Warning Against a Person for a Legitimate Purpose and Its Relation to Backbiting
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: Does warning against a person for a legitimate purpose fall under the forbidden backbiting?
The Shaykh:
Warning against a person.
The questioner:
For a legitimate purpose.
The Shaykh:
This does not fall under backbiting; this falls under advice, if this person is continuing in his deviation and has been advised but he persisted. It is obligatory that he advise people not to be deceived by him. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: Does warning against a person for a legitimate purpose fall under the forbidden backbiting?
The Shaykh:
Warning against a person.
The questioner:
For a legitimate purpose.
The Shaykh:
This does not fall under backbiting; this falls under advice, if this person is continuing in his deviation and has been advised but he persisted. It is obligatory that he advise people not to be deceived by him. Yes.
Source
إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان-12-02-1440هـ — alfawzan.live (1:00:41)
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