- Evidence of the prohibition of mockery in Surah Hujurat
- Mockery based on the first sin of pride and arrogance
- Non-verbal mockery
- Revealing secrets and breaking promises as two of the signs of a hypocrite
Reference: Mukhtasar Minhaj Al-Qasidin by ibn Qudamah
- Lying is generally forbidden and "leads to wickedness"
- Importance of striving for the high station of As-Siddiqeen(the consistently truthful)
- Conditions under which lying is acceptable
- Ambiguity - types and conditions under which it can be used
Reference: Mukhtasar Minhaj Al-Qasidin by ibn Qudamah
- Quranic evidence of backbiting being greatly disliked
- Difference between backbiting (gheeba) and slander/falsehood (buhtan)
- Types of backbiting: words, gestures, and "gheeba of the heart"
- Causes that lead to backbiting
- Remedies for backbiting
- Conditions when backbiting is permissible
- Expiation for backbiting
• Controlling one's desires for food, drink and sex
• Evidence of the need for moderation in eating in the Sunnah
• The two tests: Abstaining and abstaining from want of praise/ostentation
• The purpose of sex in Islam
• Controlling excessiveness in sexual desire.
Reference: Mukhtasar Minhaj Al-Qasidin by ibn Qudamah
