(Surah an-Nūr 24: 19) Ibn Abi Umayr narrates from Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.), “One who reports about a believer, everything he has himself seen and heard is from those about whom Allah (S.w.T.) says, “There is grievous chastisement for those who like undesirable things regarding the believers becoming public.” (al-Kāfi Vol. 2 page 357) According to this tradition,Ghiība(backbiting) is included in the ayat where clear punishment is mentioned. Therefore, the Qur’an states, “…nor let some of you backbite others. Does one of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? But you abhor it…”(Surah al-Hujurāt 49: 12) The above ayat describes the condition of thebackbiter in the hereafter. He will be raised ina condition similar to the person who eats dead meat. A tradition of the Messenger of Allah (S) says, “On the night of Miraj (ascension) I saw somepeople in Hell who were eating dead meat. I asked Jibrīl (a.s.) who those people were. He replied. ‘They used to eat human flesh in theirworldly life (that is, they used to backbite about other people).” (Mustadrak ul-Wasa’il) It appears therefore that one who backbites about a person deserves the punishment he would have had if he had eaten the same person’s flesh. Imam Hasan al-Askari (a.s.) says, “Know that!Ghiībaof your believing brother, who is the Shia of Āli Muhammad is worst than eating dead meat, regarding which Allah(S.w.T.) says, ‘do not back-bite for each other.” Allah (S.w.T.) says in Surah al-Humaza, “Wael (Hell) is for every Slanderer, defamer,” (Surah al-Humaza 104: 1)
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