زندگى تحت توفيقات اصول اخلاق - مكارم شيرازى، ناصر - الصفحة ٨٥ - Dangers of slander

right of a believer, and this is in contradiction with slander.

٣- Slander is considered as spreading obscenity Imam Sadegh A. S. said:.

«مَنْ قالَ فِي مُؤْمِنٍ ما رَأَتْهُ عَيْناهُ وَ سَمِعَتْهُ اذُناهُ فَهُوَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ قالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ:

انَّ الَّذِينَ يُحِبُّونَ انْ تَشِيعَ الْفاحِشَةُ فِي الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَهُمْ عَذابٌ الِيمٌ‌» ..

One who says what he has seen and heard about a believer, isamong those that God has told about them: those who like the vices to spread among believers, there shall be a painful chastisement for them.. [١]

The point of this issue is also clear, because considering thatin most cases faults are included among religious faults, revealing hidden faults of people may cause the others to take impertinence and insolence for performing sin and disobedience, and consequently spreading obscenity.

٤- The corruption of slander is more severe than adulteryIn the famous tradition of Jaber and Abou Saeid Khadri, it isnarrated from Prophet S. A.:.

«الْغِيبَةُ اشَدُّ مِنَ الزِّنا» ..

Slander is worse than adultery.. [٢]

The reason mentioned under this tradition for its severity isthat an adulterer may be forgiven by God through repentance( because adultery is the Right of God ), but the repentance ofslanderer without satisfaction of the other party, will not beaccepted) because it is the Right of People (.

There may be another point in addition to above aspect as

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