++ Gossip Is EATING THE FLESH OF YOUR SISTERS!

"...Nor speak ill of eachother behind their backs. Would any of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother/sister? Nay, you would abhor it. But fear Allah" (Qu'ran 49: 12). Watch this vid (link given) for desired effect girls!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1aj2C7XQh4 before reading on.

Someone in my community has been gossiping about a sister I love who I know keeps secrets and never tries to talk about another sis's buisiness. Do you know what gossiping is?:

"Do you know what gossip is?" They said, "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said, "It is your saying about your brother something which he dislikes." He was asked, "What do you think if I say about my brother it true?" He said, "If it is true then you have gossiped about him, and if it is not true then you have slandered him." (Muslim). "Those who love [to see] scandal published and broadcast among the Believers, will have a grievous penalty in this life and in the Hereafter..." (Qu'ran 24:19). And 'Ali ibn Abi Taalib reports: "The one who gives his tongue free rein in spreading scandal in the commnity is as great a sinner as the one who commits a scandalous act."

Not that she HAS done anything wrong! An issue got confused and another sis got caught gossiping about something she had no buisiness in (Islam is a religion of advice, if someone does something you think is wrong it is your duty to gently inform them of it, not go spreading it about the community-astifurallah!).
Now, my poor friend, she has been accused of gossiping, and of lying, and as these things are not true, I know she has been slandered by a hypocrite. "You will find among the worst people in the sight of Allah on the Day of Resurrection, the one who is two-faced, who approaches some people in one way and others in another." (Bukhari, Muslim, et al). "The Muslim is one from whose tongue and hand other Muslims are safe. (Bukhari). We are told to protect eachother from sin, not by shaming them "The whole of a Muslim's being is sacred to another Muslim-his blood, his wealth and his honour are inviolable." (Muslim). In fact, we are told that along with advising eachother (loving eachother for the sake of Allah as this sister has done for me numerous times while still keeping my good name) we are to be REWARDED for covering eachother's FAULTS. "No man conceals the sin of another in this world, but Allah will cover him on the Day of Resurrection." (Muslim). "Whoever sees a Muslim's fault and covers it up, it will be as if he brought back to life a baby girl who had been buried alive." (Ibid). C'mon sisters! "...And spy not on one another..." (Qu'ran 49:12). Slander and accusations destroy the integrity of the Umah which is why adultery, which has such a high price in its punishment, is worthy of death (it causes suspicion and gossip and destroy bonds of brotherhood and family ties in the way that gossip and slander does!). This issue makes me so sick, because not only has this sister been accused of lying, she is not being told what she lied about so that she can defend herself, nor who has made the faceless accusations. I'll give you a riddle.

I have no eyes but I see things that never were. I have no hands but I can slay and kill and maim and do. I have no legs, but I am carried everywhere. I am Gossip. Yes, you know my name.

Alhamdulilah, my friend has a temper, but I think she's managed herself very well, and is willing to forgive the party responsible, but she wants her name cleared. Whoever is responsible, reading this, will you help her, or at least, if you still see soemthing wrong, maybe advise her, and next time, instead of insultering her and damaging my community, come to her first with that advice as you are commanded to in your religion by our holy Qu'ran? I'd hate to see you have to defend yourself with this in Shariah cuz I know you need at least two in-body wittnesses to even accuse her of gossiping. And everyone, please know, if you're are going to gossip ABOUT someone gossiping because you have nothing better to do, you are a hypocrite, and a slanderer, and a gossip yourself. Advise, and cover your brothers and sisters, or else feast on their flesh and enjoy. Bon apetit liar.

AND DEAR SISTER, MY ADVICE TO YOU:
"Whatever two people who are insulting each other say, it is a sin on the one who started it, unless the one who was wronged steps beyond the bounds of self-defence." (Muslim).

source:BeautifulMuslimah