The Ruling on Backbiting an Open Sinner
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the ruling on backbiting an open sinner?
The Shaykh:
Unless it leads to a stronger benefit, such as informing about a person who commits evil so that he can be held accountable, or informing the authorities about him. For example, if you sue a person before a judge and say that he is delaying, that he is a liar, and that he has wronged you, there is no harm in that. Hind (may Allah be pleased with her) said,Sahih Muslim 1714a The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "He does not give me what is sufficient for me and my son," Mishkat al-Masabih 3342 and he did not say to her, "This is because you will not reach your right except through this." You will not reach your right except through this matter. Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Some of the so-called banks.
The Shaykh:
He consulted you on a third matter. Someone consulted you about a person who wants to partner with him or wants to marry him, and you mention the defect in him. This is not backbiting. It is backbiting, but it is permissible backbiting because the benefit is stronger. You clarify to him what is in this person, whether he is suitable or not. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the ruling on backbiting an open sinner?
The Shaykh:
Unless it leads to a stronger benefit, such as informing about a person who commits evil so that he can be held accountable, or informing the authorities about him. For example, if you sue a person before a judge and say that he is delaying, that he is a liar, and that he has wronged you, there is no harm in that. Hind (may Allah be pleased with her) said,
Abu Sufyan is a miserly person
الله عنها ان ابا سفيان رجل شحيحHe replied, “Take what is enough for you and your son to the extent recognised by the law.”
فقال خذي ما يكفيك وولدك بالمعروفThe presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Some of the so-called banks.
The Shaykh:
He consulted you on a third matter. Someone consulted you about a person who wants to partner with him or wants to marry him, and you mention the defect in him. This is not backbiting. It is backbiting, but it is permissible backbiting because the benefit is stronger. You clarify to him what is in this person, whether he is suitable or not. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 11 من 86 /شرح كتاب إغاثة اللهفان في مصائد الشيطان/لذة القلب/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:12:37)
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