The Qur'an gives one of its most vivid images to warn against backbiting: speaking ill of an absent person is like eating the flesh of your dead brother. It pairs the warning with a caution against assuming the worst of people.
“O you who have believed, avoid much [negative] assumption. Indeed, some assumption is sin. And do not spy or backbite each other. Would one of you like to eat the flesh of his brother when dead? You would detest it. And fear Allah; indeed, Allah is Accepting of repentance and Merciful.”— 49:12 (Saheeh International)
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