Tradition n. 179

قالَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم:

اَلغِيبَة اَسرَعُ في دينِ الرَّجُلِ المُسلِمِ منَ الأكِلَةِ في جَوفِهِ.

The Holy Prophet (S) said: “Slander acts quicker against the faith of a Muslim believer than leprosy does against his body.”

Usul al-Kafi, vol. 2, p. 257

Tradition n. 180

قالَ الإمامُ أَميرُ المُؤمنينَ عَلِيّ عليه السلام :

اَلسّامِعُ لِلغيبَةِ كَالمُغتابِ.

Imam Amir Al-Mu’minin Ali (‘a) said: “The listener to backbiting is the same as the backbiter.”

Ghurar al-Hikam, p. 307

Tradition n. 181

قالَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم:

تَر كُ الغيبَة اَحَبُّ إِلى الله عَزَّوَجَلَّ مِن عَشـرَة آلافِ رَكعَةٍ تَطَوٌّعًا.

The Holy Prophet (S) said: “The abandoning of backbiting is more valuable to Allah, Almighty and Glorious, than the performance of ten thousand rak'at of recommended prayers.”

Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 75, p. 261

Tradition n. 182

قالَ عَبدُ ال مُؤمِنِ ال أَنصارِيِّ: دَخَلتُ عَلَى الإمامِ أَبِي الحَسَنِ مُوسَى بنِ جَعفرٍ عليه السلام وَ عِندَهُ مُحَمَّدُ بنُ عَبدِ الله الجَعفَرِيِّ فَتَبَسَّمتُ اِلَيهِ فَقالَ اَتُحِبُّهُ؟ فَقُلتُ: نَعم وَ ما اَحبَبتُهُ إلاّ لَكُم، فَقالَ هُوَ اَخُوكَ وَال مُؤمِنُ اَخُو المُؤمِنِ لاُِمِّهِ وَ اَبِيهِ وَ اِن لَم يَلِدهُ اَبُوهُ، مَلعُونٌ مَنِ اتَّهَمَ اَخاهُ مَلعُونٌ مَن غَشَّ اَخاهُ، مَلعُونٌ مَن لَم يَنصَح اَخاهُ، مَلعُونٌ مَنِ اغتابَ اَخاهُ.

'Abd al-Mu'min all-Ansari said that once he himself arrived in the presence of Imam Abu al-Hasan Musa Ibn Ja'far (‘a) where Abdillah al-Ja'fari had attended and Abdul-Mu'min smiled at him. Then he (‘a) inquired whether Abd al-Mu'min liked Abdillah al-Ja'fari when he replied to the Imam (‘a) that he did not like him ('Abdillah) but on his account (the seventh Imam). Then Imam (‘a) said: “He is your brother, and a Muslim believer is the brother of another Muslim believer though their fathers are not the same. Hence, cursed is he who accuses his (Muslim) brother, cursed is he who deceives his (Muslim) brother, cursed is he who does not advise his (Muslim) brother, and cursed is he who slanders his (Muslim) brother.”

Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 75, p. 262

Tradition n. 183

قالَ الإمامُ أَميرُ المُؤمنينَ عَلِيٌّ عليه السلام :

شَرٌّ النّاسِ مَن كانَ مُتَتَبِّعًا لِعُيُوبِ النّاسِ عَمِياً عَن مَعايِبِهِ.

Imam Amir Al-Mu’minin ‘Ali (‘a) said: “The most vicious person is he who looks for other people's defects while he overlooks his own faults.”

Tara'if al-Hikam, p. 176

Tradition n. 184

قالَ الإمامُ مُوسَى بنُ جَعفَرٍ عليه السلام :

مَلعُونٌ مَنِ اغتابَ اَخاهُ.

Imam Al-Kadhim (‘a) said: “Cursed is the one who backbites against one's brother (fellow Muslim).”

Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 74, p. 232