The Ruling on Mentioning People's Flaws for the Sake of Advice or Grievance
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner:
How is this reconciled with what is reported from the Salaf regarding testifying about these individuals in the context of punishment?
The Shaykh:
If our mention of them falls under the category of advice or under the category of complaining to the judge, then it is permissible, because the benefit in this case outweighs the harm. Or, as some narrators have it in the hadith, the benefit outweighs the harm, and this is not considered backbiting. Yes.
How is this reconciled with what is reported from the Salaf regarding testifying about these individuals in the context of punishment?
The Shaykh:
If our mention of them falls under the category of advice or under the category of complaining to the judge, then it is permissible, because the benefit in this case outweighs the harm. Or, as some narrators have it in the hadith, the benefit outweighs the harm, and this is not considered backbiting. Yes.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، باب بيان شيء من أنواع السحر — islamhouse.com (1:03:13)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.