How to atone for backbiting
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a person backbites someone, how does he atone for that? Is it necessary for him to go to that person and ask for his forgiveness?
Answer:
If it is possible for him to ask for his forgiveness, then it is obligatory. If it is not possible, then he should speak well of him and make du'a for him, and that is sufficient. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a person backbites someone, how does he atone for that? Is it necessary for him to go to that person and ask for his forgiveness?
Answer:
If it is possible for him to ask for his forgiveness, then it is obligatory. If it is not possible, then he should speak well of him and make du'a for him, and that is sufficient. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن أعظم مكايده التي كاد بها أكثر الناس — islamhouse.com (1:10:13)
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