Speaking about the people of a tribe or a town, and whether it is backbiting
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The questioner:
He asks: If one speaks about the people of a tribe, city, or country, does that naturally count as speaking about all of them, even if he did not intend to speak about the scholars?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
Whoever speaks about a tribe, a city, or a town has spoken about all of them, even if he did not
The Shaykh:
mean to backbite any specific person. This is merely informing about the people of the town, or that they have a shortcoming, or that they have something of this sort. It does not appear to me that this is backbiting.
He asks: If one speaks about the people of a tribe, city, or country, does that naturally count as speaking about all of them, even if he did not intend to speak about the scholars?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
Whoever speaks about a tribe, a city, or a town has spoken about all of them, even if he did not
The Shaykh:
mean to backbite any specific person. This is merely informing about the people of the town, or that they have a shortcoming, or that they have something of this sort. It does not appear to me that this is backbiting.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 14 من 25|دروس التفسير في الحرم المكي|تفسير سورة النساء|077-082|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (46:03)
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