Ghibah
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Ghibah ( ) is backbiting as understood in Islam. It is generally regarded as a major sin in Islam and compared in the Qur'an to 'the abomination of eating the flesh of a dead brother'.
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Ghibah ( ) is backbiting as understood in Islam. It is generally regarded as a major sin in Islam and compared in the Qur'an to 'the abomination of eating the flesh of a dead brother'.
==Quran== There are two verses in the Quran about backbiting. Verse 12 of Surah Al-Hujurat says:
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