The ruling on addressing a person by a defect that is only known by it
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Question:
Some people, when you tell them: Do not mock him, say: Do people not know him except by mocking him?
Answer:
This is if it is known by it without harm, such as what is said: the one-eyed man and the lame man, like the Tabi'un (the generation after the Companions) al-A'mash and al-A'raj; they are all from the Tabi'un and from the trustworthy narrators, and they were known by this. Likewise, al-A'war was known by this. It does not become backbiting as long as it is a title by which he is known; it does not become backbiting.
Some people, when you tell them: Do not mock him, say: Do people not know him except by mocking him?
Answer:
This is if it is known by it without harm, such as what is said: the one-eyed man and the lame man, like the Tabi'un (the generation after the Companions) al-A'mash and al-A'raj; they are all from the Tabi'un and from the trustworthy narrators, and they were known by this. Likewise, al-A'war was known by this. It does not become backbiting as long as it is a title by which he is known; it does not become backbiting.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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