Phrase: There is no backbiting of an unknown person
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is this phrase correct: "There is no backbiting of an unknown person"?
The Shaykh:
I do not know it, yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
What is the benefit of backbiting? Even if you are careful with it, what is the benefit? Leave backbiting, my brother, unless you are mentioning him to someone who will take action against him, such as a judge or a prince who will take action against him, saying so-and-so does such-and-such. And since this is from forbidding what is wrong, there is no harm.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is this phrase correct: "There is no backbiting of an unknown person"?
The Shaykh:
I do not know it, yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
What is the benefit of backbiting? Even if you are careful with it, what is the benefit? Leave backbiting, my brother, unless you are mentioning him to someone who will take action against him, such as a judge or a prince who will take action against him, saying so-and-so does such-and-such. And since this is from forbidding what is wrong, there is no harm.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 28 من 86 /شرح كتاب إغاثة اللهفان في مصائد الشيطان/تشكيك في الآخرة/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:16:16)
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