Does the supplication for the expiation of the gathering expiate backbiting?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh Salih, we conclude this episode with this question asked by Badr Sa'id from al-Khobar. He says: Some people think that if one stands up from his gathering and says the expiation of the gathering, Allah will forgive him whatever occurred in that gathering, such as intentional backbiting. What is your opinion on that?
Answer:
Backbiting is a right belonging to the one who was backbitten, so it is not dropped except by his pardon of it and his tolerance of it. The expiation of the gathering only expiates matters in which the creatures have no stake, i.e., the rights of the creatures. Yes.
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh Salih, we conclude this episode with this question asked by Badr Sa'id from al-Khobar. He says: Some people think that if one stands up from his gathering and says the expiation of the gathering, Allah will forgive him whatever occurred in that gathering, such as intentional backbiting. What is your opinion on that?
Answer:
Backbiting is a right belonging to the one who was backbitten, so it is not dropped except by his pardon of it and his tolerance of it. The expiation of the gathering only expiates matters in which the creatures have no stake, i.e., the rights of the creatures. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 6920- هل دعاء كفارة المجلس يكفر الغيبة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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