Poem: Don't Backbite. You're Not Perfect Either.

💐 In The Name Of Allah The Most Gracious The Most Merciful
💌 When you know that you're always being watched by Allah,
Monitored by Angels who check your deeds and niyyah,
You wouldn't get involved in gheeba and nameemah,
There's nothing nice in being an expert chismosa.
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Even if you dislike some for whatever reason,
It's irrational to give out your rewards to them
And expose yourself to collecting their previous sins
By backbiting and ruining their reputation.
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Why cowardly criticize them when they're not around,
Why whisper bad jokes about them, just say it aloud,
Why post gossipy updates and guess they won't be found,
Why let lies, rumors, and tsismis uglify your mouth?
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Only the very insecure, deeply miserable,
And ungrateful souls backbite about other people.
Talks about others' lives for the wise are minimal,
They ensure their statements are kind, helpful and truthful.
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If you can't assist verbally, then help with silence,
Careful not to accuse nor actualize suspicion,
Aware Allah hears us and Angels are recording,
Alert to the fact all humans have imperfections.
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📖 Anas Ibn Malik RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "When I was taken on my night journey, I passed by people who had metal hooks in their hands and they were clawing at their faces and necks. I said: 'Who are these, O Jibreel?' Angel Jibreel said: 'These are the ones who ‘eat the flesh of people’ (49:12) and attack their honor.'"
Source: Sunan Abī Dāwūd 4878
Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Al-Albani
📖 Ibn Umar RadhiAllahu 'anhuma narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Whoever argues in favor of falsehood and he knows it, Allah will continue to be displeased with him until he stops. Whoever says something about a believer that is not true, Allah will lodge him in a sinkhole until he recants what he has said."
Source: Sunan Abī Dāwūd 3597
Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Al-Albani
📖 Shaqiq Al-Balkhi reported: It was said to Ibn Al-Mubarak, may Allah have mercy on him, “When you pray, why do you not sit with us?” Ibn Al-Mubarak said, “I sit with the companions and the successors (with the Sahabas and salaf RadhiAllahu 'anhum). I look into their books and what they left behind. What would I do with you? You backbite people.”
Source: Siyar A’lām Al-Nubalā’ 8/398