Is there evidence in the saying of Allah the Exalted, “Woe to every slanderer and backbiter,” that backbiting is among the major sins?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is there evidence in His saying[Al-Humazah 104:1] that backbiting is among the major sins?
Answer:
Yes, backbiting is among the major sins. There is scholarly disagreement on this; some hold that it is among the minor sins, while others hold that it is among the major sins. In the Hanbali school, there are two narrations from Ahmad: one that it is a major sin, and one that it is less than a major sin.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is there evidence in His saying
Woe to every scorner and mocker
وَيْلٌ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُّمَزَةٍAnswer:
Yes, backbiting is among the major sins. There is scholarly disagreement on this; some hold that it is among the minor sins, while others hold that it is among the major sins. In the Hanbali school, there are two narrations from Ahmad: one that it is a major sin, and one that it is less than a major sin.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [382 -939] هل في قوله تعالى (ويل لكل همزة لمزة) دليل على أن الغيبة من الكبائر؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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