Explaining the Meaning of Najwa
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Private conversation is only from Satan that he may grieve those who have believed, but he will not harm them at all except by permission of Allah. And upon Allah let the believers rely.
إِنَّمَا النَّجْوَى مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ لِيَحْزُنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَلَيْسَ بِضَارِّهِمْ شَيْئاً إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ وَعَلَى اللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَNajwa: It is whispering. The hypocrites used to whisper in secret. When a believer sat with them, some of them would stand up and whisper to one another in order to sadden the believer. The believer would become sad and fear that they were plotting against him. He would be sad because they looked down on him, so they began to whisper among themselves excluding him.For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: (If you are three, do not whisper among yourselves excluding the third, lest it sadden him) So the hypocrites used to do this.
And you should consider this in your own heart. If two people were with you and they sat down to talk in secret, leaving you out on the left side, would you be sad or not? You would certainly be sad.So the least you can say about these people is: They are looking down on me.
And from that also: Or if they speak in a language you do not understand, even if they speak it aloud. For example, if they know the Tigrinya language and you do not, and they speak in it, this is not permissible. Or if it is English or French, the point is that it is a language you do not understand and they are speaking it aloud, then this falls under the prohibition.