Backbiting of the one who openly commits sin

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, does the one who openly commits sin have a ruling regarding backbiting?

Answer:
If we said that it is from the perspective of hisbah (accountability), from the perspective of hisbah, that the authorities are informed about this person in order to take action against him, then this is enjoining good and forbidding evil, and it is not backbiting. As for merely speaking about him without any benefit, and no public benefit results from it, then it is not permissible; because this would be spreading the scandal. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says: . What is required is to cover the Muslim and to advise him. So, speaking about sinners and open sinners without any benefit resulting from it, this is not permissible. But if a benefit results from it, such as informing those who will take action against them, or informing those who will advise them from among their brothers or those who respect them, then this is not backbiting; this is striving for reform. Yes.