The Criterion for Forbidden Backbiting
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the criterion for forbidden backbiting? And how do I distinguish between this being backbiting and it being a description of so-and-so?
Answer:
A description that so-and-so dislikes. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Backbiting isSunan Abi Dawud 4874Sahih (Al-Albani) Do not describe him with what he dislikes in his absence. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the criterion for forbidden backbiting? And how do I distinguish between this being backbiting and it being a description of so-and-so?
Answer:
A description that so-and-so dislikes. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Backbiting is
It is saying something about your brother which he would dislike
ذكرك أخاك بما يكره
Source
إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان-22-07-1439هـ — alfawzan.live (1:16:57)
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