Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 354
354 MALFŪZĀT - ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF URDU VOLUME 8 Avoid Backbiting The Promised Messiahas said: The heart is the casket of Allah the Exalted, and He has the key to it. Who knows what is inside it? So what is to be gained by needlessly making yourself a sinner? It is mentioned in the noble ahādīth that there would be a person who was a great sin- ner. God Almighty will tell him to come close to Him so much so that He will put a veil between him and the people with His hand. And He will ask him did you commit such and such a sin? But He will recount minor sins. The man will say yes, I committed these sins. God Almighty will say that today, I have forgiven all of your sins and rewarded you with 10 good deeds for each sin. Then that person will think that when these minor sins have received the reward of 10 good deeds, then the major sins will get a much greater reward. Thinking this, that person will start mentioning his more egregious sins himself, that O God! I have also committed these sins. Allah will smile after listening to him and say: Look! Because of My grace, this man has become so bold that he con- fesses his sins himself. Then, He will order him to enter Paradise through whichever of its eight gates he wishes. ¹ So who knows what is someone's relationship with God Almighty or what is in a person's heart? Therefore, backbiting should be strictly avoided. 2 1. Şahih Muslim, Kitāb al-Imān, Bābu Adna Ahli al-Jannah Manzilatan Fiha [Publisher] 2. Badr, vol. 2, no. 10, p. 10, dated 9 March 1906