النميمةConceptTale Bearing in the QuranالنميمةEthics3Verses3Surahs14Connections#701of 828

Key Verses

1. 49:12Al-Hujurat
   يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱجۡتَنِبُواْ كَثِيرٗا مِّنَ ٱلظَّنِّ إِنَّ بَعۡضَ ٱلظَّنِّ إِثۡمٞۖ وَلَا تَجَسَّسُواْ وَلَا يَغۡتَب بَّعۡضُكُم بَعۡضًاۚ أَيُحِبُّ أَحَدُكُمۡ أَن يَأۡكُلَ لَحۡمَ أَخِيهِ مَيۡتٗا فَكَرِهۡتُمُوهُۚ وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ تَوَّابٞ رَّحِيمٞ
   O ye who believe! Shun much suspicion; for lo! some suspicion is a crime. And spy not, neither backbite one another. Would one of you love to eat the flesh of his dead brother? Ye abhor that (so abhor the other)! And keep your duty (to Allah). Lo! Allah is Relenting, Merciful.
   In context

   O those who have faith in Allah and act upon what He has legislated! Stay away from most suspicions which are not based on causes and indications that give them credence, because some suspicions are sinful, like suspecting one who is apparently pious.

2. 68:11Al-Qalam
   هَمَّازٖ مَّشَّآءِۭ بِنَمِيمٖ
   Detracter, spreader abroad of slanders,
   In context

   Who frequently backbites the people, and bears tales between them to cause division between them.

3. 104:1Al-Humazah
   وَيۡلٞ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٖ لُّمَزَةٍ
   Woe unto every slandering traducer,
   In context

   Evil consequences and a severe punishment awaits the one who frequently backbites the people and taunts them.