Tale-Bearing (Namimah)

Tale-bearing, (namimah) is defined as spreading words among believers with the purpose of stirring up enmity and problems between them This matter is forbidden. It is unlawful and sinful. Allah dispraised such people in the Qur'an in Surat al-Qalam, Ayah 11:

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This ayah highlights how ugly the sin of tale-bearing (namimah) is. In the hadith related by al-Bukhariyy,