Is the report “There is no backbiting of an open sinner” to be acted upon?
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Question:
He says: Is the report transmitted from al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah have mercy on him), “There is no backbiting of an open sinner,” to be acted upon?
Answer:
This is a hadith. As far as I know, it is a hadith. If there is a stronger benefit in it, such that he stops [sinning], or that people know him and are wary of him and do not be deceived by him, then there is no harm in it, because the benefit outweighs the harm of backbiting.
He says: Is the report transmitted from al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah have mercy on him), “There is no backbiting of an open sinner,” to be acted upon?
Answer:
This is a hadith. As far as I know, it is a hadith. If there is a stronger benefit in it, such that he stops [sinning], or that people know him and are wary of him and do not be deceived by him, then there is no harm in it, because the benefit outweighs the harm of backbiting.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يُعمَل بالحديث «لا غيبة لفاسق»؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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