Self-reminder 1

Bismillahir rahman nir rahim 

In the name of Allah , the most compassionate and merciful

I was reading "The meaning of the Holy Quran" a few minutes ago and came across this

Surah[4] Al-Nisa

148.Allah loves not that evil should be noised abroad in public speech, except where injustice has been done, for Allah is He who hears and knows all things

This ayat got me thinking about my sins of talking about others, daily. At first, my only thought about this was "ya Allah , aku mengumpat banyak ni" After staring at my room wall for a few minutes (no,the wall wasn't interesting at all) i thought of the retweets i made on Twitter, sometime thing that I find funny or ridiculous then it hit me. Doesn't that go into the category of "...noised abroad in public speech..." ? Astaghfirullah , it's so easy to commit a sin these days. You don't even give it a second thought because we are already USED to it.

I then began to do some reading and researching and found that this ayat refers to a few actions 

(1).Evil deeds are glorified to the public (in cinemas, novels , or drama)

(2).Gossip(foolish , does no good and hurts people's feelings)

(3).Malevolent slander or libel (to harm a person reputation or injure them in some way. In short, sebarkan aib)

(4). Public rebuke or correction, without malice (peaceful demonstration/rallies)

1, 2 , and 3 are absolutely forbidden(haram) but (4) may be a person of authority who has done wrong or injustice , must be correctly openly, to prevent it's recurrence. It may also be a person of no authority, to help someone who has been wronged. BUT doing it with any other niat (to bring down a person) the exception does not apply. Allah is the All-knowing

I remembered me retweeting something about a WeChat user's grammar, while he is heartbroken over breaking up with his gf. It just occurred to me that i was really insensitive . And getting him laughed at as well. It really made me feel bad. what if i was him ? Nauzubillah min zalik. I believe " kalau kita tak sebarkan aib org , Allah jaga aib kita" for all of us have faults. And if i had talked bad about any of you readers, i deeply apologize. I will do my best never to repeat that horrible mistake again. Astaghfirullah ;(

then came this ayat

149.whether you publish a good deed or conceal it or cover evil with pardon, verily Allah does blot out(sins) and has power (in the judgement of values)

So no matter what you do, make sure you have the right niat before doing it. For Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful

Assalamualaikum

PS most info are from The Meaning Of The Holy Quran , translation and notes from 'Abdullah Yusuf 'Ali and some of my personal thought. If there are a few thing that i wrote wrongly about please tell me.