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Akhlaq

Guarding the tongue

Backbiting, gossip and kind words

The Qur'an likens backbiting to eating your dead brother's flesh.

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Islam treats words as deeds. Backbiting, spreading rumours and mocking people are counted as serious wrongs. A kind word is counted as charity.

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