Is making fun of certain countries considered backbiting?
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Question:
What the common people call making fun of certain villages, is that considered backbiting?
Answer:
Backbiting is mentioning a specific person. An unknown person is not backbiting.
Q: I mean, for example, they say: the town...?
The Shaykh: Some people do such and such, and some of the people of the town do such and such. This is not backbiting, unless it is said, so-and-so, the son of so-and-so. The point is that what is not named does not become backbiting. The town does not cause harm.
Q: Do they mock the people of such-and-such a town?
The Shaykh: The town does not become backbiting. Backbiting is for a specific person.
What the common people call making fun of certain villages, is that considered backbiting?
Answer:
Backbiting is mentioning a specific person. An unknown person is not backbiting.
Q: I mean, for example, they say: the town...?
The Shaykh: Some people do such and such, and some of the people of the town do such and such. This is not backbiting, unless it is said, so-and-so, the son of so-and-so. The point is that what is not named does not become backbiting. The town does not cause harm.
Q: Do they mock the people of such-and-such a town?
The Shaykh: The town does not become backbiting. Backbiting is for a specific person.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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