رَبِّ ابْنِ لِى عِندَكَ بَيْتاً فِى الْجَنَّةِ
'My Lord! Build for me a home with You in Jannaah'
(At-Tahreem 66:11)


Wednesday, December 17, 2014

An Insult with a Gift (Backbiting)

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 It is reported that ‘Abd Al-Rahmān b. Mahdī  (Allāh have mercy on him) said, If it were not for the fact I hate that Allaah is disobeyed, I would have wished that no one remain in this city except that he had spoken ill of me & backbitten me; for what is nicer than a good deed a man finds in his records on the Day of Resurrection without having done a thing or even having known?”

Abū Nu’aym, Hilyatu Al-Awliyā` 4:45.
Notes
This is a reference to a person who has been backbitten receiving good deeds on the Day of Judgment from the person who backbit him & didn’t repent & make amends, as mentioned in some narrations from the Prophet (Allaah’s peace & blessings be upon him). The narration reminds us of the dire consequences of backbiting others: your good deeds may go to them if you don’t repent & make up for what you have done. It also provides assurance for those who have been backbitten: if left wronged in this life, they will be given good deeds in the Hereafter as compensation & justice will be done.

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