Warning Against Sectarian Parties and Its Relation to Backbiting
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is warning against sectarian parties considered backbiting?
The Shaykh:
What is it?
The questioner:
Is warning against sectarian parties considered backbiting?
The Shaykh:
As long as you have not named a specific person, this is advice. But if you name a person in disbelief, this is backbiting. So, backbiting a specific person is permissible if there is a stronger benefit, and it is not permissible if the harm is greater.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is warning against sectarian parties considered backbiting?
The Shaykh:
What is it?
The questioner:
Is warning against sectarian parties considered backbiting?
The Shaykh:
As long as you have not named a specific person, this is advice. But if you name a person in disbelief, this is backbiting. So, backbiting a specific person is permissible if there is a stronger benefit, and it is not permissible if the harm is greater.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 41 — youtube.com (1:09:54)
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