Backbiting the open sinner who is known for his open sinfulness
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: What is the ruling on backbiting the open sinner who is known for his open sinfulness?
Answer:
And what is the benefit of backbiting? If his backbiting is so that he will be deterred, and you do not complain about him, saying so-and-so does not pray, or so-and-so, you complain about him to the one in authority, or that he wronged you and took your right, if this is for the sake of forbidding evil or for the sake of demanding a right, then there is nothing wrong with it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: What is the ruling on backbiting the open sinner who is known for his open sinfulness?
Answer:
And what is the benefit of backbiting? If his backbiting is so that he will be deterred, and you do not complain about him, saying so-and-so does not pray, or so-and-so, you complain about him to the one in authority, or that he wronged you and took your right, if this is for the sake of forbidding evil or for the sake of demanding a right, then there is nothing wrong with it. Yes.
Source
شرح العقيدة الواسطية، العقيدة الواسطية 30-01-1438هـ — alfawzan.live (58:17)
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