If a person says to another: “Whenever you backbite me, you are absolved,” is it permissible for him to backbite him and continue doing so?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If a person says to another, “Whenever you backbite me, you are absolved,” is it permissible for him to backbite him and continue doing so?
Answer:
No, this is not permissible. Even if he says, “You are absolved if you backbite,” it is not permissible. What is forbidden does not become permissible by anyone’s declaration of permissibility. Backbiting is forbidden.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If a person says to another, “Whenever you backbite me, you are absolved,” is it permissible for him to backbite him and continue doing so?
Answer:
No, this is not permissible. Even if he says, “You are absolved if you backbite,” it is not permissible. What is forbidden does not become permissible by anyone’s declaration of permissibility. Backbiting is forbidden.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [65 -954] إذا قال شخصٌ لآخر: متى ما اغتبتني فأنت في حِل، فهل يجوز أن يغتابه ويستمر على ذلك؟ — youtube.com
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