Slander

Defamation, calumny, vilification, or traducement is the communication of a false statement that harms the reputation of, depending on the law of the country, an individual, business, product, group, government, religion, or nation.

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Father . Son . Slander

If a father is slandering and lying about his son to the rest of his family thereby causing a lot of pain and anguish, what should the son do?

Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi, Sayyed Mohammad al-Musawi is originally from Iraq and heads up the World Ahlul Bayt Islamic League in London. Other than being involved in various humanitarian projects, he frequently responds to... Answered 3 years ago

The son must tolerate and be patient and never counter his father or hurt his feelings. Whatever wrong done by any parent must be tolerated.

It is good to talk to your father either directly or indirectly to know the reasons of his attitude towards you. That might help decreasing the misunderstanding.

Wassalam.

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Slander . Forgiveness

If someone has slandered another person, and neither the victim of slander nor the person who heard it are contactable anymore, is there another way to be forgiven for the act? Can one pray for the person who heard the slander that he may forget it?

If you can not contact the victim to apologize and seek his pardon, you should pray for him and do good deeds on his behalf so that he might feel happy when he receives your gifts and forgive you.

Wassalam.

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Backbiting . Slander . Repentance (Tawbah)

How can someone repent from backbiting and slandering?

Backbiting is a major sit which mentioned in Quran as eating the flesh of your dead brother. (And do not backbite each other, does any one from you like eating the flesh of his dead brother, then you will hate him).

Backbiting is (Mentioning any Momin with anything which he / she does not like to be mentioned). If it was a true, then it s backbiting, but it was untrue then iy will be allegation which more dangerous.

Repenting from backbiting is Must otherwise it will lead to hellfire.

As it is a sin concerning others, we must seek pardon from them and request them to sincerely forgive us. If this is not possible either if the person is no more alive or he is not contactable a all or it might be more harmful to inform him, then we need to pray for him and gift him good deeds which will make him in the Day of Judgment forgive us.

Wassalam