Sitting with backbiters, including one’s father
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Question:
This is Abu Muram, who says: If there are people who backbite their Muslim brothers, and you have advised them but they did not heed the advice, is it obligatory for us to leave them, or should we sit with them? My question is: If it is my father, for example, who backbites, do I leave the place and get up from him, or does this count as undutifulness to parents?
Answer:
Your father is the one who is most deserving of advice; advise him to stop this action and to leave it. As for those who backbite people in their gathering, and you have advised them but they did not comply and continued, do not sit with them. Yes.
The presenter:
Yes,
This is Abu Muram, who says: If there are people who backbite their Muslim brothers, and you have advised them but they did not heed the advice, is it obligatory for us to leave them, or should we sit with them? My question is: If it is my father, for example, who backbites, do I leave the place and get up from him, or does this count as undutifulness to parents?
Answer:
Your father is the one who is most deserving of advice; advise him to stop this action and to leave it. As for those who backbite people in their gathering, and you have advised them but they did not comply and continued, do not sit with them. Yes.
The presenter:
Yes,
Source
قناة «مكة و المدينة»، 13 / فتاوى على الهواء - 20 04 1438هـ _ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (50:18)
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