Surah 104 · Makkah

Al-Humazah

الهمزة

"The Slanderer"

The one who mocks, counts wealth, thinks he will last.

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Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

"The Prophet said: "A slanderer will not enter Paradise." In another hadith: "A slanderer will not enter Paradise. The slanderer is the tale-bearer. Abu Hurairah reported that the Messenger of Allah said: "The most beloved among you to Allah are those with the best character,"

Source in Evils of the Tongue →
"Allah, Exalted is He, has said, "The blame is only against those who wrong people and transgress in the land without right. The slanderer is among them. The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, "Among the worst of people is one whom others avoid for his evil, and the slanderer is among them."

Source in Evils of the Tongue →
"Their comment troubled them, so they sought guidance from Ata. He advised them to repeat their ablution and prayer, and to make up the fast if they were fasting. Mujahid explained the verse "Woe to every slanderer and backbiter" by saying that "humazah" refers to one who stabs others,"

Source in Evils of the Tongue →

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

"Then Allah revealed to Moses: 'I will not respond to you, nor to those with you, for among you is a slanderer. Moses asked who it was so they could remove him, but Allah replied, 'I forbid you from slander, yet would I be a slanderer?"

Source in Invocations & Supplications →

Shaykh Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Timeless Classics

"not to object to the Lord Almighty, the saint, or the slanderer for his fabrication and lies. This may be a cause for his repentance and return from his ignorance and confusion. Thus, it becomes a dislike for the saint and a benefit for the deluded, perishing in his delusion and recklessness."

Source in Futūḥ al-Ghayb →

Ibn al-Qayyim · Madārij al-Sālikīn

"The difficulty here led some to say that his repentance is to acknowledge the prohibition of slander and seek forgiveness for it. This requires clarification of the lie that اللّٰه has judged upon the slanderer, declaring him a liar in His sight, even if his report corresponds to reality."

Source in Volume One →
"There are three opinions on this matter. Regarding the views of أَحْمَد, there are two documented narrations concerning the punishment for slander: whether informing the person wronged and seeking their forgiveness is necessary for the repentance of the slanderer."

Source in Volume One →
"For those will be with the believers, and اللّٰه is going to give the believers a great reward." Therefore, the correct view is that the repentance of the slanderer involves denying his own accusation."

Source in Volume One →

Ibn Kathir · Al-Bidāya wal-Nihāya

"mosque so that no one may be seen prostrating to Allah in the house. Indeed, even if you taunt us for killing him and a slanderer and envious one spreads rumors about Islam, we have quenched our thirst with the spears of Ibn al-Hadrami when the war"

Source in First Revelation to Badr →

Imam al-Ghazali · The Beginning of Guidance

"The definition of backbiting is to mention something about someone they dislike if they heard it, establishing one as an unjust slanderer, even if truthful. Beware of disguised, hypocritical backbiting used by pious-seeming reciters, expressed"

Source in Beginning of Guidance →

Imam al-Dhahabī · Timeless Classics

"The one whose head was that of a pig and her body that of a donkey was a slanderer and a liar. The one in the form of a dog was envious and spiteful. Mu'adh ibn Jabal, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Prophet, peace be upon"

Source in The Major Sins →
"out of ignorance and become, over what you have done, regretful. And if you are lying, then you are among the people of this verse. A slanderer going about with malicious gossip. If you wish, we can pardon you."

Source in The Major Sins →

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din

"It also includes not being a curser, reviler, slanderer, backbiter, hasty, spiteful, stingy, or envious. Good character is being cheerful and warm, loving for Allah and hating for Allah, being content for Allah, and being angry for Allah."

Source in The Book of Disciplining the Soul →

Ibn Battuta · Rihla — The Travels of Ibn Battuta

"mercy on him. Damascus, our yearning for her is enduring. Even if a slanderer or censor persists, a land where the gravel is pearls and the soil is perfume, and the breezes of the north are abundant. Her flowing water is unrestricted, and"

Source in Volume One →

Ibn al-Qayyim · Timeless Classics

"and their defence of his honour when a slanderer speaks ill of him, and the swiftness with which his supplication is answered, and the vanishing of the estrangement that once lay between him and God, and the nearness of the angels to him,"

Source in al-Fawāʾid II →

Ibn al-Qayyim · Madārij al-Sālikīn

"The sinner is humiliated, and there are four types of people whom humiliation loves most intensely: the liar, the slanderer, the miser, and the tyrant. The phrase "strong against the disbelievers" refers to the strength, protection,"

Source in Volume Two →

Ibn al-Qayyim · Madārij al-Sālikīn

"Consider now the life of "a habitual swearer, a slanderer, a gossipmonger" as mentioned in the القُرْآن, "a preventer of good, a transgressor, a sinful person," "cruel and, on top of that,"

Source in Volume Three →

Ibn al-Qayyim · Timeless Classics

"that directly committed the crime. For example, a highway robber's hand and foot, the instruments of his crime, are destroyed. In contrast, a slanderer's tongue is not cut because the"

Source in The Disease and The Cure →

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