What is the ruling on complaining about injustice, and is it backbiting?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh. Some people cut the skin from the forehead of a wolf and bring it to the one afflicted by possession, and they claim that this jinn comes out. Some people also place this skin in their house as a protection against jinn so that they do not enter their home. What is the ruling on these two matters?
The Shaykh : The ruling on these two matters is that this has no basis and no validity. If this were true, wolves would be worth the highest prices. This has no validity.
The questioner : Would this be shirk (associating partners with Allah)?
The Shaykh : Yes, this would be of the same kind as wearing a ring or the like to ward off or remove calamity. These are illusions with no validity.
The questioner : And if it is established, meaning through experience?
The Shaykh : It is never established. These are illusions. You take a wolf, if Allah wills, and put it near the jinn.
The questioner : We have a wolf in Hail.
The Shaykh : Never. I know a man who used to recite over those afflicted by possession, and he took a wolf cub. The wolf caused him trouble; it would eat nothing but the best meat, and he had to keep buying meat for it, but it was of no use. The jinn would dance when it saw the wolf. Yes.
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The questioner : O Shaykh, is it backbiting to speak ill of the person who wronged you?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : A person wronged you, meaning he took your money.
The Shaykh : Complaining about injustice is permissible. If a person comes to the one in authority and says, "So-and-so did such and such," or if he mentions it to someone other than the one in authority, such as a friend he is consulting on what to do, there is nothing wrong with that. Or if he speaks ill of him to warn him, there is nothing wrong with that, because the intention is reform. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked to admit a man, and he said:Sahih al-Bukhari 6054 Then he spoke ill of him. But when the man entered, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was pleased with him, because the man appeared to be a leader of his people, but he was bad. The important point is that if the intention is advice, complaining about injustice, consultation, or the like, there is nothing wrong with it. The scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) in the books of men, the men of hadith, mention what disqualifies a person. They say, "This one is a liar," "This one is accused of lying," "This one is weak," and there is nothing wrong with that. Yes.
The Shaykh : The ruling on these two matters is that this has no basis and no validity. If this were true, wolves would be worth the highest prices. This has no validity.
The questioner : Would this be shirk (associating partners with Allah)?
The Shaykh : Yes, this would be of the same kind as wearing a ring or the like to ward off or remove calamity. These are illusions with no validity.
The questioner : And if it is established, meaning through experience?
The Shaykh : It is never established. These are illusions. You take a wolf, if Allah wills, and put it near the jinn.
The questioner : We have a wolf in Hail.
The Shaykh : Never. I know a man who used to recite over those afflicted by possession, and he took a wolf cub. The wolf caused him trouble; it would eat nothing but the best meat, and he had to keep buying meat for it, but it was of no use. The jinn would dance when it saw the wolf. Yes.
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The questioner : O Shaykh, is it backbiting to speak ill of the person who wronged you?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : A person wronged you, meaning he took your money.
The Shaykh : Complaining about injustice is permissible. If a person comes to the one in authority and says, "So-and-so did such and such," or if he mentions it to someone other than the one in authority, such as a friend he is consulting on what to do, there is nothing wrong with that. Or if he speaks ill of him to warn him, there is nothing wrong with that, because the intention is reform. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked to admit a man, and he said: