Re: Why do we backbite?
I think some of the members have answered the 'why' part.....:)
I think, we now need to focus on 'how to stop or at least control it'
My mother has this one thing in practice, for past few years.....whenever we get together and our chatting somehow starts to steer towards backbiting....she'll say ''aao koi baat karaiN'' (let's talk ) n we all would get the hint 'baat means ' anything without backbiting' and we'll stop.....this technique even works in big gatherings too ....coz nobody gets offended like when you ask 'stop backbiting' n at least all of us sisters n cousins do know whats meant by 'aao koi baat karaiN' :)
Ammi often quotes a hadith with a very deep meaning....but I think I'm going off topic already....so I better stop.