1) What is the Islamic ruling on backbiting?

1. Backbiting is permitted in Islam unconditionally.
2. Backbiting is prohibited in Islam except in certain situations.
3. Backbiting is discouraged in Islam.
4. Islam maintains a relaxed approach with regards to backbiting.

2) What is inclusive under the act of backbiting?

1. Making fun of people by negative facial expressions while they are unaware.
2. Making fun of people by hand gestures while they are unaware.
3. Making fun of people by mentioning something true about them behind their backs.
4. All of the above.

3) What is backbiting?

1. Lying about someone.
2. Mentioning something true about someone in his absence that which he would dislike.
3. Abusing someone in front of others.
4. Ridiculing someone in front of others.

4) Islam teaches that if people are being ridiculed or backbitten in our presence we should:

1. join in, and mention other negative things that we know about the person.
2. defend the honor of the person being backbitten or ridiculed.
3. listen silently and not add anything from ourselves.
4. have a good laugh and take it simply as a form of amusement and a pastime.

5) Identify what distinguishes backbiting from slander.

1. Backbiting is if what is said is true, whereas slander is a lie.
2. Backbiting is if what is said is a lie, whereas slander is when the statement is true.
3. Backbiting and slander, both mean the same thing.
4. Backbiting includes ridicule, whereas slander does not.

6) In what situations is backbiting allowed?

1. Complaining to someone in authority who can address the wrong when an injustice has been done.
2. Seeking a religious ruling from a Muslim scholar.
3. To get help in changing a wrong or to prevent a disaster.
4. All of the above.

7) Almighty Allah compares backbiting in the Quran to:

1. the act of cannibalism on one's own brother.
2. the act of slaughtering one's own brother in the same manner as slaughtering an animal.
3. the act of torturing one's own brother.
4. the act of tying a noose around one's own brother's neck.