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1458 - كَفّارَةُ الاغتِيابِ‏

1458. THE PENANCE FOR BACKBITING

4917.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله - وقد سُئلَ عن كَفّارَةِ الاغتِيابِ - : تَستَغفِرُ اللَّهَ لِمَنِ اغتَبتَهُ كُلَّما ذَكَرتَهُ.1

4917. The Prophet (SAWA) was asked about the penance for backbiting, to which he replied, ‘You must seek Allah’s forgiveness on behalf of the one you have talked about every time you remember him.’2

4918.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إذا اغتابَ أحَدُكُم أخاهُ فلْيَستَغفِرِ اللَّهَ ؛ فإنَّها كفّارَةٌ لَهُ .3

4918.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘When one of you backbites about his fellow brother, he must seek forgiveness from Allah for that is penance for it.’4

1.الكافي : ۲ / ۳۵۷ / ۴ .

2.al-Kafi, v. ۲, p. ۳۵۷, no. ۴

3.كنز العمّال : ۸۰۳۷ .

4.Kanz al-Ummal, no. ۸۰۳۷

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