The ruling on keeping the company of those who are lenient regarding backbiting under the pretext that backbiting an open sinner and an innovator is permissible
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: I am afflicted with the company of some students of knowledge, but they are lenient in the matter of criticism, and they say that backbiting an open sinner and an innovator is permissible.
Answer:
Do not keep the company of these people; they are talebearers and backbiters, so do not keep their company. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: I am afflicted with the company of some students of knowledge, but they are lenient in the matter of criticism, and they say that backbiting an open sinner and an innovator is permissible.
Answer:
Do not keep the company of these people; they are talebearers and backbiters, so do not keep their company. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/2350] حكم مصاحبة من يتوسع في الغيبة بحجة جواز غيبة الفاسق والمبتدع - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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