Is it permissible for a student to ask other students about the teacher of a subject, so that they mention his good qualities and his faults?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: In the university where I study, there is an opportunity to choose the teacher for the subject. Is it permissible for me to ask the students who previously studied with this teacher to mention his good qualities and his faults to me, or is this backbiting?
Answer:
This is backbiting. What is your need for mentioning this teacher and the students mentioning him? He would hate this and not be pleased with it. If someone came and asked the students to mention you, would you be pleased with that? Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: In the university where I study, there is an opportunity to choose the teacher for the subject. Is it permissible for me to ask the students who previously studied with this teacher to mention his good qualities and his faults to me, or is this backbiting?
Answer:
This is backbiting. What is your need for mentioning this teacher and the students mentioning him? He would hate this and not be pleased with it. If someone came and asked the students to mention you, would you be pleased with that? Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4702- 4717] هل يجوز للطالب أن يسأل الطلاب عن معلم المادة فيذكرون محاسنه ومعايبه؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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