The Shaykh’s mention of the two verses regarding permissible backbiting and his explanation of them.
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The Shaykh : The scholars stated this to qualify the general principle regarding forbidden backbiting. They said: “Two verses of poetry,” and this is, of course, not from the verses of the poets, but rather from the poetry of the jurists. They said:
“Criticism is not backbiting in six cases: *** the aggrieved, the one who identifies, and the one who warns,
and the one who exposes open sinfulness, the one who seeks a ruling, and the one *** who seeks assistance in removing a wrong.”
One of the scholars compiled these six types in these two verses so that they may be memorized, and each of these types has evidence from the authentic Sunnah.
“Criticism is not backbiting in six cases: *** the aggrieved, the one who identifies, and the one who warns,
and the one who exposes open sinfulness, the one who seeks a ruling, and the one *** who seeks assistance in removing a wrong.”
One of the scholars compiled these six types in these two verses so that they may be memorized, and each of these types has evidence from the authentic Sunnah.