The ruling on saying "May Allah guide him" when mentioning an absent person

Question:
Honorable Shaykh! Is it backbiting if a person is mentioned in a group and one of them says, “May Allah guide him” or “May Allah reform him”?

Answer:
Yes, indeed. Mentioning your brother with what he dislikes—mentioning your brother with what he dislikes—this is backbiting, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said.
As for saying “May Allah guide him” or “May Allah reform him,” if it is a way of belittling him, implying that he has errors and alerting those present to them, then this is also a type of backbiting, a type of backbiting. It was obligatory for him, if he saw a deficiency in this person, to advise him in private between them. However, if those present have a good opinion of him, and then this person present says “May Allah guide him” or “May Allah reform him,” some of those present, or all of them, might understand that there are observations about him, and this would be a type of backbiting.
However, if he says “May Allah grant him success” or “May Allah guide him,” or words like this in supplication, that is good. As for supplication that implies, or is understood to imply, that he has errors, he should avoid it. He should choose supplication that does not contain a contrary meaning, such as saying “May Allah guide him,” “May Allah increase him in knowledge and righteous deeds,” or the like. May Allah preserve him. Yes.