Does the expiation of the gathering erase the backbiting and other wrongs that occur in it?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Some people believe, and we have heard this, that the expiation of the gathering is absolute, even if there was backbiting in that gathering. Is this correct?
Answer:
This is a closing, a closing for good. If it was mentioned in the hadith, if the gathering was a gathering of good, it was like a seal upon it. And if the gathering contained evil, it was an expiation. So there is good in these words.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Some people believe, and we have heard this, that the expiation of the gathering is absolute, even if there was backbiting in that gathering. Is this correct?
Answer:
This is a closing, a closing for good. If it was mentioned in the hadith, if the gathering was a gathering of good, it was like a seal upon it. And if the gathering contained evil, it was an expiation. So there is good in these words.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/1656] هل كفارة المجلس تمحو ما يقع فيه من الغيبة والمنكرات؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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