Explaining the flaws of a suitor when consulted, and whether this constitutes backbiting
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: If a person asks me about a suitor for his daughter, and I know that he has bad traits, am I required to disclose this, or is it considered backbiting?
Answer:
No, this is a consultation. If someone consults you about a person he wants to marry, partner with, or travel with, you must disclose the flaws he has and not conceal them, because this is part of the advice you were asked to give. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: If a person asks me about a suitor for his daughter, and I know that he has bad traits, am I required to disclose this, or is it considered backbiting?
Answer:
No, this is a consultation. If someone consults you about a person he wants to marry, partner with, or travel with, you must disclose the flaws he has and not conceal them, because this is part of the advice you were asked to give. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 13-04-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (37:34)
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