Gossip, Fabrication, and Talebearing

Allah, ta^ala, said in the Qur’an:

مَا يَلْفِظُ مِن قَوْلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيْهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٌ

Ma yalfidhu min qawlin illa ladayhi Raqibun ^Atid.

Ayah 8 of Surat Qaf means: {Whatever one says, be it good or evil, two angels Raqib and ^Atid write it.} The wise person should be keen to protect his tongue from everything that is evil.

Among what is evil is: gossip (ghibah), fabrication (buhtan), and talebearing (namimah). These three (3) matters are among the sins of the tongue and are bad habits.