Accountability for Thinking About Sin and the Ruling on the Self-Talk About People
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Question:
The questioner asks: Is a person held accountable for what he thinks about, even if he does not act on it? And is it considered backbiting if a person talks to himself about someone?
Answer:
Yes, a person should avoid bad thoughts. He should not think bad thoughts, or think about desires or forbidden things; he should leave them and avoid them. This is because thinking about them and dwelling on them may lead him to fall into what is forbidden. So if any of this comes to his mind, he should reject it and leave it. Yes.
The questioner asks: Is a person held accountable for what he thinks about, even if he does not act on it? And is it considered backbiting if a person talks to himself about someone?
Answer:
Yes, a person should avoid bad thoughts. He should not think bad thoughts, or think about desires or forbidden things; he should leave them and avoid them. This is because thinking about them and dwelling on them may lead him to fall into what is forbidden. So if any of this comes to his mind, he should reject it and leave it. Yes.
Source
لقاء مفتوح 15-09-1433هـ — alfawzan.live (26:17)
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