If a person falls into backbiting, is there anything that expiates his sin, and do you have any advice for him?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. If a person falls into backbiting, is there anything that expiates his sin? And do you have any advice for him? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
Backbiting is expiated by seeking forgiveness from the one who was backbitten.
The questioner:
It can be used.
The Shaykh:
He asks him for forgiveness. If he fears that informing him will cause harm, or if he is unable to meet him because he has left or died, then he praises him in the gatherings where he backbitten him and makes du'a for him. This is sufficient, if Allah wills. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. If a person falls into backbiting, is there anything that expiates his sin? And do you have any advice for him? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
Backbiting is expiated by seeking forgiveness from the one who was backbitten.
The questioner:
It can be used.
The Shaykh:
He asks him for forgiveness. If he fears that informing him will cause harm, or if he is unable to meet him because he has left or died, then he praises him in the gatherings where he backbitten him and makes du'a for him. This is sufficient, if Allah wills. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، إذا وقع الإنسان في غيبة، فهل يُكفر عن ذنبه بشيء، وهل تنصحونه بشيء؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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