Backbiting and slander

Backbiting means

• saying something bad about someone behind his/her back even if it's true

• saying something false about someone behind his/her back

• Calling someone a liar on their face

Slander means

• Saying somethings bad about someone behind his/her back even if it's true

• saying something false about someone behind his/her back

According to hadith, Backbiting about others is like eating the flesh of

• a dog

• one's dead brother

• one's dead pet

• none of the above

In the story, The Backbiting Servant, the name of the minister was

• Harun Rashid

• Ali Ibn Yaqtin

• Mutasim Abbasi

In the story, The Backbiting Servant, the minister sent money and expensive garments to

• Imam Ridha (a)

• Imam Sadiq (a)

• Imam Kazim (a)

• Imam Naqi (a)

In the story, The Backbiting Servant, what did the minister do with the cloak after Imam returned it?

• He returned it to the khalifa

• He wore it all the time

• He gave it to his servant

• He kept it at his home

In the story, The Backbiting Servant, why did the servant complain to the khailfa?

• He was angry at being dismissed from his service

• He was jealous of the gifts that the minister was getting

• He was a spy of the khalifa

What happened to the servant?

• He was told to leave the country

• He was ordered to be subjected to 1000 lashes

• He was rewarded with expensive gifts

When people backbite about each other ________ and _________ increases between them

• jealousy and envy

• love and harmony

• hatred and enmity