CARRYING TALES AND SPREADING ANARCHY

Hadhrat Hamaad bin Salma (R.A) narrates that a person once sold a slave, warning the buyer that the slave had the bad habit of carrying tales. Thinking nothing of the fault, he purchased the slave.
After a few days the slave approached his master's wife and told her that her husband no longer loved her and intended to marry someone else.
She was extremely shocked, but he assured her of the fact. He then told her that he had a plan to secure his love for her. When she invoked him to inform her of his plan, he responded,

"Shave off some hairs from below his beard while he sleeps. This is a tried and tested method."

The slave then approached the master and told him that his wife has fallen in love with another man and was waiting for an opportunity to murder him. When the master asked in surprise, "How is this possible?" The slave replied,

"You may test her by pretending to sleep and then seeing what she will do."

That night the husband pretended to sleep. The wife was awaiting this opportunity and grabbed hold of a blade. The husband, being prepared, seized hold of the blade and killed her instead. When the relatives of the wife learnt of the murder, they had him executed. As a result the two families were divided.