Informing neighbors about a neighbor who steals and its relation to talebearing
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: I discovered that my neighbor in the building is stealing some things, so I informed the neighbors about it. Does this count as talebearing? And is it permissible?
Answer:
It is not talebearing. This is advice to the neighbors so that they protect themselves from this man. This is advice. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: I discovered that my neighbor in the building is stealing some things, so I informed the neighbors about it. Does this count as talebearing? And is it permissible?
Answer:
It is not talebearing. This is advice to the neighbors so that they protect themselves from this man. This is advice. Yes.
Source
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