that's terrible what are you
doing and if you could not stop them at
the very least you would run from there
you would leave there you wouldn't sit
there and keep watching and be like oh
okay I'm just going to mind my own
business no you would run from that
place when somebody else back bites
don't be a party to it don't listen to
it if you have the type of relationship
where you can gently kindly nicely say
please don't do that please let's not
talk about somebody then remind them and
if if they won't listen to you or you
can't tell them that then at the very
least change the topic change the
subject get up and walk away go busy
yourself with something else but don't
be a party to that cuz that's like
sitting there and watching somebody eat
their own dead siblings body that's how
disgusting it
is and always think of Allah subhana wa
tala whether somebody else hears you or
not whether somebody else sees you or
not whether somebody will know about
this conversation or not Allah knows
Allah watches Allah hears Allah sees so
be think about Allah be conscious of
Allah and then finally Allah subhana T
says look none of us are perfect I've
made this mistake y'all have probably
made this mistake as well in the past
Allah subhana wa tal tells us no worries
if you've done it in
Allah Allah is extremely extremely
forgiving like he accepts our repentance
all we got to do is say oh Allah I'm
sorry I messed up go and apologize to
the person I'm sorry for saying bad
things about about you and Allah is
extremely merciful Allah subhana wa tala
will Allah's Mercy will welcome you with
open arms Allah subhana T will accept
you into his mercy and Allah will put
Mercy in your heart and Allah will put
Mercy in the heart of the person when
you go to apologize to them so don't
worry if you've messed up just ask Allah
for forgiveness and ask Allah subhana wa
t for his mercy and a really cool story
just to kind of close things
off who's a great scholar a great and a
student of the sahaba a real boss he
said something really awesome one time
he said that somebody came and told him
you know that guy he's backbiting about
you he goes around talking to everybody
and saying bad things about you he said
okay he put together a nice little gift
he packaged together a nice little gift
and he gave it to his assistant his
student and he said here take this gift
and please go deliver it to that person
and he gave him a note along with it he
wrote a note and he gave it gave him the
note along with it when that person goes
to that person who's been backbiting
about alassan basri and he gives him the
gift and he's like alass basri has sent
you this gift and he's like really why
just out of the blue he sent this note
along with this gift when he opened the
note and he read it the note said that
since you have been backbiting about me
and therefore gifting me all your good
deeds I thought I should repay the favor
and give you a gift as well when you
backbite somebody else you give your
good deeds away to that person so just
something to think about and if
somebody's backbiting you just know
they're giving you their good deeds and
that should be more than enough comfort
and Solace for you inshallah that's all
I got for here today Quran weekly until
next time
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