Is the sin of one who knows the ruling on backbiting the same as the sin of one who does not know it among the common people?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the sin of one who knows the sin of backbiting among the students of knowledge greater than the sin of those who engage in backbiting from among the common people and the negligent?
Answer:
Here, some Muslim does not know the prohibition of backbiting, whether he is a common person or a student. This question has no place. They all commit it, the common person and the student. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the sin of one who knows the sin of backbiting among the students of knowledge greater than the sin of those who engage in backbiting from among the common people and the negligent?
Answer:
Here, some Muslim does not know the prohibition of backbiting, whether he is a common person or a student. This question has no place. They all commit it, the common person and the student. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4367- 4717] هل إثم من يعرف حكم الغيبة كإثم من لا يعرف ذلك من العوام؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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