WHAT IS BACKBITING

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah رضي الله عنه narrated that Allah's Messenger ﷺ asked (the sahabah (Prophet's Companions) رضي الله عنهم, one day), "Do you know what backbiting is?" They said, "Allah and His Messenger knows best." He said, "your mentioning your brother in such a way that he would dislike it (if he heard you)." He was asked, "What do you say if that what I say is found in my brother?" He said, "If what you say is found in him then you have backbited him. But, if what you say is not found in him then you have slandered (and defamed) him." (It is a grave sin, too) According to another version: "When you say of your brother what is found in him then you have backbited him. And when you say what is not in him, you have slandered him." [1]