Hadith 686

(The book) ‘Jamie Al Akhbar’ –
‘The Prophet-saww said: ‘One who backbites a Muslim man or a Muslim woman, Allah-azwj will neither Accept his Salat nor his fasting for forty days and nights, except if his companion were to forgive him’’. [342]
And he-saww said: ‘One who backbites a Muslim during a month of Ramazan, will not be Recompensed upon his fasts’’. [343]
And from Saeed Bin Jubeyr, ‘From the Prophet-saww having said: ‘The will come win someone of the Day of Qiyamah. He will pause in front of Allah-azwj and his book (register of deeds) will be handed to him. He will see his good deeds, so he will say, ‘My God-azwj! This isn’t my book, for I cannot see in it my acts of obedience! ’
He-azwj will Say to him: “You Lord-azwj neither Errs nor Forgets. Your deeds are gone due to your backbiting the people! ”
Then they will come with another, and his book will be handed to him. He will see a lot of acts of obedience in it. He will say, ‘My God-azwj! This is not my book, for I have not done these acts of obedience! ’
He-azwj will Say: “Because so and so had backbitten you, so I-azwj have Handed his good deeds to you! ”’[344]
And he-asws said: ‘He is lying, the one who claims that he has been born from Permissible means and he eats flesh of the people by the backbiting, for it is a sauce of dogs of the Fire! ’’[345]
And he-asws said: ‘A gathering will not built with the backbiting except it is a ruination of the religion, therefore remove you ears from listening to the backbiting, for the speaker and the listener of it are both participants in the sin’’. [346]
And he-asws said: ‘Beware of the backbiting, for the backbiter is severer than the adultery! ’
They said, ‘And how come the backbite is severer than the adultery? ’
He-asws said: ‘Because the man commits adultery and he repents, so Allah-azwj Turns to him (with Forgiveness), and the committer of the backbite is not Forgiven until his companion (the backbitten) forgive him’’. [347]
And he-asws said: ‘Punishment of the graves is from (due to) the gossiping, and the backbiting, and the lying’’. [348]
And he-asws said: ‘One who reports a report against his Momin brother intending by it to shame him and demolish his personality, Allah-azwj will Pause him in the clay of ‘Khabal’, in the lowers lever of the Fire’’. [349]