* Rotten corpse of the King * Once some people started backbiting against the king in front of Sayyiduna Maymun ﮧﺘﻤﺣﺭ ﮧﯿﻠﻋ ﮧﻠﻟﺍ He stayed quiet and did not say anything good or bad about him. When he fell asleep, he had a dream in which he saw the dead body of that same king who was spoken ill of. The smelly rotten carcass was laid before Sayyiduna Maymun ﮧﯿﻠﻋ ﮧﻠﻟﺍ ﮧﺘﻤﺣﺭ and one man was telling him, ‘Eat it.’ He ﮧﯿﻠﻋ ﮧﻠﻟﺍ ﮧﺘﻤﺣﺭ replied, ‘Why should I eat it?’ The person replied, ‘People were gossiping and backbiting against this king in front of you.’ He said to the person, ‘But I did not comment anything good or bad about him.’He was told, ‘But you were willing to hear about him.’ (Sifa-tus- Safwa h li-Ibn al-Jauzi, vol. 3, pp. 154) Sayyiduna Hazm ﮧﯿﻠﻋ ﮧﻠﻟﺍ ﮧﺘﻤﺣﺭ relayed that, ‘Sayyiduna Maymun ﮧﯿﻠﻋ ﮧﻠﻟﺍ ﮧﺘﻤﺣﺭ would not backbite against anyone nor would he ever listen to it. Even, if somebody tried to backbite, he would forbid him. If the person did not hold back then Sayyiduna Maymun ﮧﻠﻟﺍ ﮧﺘﻤﺣﺭ ﮧﯿﻠﻋ would leave the place.’ (Hilyat- ul-Auli ya, vol. 3, pp. 127, Hadis 3418)
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