Continuation for the sake of benefit: Types of permissible backbiting, the second location

The Shaykh : So, backbiting is forbidden, but it is permissible in six locations. We mentioned the first location, which is "the complainant." The second location is "the one who identifies." He said: "And the one who identifies." This identification has a connection in social aspects in many, many occasions. Often a man comes to his friend and asks him: "What do you think of so-and-so? He wants to partner with me in a financial deal, or so-and-so wants to propose to one of our daughters, what do you know about him?" The traditional, well-known answer is: "All people are good and blessed." But the one being asked knows otherwise. He knows, for example, that the person being asked about is not trustworthy in financial matters. When asked, he must identify the questioner with the truth about the person being asked about. He has to say, "By Allah, I dealt with him and did not find him good in his dealings, and he did such and such." This is backbiting, but this is backbiting that is an exception among the exceptions that fall under the category of "Religion is sincere advice." Likewise, in the other scenario: "So-and-so is proposing to one of our daughters, what do you think of him?" "All people are good and blessed." He knows that he is a drinker, a loafer, an idler, and so on. So he does not mention what he knows about him from the perspective of "allegation" to cover for him. This is a mistake. As I said at the beginning of the speech, this is cold scrupulousness. He must mention what is in him so that this questioner is fully informed of his situation.