Slander

Forbidden to utter slander

"According to the direct and sacred command of God we are forbidden to utter slander..."

(Shoghi Effendi, Bahá'í Administration, p. 4)

Person with conscience prefer to have tongue cut out rather than slander

"A person endowed with a conscience will certainly prefer to be killed rather than to sin, and to have his tongue cut out rather than to slander and lie."

('Abdu'l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, par. 75-1)

Slander to disappear through holy ones spreading light of love and unity, leading to spirituality

"All the holy ones of God have tried with heart and soul to spread the light of love and unity throughout the world, so that the darkness of materiality might disappear and the light of spirituality might shine forth among the children of men. Then would hate, slander and murder disappear, and in their stead love, unity and peace would reign."

('Abdu'l-Bahá, Paris Talks, pp. 119-120