Describing a person with a defect for the purpose of identification: Is it backbiting?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: Is describing a person with a characteristic he has, such as saying "So-and-so the lame one" or "So-and-so the blind one," considered backbiting?
Answer:
This is backbiting, if one mentions the lame man to distinguish him from others, or the blind man['Abasa 80:1-3] in Bas, yes, my intention is to distinguish him from others; it is not my intention to blame him for it, yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: Is describing a person with a characteristic he has, such as saying "So-and-so the lame one" or "So-and-so the blind one," considered backbiting?
Answer:
This is backbiting, if one mentions the lame man to distinguish him from others, or the blind man
(1) The Prophet frowned and turned away (2) Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting]. (3) But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ أَن جَاءَهُ الْأَعْمَىٰ وَمَا
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المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 13-04-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (1:06:19)
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