Hearing backbiting in a gathering, and my tongue slips with them, then I regret it and make du'a for them in their absence. What is the advice?
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Question:
Sometimes I hear the backbiting of certain people and I am with them, and sometimes my tongue slips with them, but I regret it afterwards and make du'a for them in their absence. Is that permissible?
Answer:
Yes, it is not permissible to listen to backbiting without refuting it. And if you participate in it, the matter is more severe. If you participate in it, the matter is more severe. What you mentioned about repenting to Allah and making du'a for the one who was the subject of the backbiting, asking Allah to forgive him, is a good thing. But do not return to such a thing. If you repent, let your repentance be decisive, and do not return to such a thing. Yes.
Sometimes I hear the backbiting of certain people and I am with them, and sometimes my tongue slips with them, but I regret it afterwards and make du'a for them in their absence. Is that permissible?
Answer:
Yes, it is not permissible to listen to backbiting without refuting it. And if you participate in it, the matter is more severe. If you participate in it, the matter is more severe. What you mentioned about repenting to Allah and making du'a for the one who was the subject of the backbiting, asking Allah to forgive him, is a good thing. But do not return to such a thing. If you repent, let your repentance be decisive, and do not return to such a thing. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، أسمع الغيبة في المجلس، وتزل لساني معهم، ثم أندم وأدعو لهم بظهر الغيب، فما النصيحة؟ — youtube.com
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