Backbiting & Slander

The Quran asks whether anyone would like to eat the flesh of his dead brother, using this as an analogy for backbiting to make its gravity clear.

The Quran instructs believers to avoid much suspicion, as some suspicion is sin, and not to spy on or backbite one another.

The Quran prohibits spying on one another and instructs not to enter private spaces without permission, protecting the privacy of others.

The Quran prohibits believers from mocking other people, as those being mocked may be better than those who mock them.

The Quran instructs believers not to insult each other with offensive nicknames after having accepted faith, calling it wickedness.

The Quran addresses those who spread slander against a believing woman, calling it a grave sin and warning that those who spread it face a painful punishment.

The Quran warns those who love to see indecency spread among the believers that they will have a painful punishment in this world and the hereafter.

The Quran instructs believers to fear Allah and speak rightly so that He may set their deeds right and forgive their sins.

The Quran prescribes eighty lashes for those who accuse chaste women without four witnesses, and states that those who accuse chaste believing women are cursed.

The Quran condemns those who go about with malicious gossip and slander, warning of destruction for every scorner and slanderer.

The Quran commands believers not to enter homes other than their own until they have asked permission and greeted the inhabitants.

The Quran encourages those of virtue to forgive and overlook rather than retaliate in kind, and asks if they would not love Allah to forgive them.