Is it permissible to backbite an unknown man?
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Question:
He asks: Is it permissible to backbite a man whom the people present in the gathering do not know? And is it true that there is no backbiting of an unknown person?
Answer:
Do not backbite anyone. There is no benefit in backbiting. What is the benefit of talking about people and backbiting them? Even if you do not mention his name. Leave backbiting.[Al-Hujurat 49:12]. The verse is general. [Al-Hujurat 49:12]. It is not permissible to backbite a Muslim. Yes.
He asks: Is it permissible to backbite a man whom the people present in the gathering do not know? And is it true that there is no backbiting of an unknown person?
Answer:
Do not backbite anyone. There is no benefit in backbiting. What is the benefit of talking about people and backbiting them? Even if you do not mention his name. Leave backbiting.
or backbite each other
وَلَا يَغْتَب بَّعْضُكُم بَعْضًاor backbite each other
وَلَا يَغْتَب بَّعْضُكُم بَعْضًا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز غيبة الرجل المجهول؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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