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In plain terms
Ghibah
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Ghibah is backbiting: speaking about an absent person in a way they would dislike, even if what is said is true. The Qur'an describes it with the image of eating the flesh of one's dead brother. It differs from buhtan, saying something false about someone, which is separate and more serious.
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