The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) informs that the scandalmonger who spreads gossip to stir up discord among people deserves the punishment of not entering Paradise.

• Tale-bearing is a major sin.
• Tale-bearing is prohibited, given the evil impact and harm it causes individuals and communities.

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• When Allah, the Almighty, gathers together (on the Day of Judgment) all the earlier and later generations of mankind, a banner will be raised for every betrayer, and it will be said: "This is the betrayal of so-and-so, the son of so-and-so....
• They are being tormented, but they are not tormented for a major sin. One of them would not save himself from being soiled with his urine, while the other used to walk about spreading malicious gossip
• A man must not look at another man's ‘Awrah (must-cover body part), nor must a woman look at another woman's ‘Awrah
• Whoever listens to the talk of some people while they dislike that, molten lead shall be poured into his ears on the Day of Judgment