English
Abu Sa’id and Jabir (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Backbiting is worse than fornication.” They said: “O Messenger of Allah, how is backbiting worse than fornication?” He said: “A man may commit fornication and repent, and Allah accepts his repentance.” In another narration: “He repents, and Allah forgives him, but the backbiter is not forgiven until the one he wronged forgives him.” In a narration by Anas: “The fornicator repents, but the backbiter has no repentance.”