Backbiting of the Disbeliever and the Sin of the One Who Backbites Him
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, does a disbeliever have a ruling regarding backbiting, and does the one who backbites him commit a sin?
Answer:
A disbeliever does not have a ruling regarding backbiting, and neither does the one who openly commits sin, for the one who openly commits sin has exposed himself, so there is no backbiting regarding him. Honorable Shaykh Jalaal. He says:[Al-Hujurat 49:12] and the address is to the Muslims. There is no objection to backbiting a disbeliever, for the sake of warning against disbelief.
Honorable Shaykh, does a disbeliever have a ruling regarding backbiting, and does the one who backbites him commit a sin?
Answer:
A disbeliever does not have a ruling regarding backbiting, and neither does the one who openly commits sin, for the one who openly commits sin has exposed himself, so there is no backbiting regarding him. Honorable Shaykh Jalaal. He says:
or backbite each other
وَلَا يَغْتَب بَّعْضُكُم بَعْضًا
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب الرهب من مساوئ الأخلاق — islamhouse.com (1:03:42)
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