What is the advice for those who slander people and accuse them of things they do not have?
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The questioner:
Is there any advice for those who waste their time in gossip, slandering people, and accusing others of things they do not have?
The Shaykh:
What is it?
The questioner:
Is there any advice for the youth who waste their time in [unclear] and [unclear], warning against others, and [unclear] people and [unclear] in them?
The Shaykh:
This is not permissible, may Allah protect us,[Al-Hujurat 49:12]? Do these people have no faults? Do they have no sins? Why do they not hold themselves to account? Why do they not look at their own faults and sins, and not occupy themselves with others?
Is there any advice for those who waste their time in gossip, slandering people, and accusing others of things they do not have?
The Shaykh:
What is it?
The questioner:
Is there any advice for the youth who waste their time in [unclear] and [unclear], warning against others, and [unclear] people and [unclear] in them?
The Shaykh:
This is not permissible, may Allah protect us,
or backbite each other. Would one of you like to eat the flesh of his brother when dead? You would detest it.
وَلَا يَغْتَب بَّعْضُكُم بَعْضًا أَيُحِبُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَن يَأْكُلَ لَحْمَ أَخِيهِ مَيْتًا فَكَرِهْتُمُوهُ
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما النصيحة لمن يطعنون في الناس ويتهمونهم بما ليس فيهم؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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