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Akhlāq

أخلاق

غيبة

Ghībah

Definition

Backbiting — mentioning your brother in a way he would dislike, even if true.

Example

If the statement is false it is buhtān (slander) — an even graver sin. Ghībah is likened in the Qur'an to eating your dead brother's flesh.

See also

Akhlāq›

Namīmah

Tale-bearing — carrying words between people to sow discord.

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Tawbah

Repentance — regretting the sin, leaving it, and resolving not to return; restoring rights if owed.

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