Backbiting

Imam ‘Ali (a.s.) said:
اَلْغِيْبَةُ جُهْدُ الْعاجِزِ

Translation
Backbiting is the last effort of weak people.1

Brief Description
Few sins can be found among the capital sins that indicate meanness, weakness, humiliation, and cowardice like backbiting does.
Backbiters falsely blame and ascribe faults to others and damage reputations to satiate the fire of their envy and malice. They are weak and mean persons who do not have the courage to confront their victims with their baseless and unfair criticisms and can only stab others in the back.
It is mentioned in one of the traditions that even if a backbiter repents and the repentance is accepted, he shall be the last one entering paradise. Otherwise, he would be the first one entering hell.[divider]
•    1. Nahjul Balaghah