Does backbiting break the fast, and if a person repents, will Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) accept his fast?

Question:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. Does backbiting break the fast, and if a person repents, will Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) accept his fast?

Answer:
Backbiting breaks the fast in the sense that it invalidates its reward, not in the sense that it obligates making it up. It does not invalidate the fast itself, but it invalidates its reward only. The reward of the fasting person goes to the one who was backbitten. So, for the one who committed backbiting, whether he is fasting or not, backbiting is absolutely forbidden. However, in the context of fasting, it increases in prohibition and in the fact that it invalidates the reward of the fasting person, in addition to being forbidden and a sin. That is, it takes away the reward of the fasting person, so he has no reward for his fasting. Therefore, the Muslim must avoid backbiting absolutely, especially in the state of fasting. Yes.