What is the expiation for backbiting?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What is the expiation for backbiting?
Answer:
The scholars have stated that the expiation for backbiting is that you seek the forgiveness of the person you backbited. If you are unable to ask for his forgiveness, you should make du'a for him and speak well of him in the gatherings where you backbited him. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What is the expiation for backbiting?
Answer:
The scholars have stated that the expiation for backbiting is that you seek the forgiveness of the person you backbited. If you are unable to ask for his forgiveness, you should make du'a for him and speak well of him in the gatherings where you backbited him. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [230 -858] ما هي كفارة الغيبة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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