The Ruling on Backbiting a Disbeliever
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: Is backbiting a disbeliever permissible?
Answer:
It depends on the benefit. If there is a benefit in it, then yes. But if there is no benefit in it, then backbiting is not permissible, neither for a disbeliever nor for a Muslim. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: Is backbiting a disbeliever permissible?
Answer:
It depends on the benefit. If there is a benefit in it, then yes. But if there is no benefit in it, then backbiting is not permissible, neither for a disbeliever nor for a Muslim. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، الباب التاسع في طهارة القلب من أدرانه وأنجاسه — islamhouse.com (1:12:19)
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