7 Reasons Why People Backbite

7 Reasons Why People Backbite

1) Satisfying Anger: This is done by backbiting the person who kindles his anger. Every time the person makes him angry, he subsides it by backbiting about the person. Through this (the backbiting), he feels he is getting even with the other person. The cure for this is the advice of Rasulullah (SAW) when a man came to him and said advise me: “ Do not become angry.”
2) Wanting to Make or Keep Friends: In order to maintain friendship with others, a person indulges in backbiting. As he is afraid of losing their friendship, he does not reprimand them when they backbite, but indulges in it with them. To cure this he must remember the saying of Rasulullah (SAW): “Whoever seeks the pleasure of men by displeasing Allah, Allah will abandon him to the people.” (Tirmidhi)
3) Playing Around, Joking and Making…