Therefore, every one of you who comes to know the faults of others should not expose them in view of what he knows about his own faults, and he should remain busy in thanks that he has been saved from what others have been indulging in. The habit of fault finding and backbiting has become so common that even the feeling of its evilness has disappeared. Whenever a few companions sit together their topic of conversation and engaging interest is just to discuss the faults of their opponents with added colourisation, and to listen to them attentively. Although the fault finder is himself involved in the faults which he picks up in others, yet he does not like that his own faults should be exposed. In such a case, he should have consideration for similar feelings in others and should avoid searching for their faults and hurting their feelings.
Some people take backbiting to cover only that which is false or contrary to fact.
According to them to relate what was seen or heard, exactly as it was, is not backbiting, and they say that they are not backbiting but only relating exactly what they saw or heard. But in fact backbiting is the name of this very relating of the facts, because if it is not factually correct it would be false accusation and wrong blame. There are many causes for indulging in backbiting, and because of this a man commits it sometimes knowingly and sometimes unknowingly. To establish one's feelings under the influence of rage and anger. To belittle a person from whom it is feared that he will expose some fault of one's.