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Negative Remarks

This is a general piece of advice, but it is meant especially
for believers, because believers are those who have given a firm
commitment to God Almighty, in terms of which they are not
supposed to indulge in this kind of unworthy activity. This is
tantamount to breaking the solemn pledge they have taken at the
time of declaring their belief.
It is a fact that to err is human. Nevertheless, if anyone
indulges in these unwanted practices, even if it is unintentionally
or mistakenly, he must, on the one hand, apologize to the person
about whom he has passed a negative remark, and, on the
other hand, he should ask for forgiveness from God Almighty.
Repentance is as good as correcting your mistake.

Every man and woman is responsible for building a
healthy society. It is their social duty not to indulge
in such activities as may cause damage to the
healthy atmosphere of a society.

The individual has only two options: either he should refrain
from indulging in such undesirable activities or, even if he only
occasionally commits this kind of error, he must very soon repent
and try, in all sincerity, to compensate for it by taking corrective
measures.
Every man and woman is responsible for building a healthy
society. It is their social duty not to indulge in such activities as
may cause damage to the healthy atmosphere of a society. These
kinds of practices are against the plan made by the Creator.
Calling others by nicknames, passing derogatory remarks, or
attempting character assassination, are all like poison, not in the
physical sense, but in the psychological or ethical sense. Believers
are required to be self-disciplined in their morality, for those
who fail to adopt this kind of ethical discipline will be severely
punished by God.

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