Petty squabbles and backbiting were not uncommon. Backbiting may occur as a form of release after a confrontation. Aaliya's colleagues start backbiting, picturing Aaliya and Faisal's relationship an affair and favourism. You would hate it (so hate backbiting)[] . There are two verses in the Qur'an about backbiting. In Buddhism, backbiting goes against the ideal of right speech. Intramolecular termination is called backbiting and results in the formation of cyclic oligomers.