If I repent from backbiting, is it necessary for me to go to the person I backbit and ask for his forgiveness?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I used to backbite some people, then I repented from this act. Is it necessary for me to go to this person and ask for his forgiveness?
Answer:
If this is feasible, it is obligatory for you. If it is not feasible, or if you fear that it will cause him distress and increase the harm, then you should make du'a for him and speak well of him in the gatherings where you backbit him, and that is sufficient. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I used to backbite some people, then I repented from this act. Is it necessary for me to go to this person and ask for his forgiveness?
Answer:
If this is feasible, it is obligatory for you. If it is not feasible, or if you fear that it will cause him distress and increase the harm, then you should make du'a for him and speak well of him in the gatherings where you backbit him, and that is sufficient. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2670 -3022] إذا تبت من الغيبة هل لا بد أن أذهب إلى من اغتبته وأطلب منه المسامحة؟ — youtube.com
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