Backbiting
Bismillah ar-Rahmaan ar-Raheem,
"O you who believe! Avoid much suspicion, in deeds some suspicions are sins. And spy not neither backbite one another. Would one of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? You would hate it (so hate backbiting). And fear Allah, verily, Allah is the one who accepts repentance, Most Merciful" (Al-Hujuraat 49: 12)
It's a commercial aired in the Middle East reminding what the Quran has said about gossiping about others behind their back.
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Asalamalaykom,
Wow. That was creepy. Well done. Pretty is as pretty does.
It would be nice to have the Arabic actually disolve into English at the end.
Aslam alalikum wr wb
brother thanks for your videos alhamdulliah - i throughly enjy these and have invited many sister to join me. Brv i regret to say but the video on back stabbing is inappropriate - ty're sisters like me and Allah has made a muslimah in a style which attracts compelling attentino of men. Please avoid using sisters.thier clothing was also tight fitted - Islam oppeses this attire -if i have made an unreasonable comment, please forgive me for the pleasure of allah - may allah eliminate me of my ignorance and increase me in knowlege - ameen - keep the video flowing
Assalamualaikum Brother,
Wow...that was spooky!
I don't think you need a translation for this video!
It is us women who fall prey to such activities...ALL of the TIME...
May Allah guide all of us in the right direction. Ameen.
salam alaikumn brotha Ali,
where did you get that video from? It was sooo great. with sisters eating the human flesh. That is like backbiting. This is so well made.
wa salam alaikum
Y.C.
Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah...
Although I agree women are typically the ones who are more susceptible to backbiting - there are many brothers who do it as well.
Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (raa) relates the the Prophet (saw) asked the Companions: "Do you know what is meant by backbiting?" They answered: Allah (swt) and His Messenger know better. He (saw) said: "To narrate such things about your brother which he dislikes." One of the audience asked: Even if my brother may be like that? He (saw) said: "If such defects as you say, be present in him, then you have backbited and if he does not have what you say, then you are committing slander." Muslim
Hadhrat Aisha (raa) relates "I said to the Prophet (saw) it is sufficient for you to know that she (Hadhrat Safia) is such and such (referring to her short stature)." The Prophet (saw) said: "You gave said a sentence which if mixed in a ocean, it would transform its water to worse." Aisha (raa) also says "Once I said something unpleasant about a person to the Prophet (saw)." He (saw) said: "I do not like to hear anything unpleasant about anyone, even in return for so much and so much." (Abu Daud and Tirmizi - Tirmizi said that this tradition is good and sound)
So, it is clear from the hadith that not only is it forbidden from backbiting - but we're not to listen to it either! So, the next time you're in a gathering or just simply talking with another Brother or a Sister and you hear them saying something about another - please remind them about the commands from Allah (swt) and the Prophet (saw) and ask them to guard their tongue- then leave the gathering and remember Allah (swt).
This isn't only a issue for the women - it's just as much an issue for the men! =)
This is Serena- Reminding you, just in case you forgot! (hehehe)
ewwww!! that was gross but got the point across.
one thing that really annoys me though is the fact that its always women who are shown to gossip/backbite, guys do it just as much...in fact guys are a lot worse!
god...that freaked me out.. im going to show it to my mum and sister.. all my friends...no more even talking about ppl.. i mean even incase it ends up leading to gossip :-( may allah forgive us all ...walaahi i feel like sick...
Wow, that was a truely horrifying video. I felt my heart thud heavily as I realised what was going on. How ordinarily they had sat there talking and laughing, then switching to show what they were truely doing is backbiting. Those claws, those raw meat, the blood, their teeth. *shudders*
The music was eerie too, definately woke me up.
as salamu alaikum wa rahmatullah love the idea behind it, but i think they should have done an advert first about what is correct hijab,covering the awra, plucking eyebrows, and wearing make up that looks like its been applied with a trowel..
I'M CURED!!!!!!!hahahahaha.
you work wonders. keep it up,dude.
wow... i just ate before i watched that! it was a good clip shows us what we are really doing in our idle chats
salaaam! mashallah AMAZING job on all the videos. I got the link today and ive been watching alot of them like crazy! if your up for it you should deffiently talk at ISNA because the way you present the information with the islamic background is what I know people love to hear, including myself! anyways mad props once again and keep up with the great work, inshAllah and may Allah(swt) reward you greatly.
maslaaaama
Assalamu Alaikum brother,
Your blogs circulated on the messageboard of my schools muslim student page. I came across it today and I have to say that I'm so grateful for these blogs. I'm a new Muslim revert and in trying to find Muslim friend at school, I've found that many of them are Muslim by name..not by action. There have been great comments on the messageboard bout the blogs and hopefully they will help the brothers and sisters at my school in strengthening their deen insha Allah. We definitely need all the help that we can get. So many of the topics hit home (esp Hijack my religion) because I've recently had to explain and defend Islam to nonmuslims over these same topics. I plan on forwarding the link to several people as well b/c I think the videos are very benificial for muslims and nonmuslims who need clarification of some things. may Allah reward you and bless you for all that you do to strengthen our Ummah and continue to guide you. Ameen. Hopefully you will be inspired to continue with this project and see the benefit of it Insha Allah. One more thing...I have no idea where you're based but Texas Dawah Convention is coming in Dec. InshaAllah and it would be awesome if you could have a video or presentation or something.
yeah but guys back bite and bitch about others too... its not only a female trait.
but it does deserve 'the best ad of the year' award.
Assalamualaikum
Can anyone upload the BackBiting video at google Videos since my ISP has blocked YouTube
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Hey you all are really weird,
this guy is talking about manipulation by the media which tells us that women are inferior and then: he is broadcasting such a discriminating video as if women are cannibals, this is a prejudice against women, this is gossip against the female sex. YOU ARE CONTRADICTORY THUS NOT RELIABLE!
Assalamu alaikum,
I thought they were eating strawberries and gossiping. lol.
As a guy, I can say guys gossip/backbite as well. I think it was intended for muslims as a reminder as always not to backbite and not as a female or male trait.
Basically, video portrays as I understand that if you backbite/backstab, it is same as eating someone's flesh whether you are a male or a female.
Anonymous above,
With all due respect, you clearly are not aware of the issue being presented by this video.
Ewwww! How gross! But, it's a great way to convey the message. May it serve as a reminder to us all to hold our tongues. Jazak'Allah khair for this.
Assalamu'alykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu akhi!
Jazakumullahu khairan wa Barak Allahu Laka fee ahlika wa ma lik. Alhamdulillah, your works serve as a great reminder. MashaAllah, it seems as if Allah has chosen you amongst mankind to rise up and teach us the correct Islam and bring us back to the message and tradition of our beloved prophet Muhammad, rahmatullil 'alameen, uswatul Hasanah, wa Rasulullah (saas). Allahu'alam, but none the less I love your approach brother, and I intend not to trouble you but it would be very beneficial if you were to visit my local masjid. I think you should step up in the main stage of Islamic propagation or simple teaching here and there. You are very qualified for that, and if you are not comfortable with that yet then keep striving hard in gaining knowledge and implementing it in your life inshaAllah.
So, please email me at ahmedalmuttaqi@yahoo.com, and lets see whats easy for you. May Allah forgive all your shortcomings, mistakes, and wrongdoings. May Allah fill you with the knowledge and understanding of the Qur'aan and the Sunnah. May Allah grant you the perfection of Al-Islam and help you to emulate the lifestyle of Prophet Muhammad(saas) and his Ashab (R.A). May Allah grant all your supplications in this life and admit you to a high abode in Jannah. Allahumma Ameen!
woah, subhanAllah. That was creepy and very well done. :O
omG! hahah wow..that was real creepy, but a neat way of reminding ppl.
:) some feminisim is rising!
lol, it's natural that women are into backbiting more than men, they are more emotional, thus they need to open up. As Muslims we are obliged to channel our expression through Halal ways, backbiting is not one of them for sure.
men do it too, not as much because generally we are not emotional as much, of course there are always exceptions and degrees of contrast.
to the "Anonymous" person, if you read Arabic, you would have gotten the message at the end and understood that you misunderstood the whole point, I see where you're coming from, you dont have all the facts though.
subhanAllah, all the fascination and admiration of our beloved brother Ali's method show how much our Imams and community leaders need to work on their presentation/communication skills. Ali has not come up with new things of Islam, rather, he highlighted them and presented them in an attractive, innovative way. sometimes we are so blinded by the truth that we think that everyone else sees or shall see what we see, that we don't spend any effort trying to help them get to where we are when it could have only taken us some acts of kindness and some wisdom like it took Ali.
I think that we all can do what Ali is doing in our own way, surely it will take effort like it took Ali to get here and surely we might not get as much exposure or success but to Allah it will always be the most sincere of us all, not the most viewed or listened to.
on The Day, some prophets will come with a bunch of people, some with a nation and some with no one. Allah says what means "The closest to Allah of you, are the ones who observe Him, most".
so grab a pen, a mic, a brush, a keyboard, a camcorder or whichever tool you are most comfortable with and give for Allah, our Ummah needs every single one of you.
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Keep up the great work!
Wow, it is clear that it is a commercial from the middle east. Just like it was clear that the little girl in the OTHER videos on this site is not baba ali's daughter. Honestly I think some of you guys should read more carefully and pay more attention before commenting.
Having said that, THANKS for the great video. It was a wonderful reminder! Jazakallah akair.
I love the commercial and would have never thought of it as sexist or exclusive to women until reading the comments. Women need that reminder because the situation portrayed in the video is very symbolic of real - life get togethers among women. However, that does not mean that men don't backbite. I believe they do! ( what are they talking about in starbucks??) I wish someone would make a second commercial of men chatting over coffee in a restaurant or something. Men need the reminder also!
lol, Ever actually heard what men talk about? politics, work, jokes, Islam and many other kinds of things, not necessarily serious, however, most of the guys don't sit in a coffee shop backbiting, it happens but that is not usually the main theme of the conversations.
Girls seek emotional comfort from their interaction with others, guys seek intellectual comfort.
That's why girls are emotionally closer than guys, they hold hands and do things of these sorts naturally, they may get into a fight easily too. While in the other hand, guys are not as close emotionally, they understand each other more though and their chances of a fight are less.
We are equal, but we are not the same. Allah in His divine wisdom created us different in many ways, other than physical. inshaAllah when you get engaged and then married you will be aware of these differences more (as you'r emotions become more intense and your life decisions have more effects on your life).
A better ad would be on guys who don't use the Adab (manners) of being in the street that the prophet (s.a.w) had taught us(such as lowering their gaze when a woman passes by).
It's really unrealistic to expect others to read all the comments to know things better, that is why having a forum will help much more inshaAllah.
btw, Amina is in fact Ali's daughter :)
Asalaam ualeikum!
The video was well done mashaAllah but I have to give some critic aswell---->I think that the sistes could have better hijab on..
--->And i also did not understand any of the arabic text in the end..This gave me the feeling that It was only for arabic speaking so I feel a bit left out now...no but honest..Make it in arabic and english it would be better.
Backbiting is a bad sin and good to be reminded about for women aswell as for men.I wonder sometimes what men sit and talk about hour after hour in the cofee shops?..;o)
Khair may Allah swt guide us all on the right path and keep us away from evel.amiin.
wa salaam
That is one of the best clip i had seen so far in terms of what arabian countries broadcast!
asalam alaikum,
I think the use of such beautiful women was unnecesarry. AND, the fact that the video showed them PLEASANTLY eating the flesh was very odd. Its supposed to be sickening to eat the flesh of our brother, but they made it seem as though it was enjoyable. The video, although an important message, looked more like models eating something delicious the way they were licking their fingers.
For crying out loud, it was a METAPHOR. A METAPHOR! The women were all in white and were suppose to look innocent and sweet like another poster mentioned. IT WAS A METAPHOR. And Baba Ali did not make this commercial. IT IS FROM ARABIA! AND THAT IS WHAT WOMEN LOOK LIKE! Majority of muslim women look just like that. Majority of muslim women ARE INDEED attractive. Astarfullah, reading these blog comments is really aggravating. I
asalam alaikum. As a brother, and many other brothers agree with me. Even non practising ones agreed they were beautiful before even realizing the topic of ther commercial. Would the Prophet SAW agree that this was appropriate? Face painted attractive women whose hijabs arent PROPER licking their fingers eating something "delectable". Men dont think as women, that is why WOMEN have to be more precautious than this. AND this has nothing to do with the brother Baba Ali. MashaAllah his work is great! subhanaAllah. no need to get all worked up sister.
I am not worked up, alhamdulilah.I just think there is some irony in the criticism about the women being attractive. All the shows on tv have attractive women. If someone is watching tv they are probably watching a show with attractive women. That is the whole nature of television, arabia or not. Television has attractive women. To me, it would make no sense , and be insulting to have a commercial with ugly fat muslim women wearing hijab and then go back to watching whatever show with uncovered pretty women.
Plus, they were suppose to be looking like they love it because they are suppose to not know really what they are doing and how bad it is. METAPHOR.
ANd ALLAH knows best. May Allah forgive me for saying anything wrong.
That was a scary commercial. Freaked me out. Good message though.
asalamalaikum. tv is full of attractive women, but as muslim women why do we need to be like them? if the point(backbiting) is an islamic one, then why do it through a means which is not completely islamic? puzzling...Allah azawajal, knows best.
Assalaamu Alikum
Very powerful message! Everyone needs to be reminded of the evils of back bitting....Sisters AND Brothers.
The only thing I don't like is that there are only woman in the video...I've heard brothers backbite just as much as woman do!
ok..that is disturbing
I just rewatched the video and I really thing that those of you who are picking on the sisters dress are really being petty. They are all wearing hijab and not showing their skin. The women are slim and that is why I think some of you are saying their clothes are tight. They are actually not that tight it is just that the women are slim and unless a woman looks fat people will say her clothes are tight ( I know this from experience).
Also,while I agree that bros gossip and they could use a video I liked this video. I think it really showed a realistic scenerio when a group of women who are good friends get together. I know that I have sat in settings like that where someone starts in on someone and we are all ( astarfuallah ) giggling, blushing and getting embarrassed about what wwe are hearing yet still participating. It was a very realistic scenerio that women can relate to. Especially in arab countries where women are much much more social then the muslim women in western countries where we tend to be isolated.
I love UmmahFilms and what Ali Baba is doing, but this commercial is not right. It's a bad way of saying Backbiting is haram. Many of the brothers forgot whats the purpose behind the video and started thinking about marriage again, because of "beautiful women". Please please take the video off before more brothers rewind and watch the video for other purposes. The posters above made better points than I did on why it is unIslamic as well. But I can't wait for your website, your season 2, and masha'ALlah, you're doing great! --AlMaghrib Institute student
I agree with everyone, it is not Islamic. Since the video is up and you guys watched it, let me tell you how I forced my mind to make watching this video useful. Maybe this helps settle things down for some of you.
Ok: The first 10 seconds, a brother can't understand what they are saying, so all he does is SEE with his eyes. He sees improper hijab, he sees attractive women and wierd thoughts emerge in his head. Right? So far this is what the first 10 seconds did to me.
Then, the sound track changes. It get's scary and your mind switches gears. To me, these women turn into devils, evil ones, that want to seduce you and take you all the way into hell, and I can no longer see them as attractive. The sound track overplays my vision and in the end, I have a totally different view about the film. Your mind turns on 'defensive mode' and you want to run away from such women. NO, GET AWAY FROM ME! BACK OFF YOU DEVILS! This is what the sound track does..or should do to those that wanna look at the bright side of the story.
How about that? Evil devils eh. Wierd minds..pfft..lets wait for my blog.
assalamu alaykum,
Regardless if men or women do it more, the bottomline is DONT DO IT! Just reflect on yourself and ask "Do i backbite about ppl without even knowing it?" And if u feel u do - then change and try to stop..i wish i had enough guts to tell ppl that ARE backbiting to stop especially when it is with family and relatives and it is hard to get out of the situation...
May Allah (SWT) guide us all and give us strength inshallah
salam
that scared me...now everytime i see ppl gssipin or i am bout to gossip i hav that permenently embedded into my mind...u kno that part where they are eating the flesh and liking blood and their teeth and naill aaaahhhhhh!!!....i cant stand gossip now...makes me wanna spew..but thanx for postin it cause i cant stand gossip anymore :D
wa salam m
may Allah praise u for the work that u hav done...mashalla
~~Muslimz in Australia~~
Just for the record, Ummah Films did not make this video. This is why you don't see the "Ummah Films" intro at the beginning of the clip or the website at the end of it.
I just found the clip interesting because instead of selling you a product with their commericial, they are giving you a reminder, which is not the norm with commericials.
I think our videos are not the norm either because your comments/respones have shown that you don't have to mock Islam to make people laugh (which is unfortuantely done by many Muslims). My sense of humor comes from the funny things I see people do and I hope the "humor" behind it will help us be more conscious of those actions.
Asalamalaykam, that advert is reallllly reallllllllly touching it kinda hit me as soon as i watched it! we could do with adverts like that on western t.v evn if its only on muslim channels.
Salamalaykum,
That commercial is VERY SHOCKING! I think it portrays a really BAD example of the message from the Quran.
It came across very un-modest! Regardless of the women wearing Hijabs, they were licking their lips and licking their fingers. To me that was very seductive. In my opinion,the woman at the end of the clip also gave a seductive look. Seriously in my opinion it shows very un-modest actions. The actions of the women reminded me of a sexy vampire movie/book!
Al-A'araf
7.26
o children of Adam, we have given you garments to cover your bodies, as well as for luxury. BUT THE BEST GARMENT IS THE GARMENT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS(good actions)...
In my opinion the women were dressing modestly but their actions contradicted this. In my opinion there was no shyness there.
I understand it was trying to show back-biting but to me it came across seductive. I think if a non-muslim/or a muslim who doesn't read the Quran in their language, saw this commercial and didn't know the verse about back-biting from the Quran, they would have gotten ONLY a SEXUAL MESSAGE from it,even if the women do have a scarf covering their hair.
zehra said that the first video cind of scared me but they are relly good the tell u when u are going to die or when u wont die
woah thats defo got me thinkin twice b4 backbiting!
sisters should not be displaying themselves like that.
Allahulmusta3an.
asalaam alaykum
Woah.....Dude...why is it that, you think backbitting and all of sudden...you think of women...Insha allah its reminder to all..
and the video with the women...A BIG NO NO....Insha allah...
Jazakallah for letting me comment
R*
In reply to what Maleeha said that guys are alot worse than girls as far as backbiting is concerned....Guys do backbite but they are definitely not worst than women...I mean come on...its a known fact that women backbite way more than guys...not stereotyping...and not that guys talk about something any better than backbiting...but trust me women backbite alot more than guys...talking from personal experience
Regardless of anything either men do it or women do it It is a major sin...and both will get the same punishment and a harsh one...and it is well deserved
As salaamwalaikum Brothers and Sisters,
Wow, my heart felt like it dumped into my stomach after watching this, then I pondered on do I do this or not. I think I do, with my non-muslim family members too, to make it worse. I will certainly thing 3x before commenting on anything anymore and pray for the courage to stop those who think that it is alright to talk to me about others. On the other hand, commenting on the content, it did have a slightly sexy undertone towards the end there with the sister licking her lips and the whole eye thing, we are all adults here, lets be honest, that was a bit seductive. However, I got the point. They need to work on that, it reminded me of the age old exploiting women to get a point across. Thanks Ali, for the reminder. Our family enjoys the blogs you have put out. We crack up laughing but then enjoy the talks we have after about the messages. Be safe and keep Allah t'ayla first in all you do.
Asalaamu Alaykum, all!
To the "Anonymous" idiot who thinks that this commercial is portraying "cannabalism" in women: Dude, if you actually READ the ENGLISH translation of the verse in the Qur'an that talks about backbiting RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE VIDEO, you would have understood what kind of message the commercial is trying to get across. I don't understand Arabic but at least I understood what they're getting at!
And Brother (the one who does those excellent video blog-reminders) WELL DONE, MASHA'ALLAH! May you continue to be guided and may Allah bless you and your family, and seriously, Alhamdulillah that you have been guided!
ok Sorry, "Anonymous" (who thought this was cannabalism) I shouldn't have called you "idiot" but seriously, man, you should have read the verse UNDERNEATH THE VIDEO. Why the heck would we portray CANNABALISM?! Like, yeah, it's depicting they're eating human flesh, but like, there's gotta be a metaphor if you see this, right?
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