I saw someone afflicted and made the supplication prescribed for that, and a person who was next to me heard it. Is this considered backbiting?
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Question:
If you see someone afflicted and you say the prescribed supplication for that, and there is a person next to you who hears this supplication, is that considered backbiting of that afflicted person, and that it is obligatory for him to be?
Answer:
You mean the supplication, you did not intend backbiting; you only intend to act upon the Sunnah, so this does not harm, if Allah wills. Yes.
If you see someone afflicted and you say the prescribed supplication for that, and there is a person next to you who hears this supplication, is that considered backbiting of that afflicted person, and that it is obligatory for him to be?
Answer:
You mean the supplication, you did not intend backbiting; you only intend to act upon the Sunnah, so this does not harm, if Allah wills. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [576 -1024] رأيت مبتلى فدعوت بالدعاء الوارد في ذلك، فسمعه شخص كان بجانبي، هل يعتبر هذا من الغيبة؟ — youtube.com
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