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Podcast: ALRA TV
Episode: Elementary Sufi Course Full Audio EP:07 Part:#2
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Courage and Determination
Continuing on from Chapter 7, Lesson 6
'Backbiting is equal to eating the flesh of your dead brother.' Quran 49:12
Now, what qualifies to be backbiting?
One time, Aisha (ra) told Prophet Mohammad (saw), ‘Your other wife, Hafsa, is very short. Why do you spend time with her?’ Prophet Mohammad (saw) very sternly said, ‘Aisha, repent. You are backbiting about Hafsa’. She said, ‘I didn’t say anything wrong. She really is short’. Prophet Mohammad (saw) replied, ‘I know, that is why I called it backbiting. Otherwise, if she didn’t have this flaw...