What is the expiation for backbiting when it is not possible to apologize to the one who was backbitten?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: What is the expiation for backbiting if one fears that informing the one who was backbitten will cause him to be upset or angry?
Answer:
They said that if one fears that he will pray for him and speak well of him in the gatherings where he backbitten him. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: What is the expiation for backbiting if one fears that informing the one who was backbitten will cause him to be upset or angry?
Answer:
They said that if one fears that he will pray for him and speak well of him in the gatherings where he backbitten him. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/1686] ما كفارة الغيبة إذا تعذر الاعتذار للمغتاب؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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