The scandal-monger is dispraised and reviled
الْهَمَّازُ مَذْمُومٌ مَجْرُوحٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Slander is the worst falsehood
الْغِيبَةُ شَرُّ الْإِفْكِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Backbiting is the food of the dogs of hell
الْغِيبَةُ قُوتُ كِلَابِ النَّارِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Beware of backbiting, for indeed it makes you hated by Allah and the people, and renders you rewards void
إِيَّاكَ وَالْغِيبَةَ فَإِنَّهَا تُمْقِتُكَ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَالنَّاسِ وَتُحْبِطُ أَجْرَكَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Beware of making your tongue a medium for slandering your brothers, or of saying that which will become proof against you and a reason for harming you
إِيَّاكَ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ مَرْكَبَكَ لِسَانَكَ فِي غَيْبَةِ إِخْوَانِكَ أَوْ تَقُولَ مَا يَصِيرُ عَلَيْكَ حُجَّةً وَفِي الْإِسَاءَةِ إِلَيْكَ عِلَّةً
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The wicked of [all] people is the backbiter
أَلْأَمُ النَّاسِ الْمُغْتَابُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The most hated of creatures in the sight of Allah is the backbiter
أَبْغَضُ الْخَلَائِقِ إِلَى اللَّهِ الْمُغْتَابُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Verily the mentioning of slander is the worst falsehood
إِنَّ ذِكْرَ الْغِيبَةِ شَرُّ الْإِفْكِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The habit of vile people is ugly slander [and backbiting]
عَادَةُ اللِّئَامِ قُبْحُ الْوَقِيعَةِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who is fond of backbiting about others is reviled
مَنْ أُولِعَ بِالْغِيبَةِ شُتِمَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who narrates to you [about others] narrates [to others] about you
مَنْ نَقَلَ إِلَيْكَ نَقَلَ عَنْكَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Slandering the righteous is one of the ugliest vile traits
مِنْ أَقْبَحِ اللُّؤْمِ غِيبَةُ الْأَخْيَارِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
He who mentions your faults has not guarded you in your absence
مَا حَفِظَ غَيْبَكَ مَنْ ذَكَرَ عَيْبَكَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Do not remember the dead negatively [by recalling their bad actions] for this suffices as a sin
لَا تَذْكُرِ الْمَوْتَى بِسُوءٍ فَكَفَى بِذَلِكَ إِثْماً
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Do not accustom yourself to backbiting, for indeed being accustomed to it is a great sin
لَا تُعَوِّدْ نَفْسَكَ الْغِيبَةَ فَإِنَّ مُعْتَادَهَا عَظِيمُ الْجُرْمِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The sceptic has no religion and the backbiter has no magnanimity
لَا دِينَ لِمُرْتَابٍ وَلَا مُرُوَّةَ لِمُغْتَابٍ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
There is no shamelessness like fabricating lies
لَا قِحَةَ كَالْبُهْتِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Even a little slander is calumny
يَسِيرُ الْغِيبَةِ إِفْكٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Backbiting is the sign of a hypocrite
الْغِيبَةُ آيَةُ الْمُنَافِقِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Backbiting is the effort of the feeble
الْغِيبَةُ جُهْدُ الْعَاجِزِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The listener is a partner of the speaker
السَّامِعُ شَرِيكُ الْقَائِلِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The one who listens to gossip is just like the backbiter
السَّامِعُ لِلْغِيبَةِ كَالْمُغْتَابِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The one who listens to gossip is one of the two backbiters
السَّامِعُ لِلْغِيبَةِ أَحَدُ الْمُغْتَابَيْنِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who listens to gossip is one of the two backbiters
سَامِعُ الْغِيبَةِ أَحَدُ الْمُغْتَابَيْنِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who listens to gossip is the partner of the backbiter
سَامِعُ الْغِيبَةِ شَرِيكُ الْمُغْتَابِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The one who listens to gossip is like its narrator
مُسْتَمِعُ الْغِيبَةِ كَقَائِلِهَا
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Talebearing is the characteristic of a traitor
النَّمِيمَةُ شِيمَةُ الْمَارِقِ [المسارق]
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Talebearing is an offense [and a sin] that cannot be forgotten
النَّمِيمَةُ ذَنْبٌ لَا يُنْسَى
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The slanderer is a liar to the one whom he spreads his slander and an oppressor to the one whom he slanders about
السَّاعِي كَاذِبٌ لِمَنْ سَعَى إِلَيْهِ ظَالِمٌ لِمَنْ سَعَى عَلَيْهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Belie slander and talebearing, whether it is false or true
أَكْذِبِ السِّعَايَةَ وَالنَّمِيمَةَ بَاطِلَةً كَانَتْ أَوْ [أَمْ] صَحِيحَةً
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The worst [type of] truthful speech is gossip
أَسْوَءُ الصِّدْقِ النَّمِيمَةُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The worst trait is talebearing
بِئْسَ الشِّيمَةُ النَّمِيمَةُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Beware of talebearing, for indeed it plants [the seed of] rancour and distances one from Allah and the people
إِيَّاكَ وَالنَّمِيمَةَ فَإِنَّهَا تَزْرَعُ الضَّغِينَةَ وَتُبْعِدُ عَنِ اللَّهِ وَالنَّاسِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Whoever believes [the words of] a tattletale spoils his friendship
مَنْ صَدَّقَ الْوَاشِيَ أَفْسَدَ الصَّدِيقَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who seeks to slander [others] by talebearing is fought by the near one and hated by the one who is far [from him]
مَنْ سَعَى بِالنَّمِيمَةِ حَارَبَهُ الْقَرِيبُ وَمَقَتَهُ الْبَعِيدُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Do not be quick in accepting the words of a talebearer, even if he resembles the good advisers, for indeed the slanderer oppresses the one whom he slanders [about] and deceives the one whom he slanders to
لَا تَعْجَلَنَّ إِلَى تَصْدِيقِ وَاشٍ وَإِنْ تَشَبَّهَ بِالنَّاصِحِينَ فَإِنَّ السَّاعِيَ ظَالِمٌ لِمَنْ سَعَى بِهِ غَاشٌّ لِمَنْ سَعَى إِلَيْهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Trustworthiness and talebearing do not go together
لَا تَجْتَمِعُ أَمَانَةٌ وَنَمِيمَةٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech