What is the expiation for backbiting, and is supplication for the person sufficient?
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The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : He says, “O Shaykh, what is the expiation for backbiting?”
The Shaykh : Ah?
The questioner : What is the expiation for backbiting, and is supplication for the person sufficient?
The Shaykh : The expiation for backbiting, if your companion knows, is that you go to him and seek his forgiveness. If he does not know, then the expiation is that you seek forgiveness for him and mention his good qualities in the gathering where you backbit him, because good deeds erase bad deeds. Yes.
The questioner : He says, “O Shaykh, what is the expiation for backbiting?”
The Shaykh : Ah?
The questioner : What is the expiation for backbiting, and is supplication for the person sufficient?
The Shaykh : The expiation for backbiting, if your companion knows, is that you go to him and seek his forgiveness. If he does not know, then the expiation is that you seek forgiveness for him and mention his good qualities in the gathering where you backbit him, because good deeds erase bad deeds. Yes.