Is it considered backbiting when some people say, "I do not like listening to so-and-so because he does not recite the Qur'an well"?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: Is this statement considered backbiting, where a person says, "I do not like listening to so-and-so," or "So-and-so is not able to recite the Qur'an well"? Is this backbiting?
Answer:
It is disparagement. Yes, this is disparaging the person. He recited to the best of his ability and effort, bringing forth what he could and what he was capable of. So do not disparage him for that. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: Is this statement considered backbiting, where a person says, "I do not like listening to so-and-so," or "So-and-so is not able to recite the Qur'an well"? Is this backbiting?
Answer:
It is disparagement. Yes, this is disparaging the person. He recited to the best of his ability and effort, bringing forth what he could and what he was capable of. So do not disparage him for that. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4618- 4717] هل قول بعضهم "لا أحب قراءة فلان لأنه لا يقرأ القرآن جيدا" يعتبر من الغيبة؟-صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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