What is the ruling on backbiting a Muslim about a disbeliever?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Based on the fact that a disbeliever takes revenge on a believer, does backbiting a believer about a disbeliever count as injustice toward him? And what is the ruling regarding them?
Answer:
Backbiting is not permissible, neither regarding a believer, nor a disbeliever, nor an open sinner, except if a stronger benefit results from it, in which case backbiting is permissible for the sake of that stronger benefit. As for merely making light of people’s reputations, that is not permissible. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Based on the fact that a disbeliever takes revenge on a believer, does backbiting a believer about a disbeliever count as injustice toward him? And what is the ruling regarding them?
Answer:
Backbiting is not permissible, neither regarding a believer, nor a disbeliever, nor an open sinner, except if a stronger benefit results from it, in which case backbiting is permissible for the sake of that stronger benefit. As for merely making light of people’s reputations, that is not permissible. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [197 -560] ما حكم غيبة المسلم للكافر؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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