Is refuting the hypocrites and refuting their doubts considered backbiting?
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Question:
I ask Allah for you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: The people of hypocrisy have increased in this time, and some of them have displayed their hypocrisy through writing or by speaking openly. So, if we warn people about them by naming them and mentioning their writings and words, is that considered backbiting about them? And how should we deal with them?
Answer:
Refuting them is part of jihad in the path of Allah. Allah the Exalted said:[At-Tawbah 9:73] Refuting the hypocrites by refuting their doubts and invalidating their statements is part of jihad in the path of Allah. However, the refutation should only be done by the people of knowledge who are skilled in refutation and argumentation.
I ask Allah for you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: The people of hypocrisy have increased in this time, and some of them have displayed their hypocrisy through writing or by speaking openly. So, if we warn people about them by naming them and mentioning their writings and words, is that considered backbiting about them? And how should we deal with them?
Answer:
Refuting them is part of jihad in the path of Allah. Allah the Exalted said:
O Prophet, fight against the disbelievers and the hypocrites
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ جَاهِدِ الْكُفَّارَ وَالْمُنَافِقِينَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1962- 4717] هل الرد على المنافقين وإبطال شبهاتهم يعتبر من الغيبة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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