Is backbiting a man unknown to the listener permissible?
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Question:
If one backbites a man who is not known to the listener, meaning he mentions that so-and-so does such and such, or mentions his name but the listener does not know him?
Answer:
No, no, backbiting is not permissible; backbiting is not permissible [Surah al-Hujurat: 12] as long as he named him, it is not permissible.
Q: What about the people of a city or a large group; is that called backbiting?
The Shaykh: The unknown is not called backbiting. If you say, "some people do such and such," or "some men do such and such," it is not called backbiting.
If one backbites a man who is not known to the listener, meaning he mentions that so-and-so does such and such, or mentions his name but the listener does not know him?
Answer:
No, no, backbiting is not permissible; backbiting is not permissible
or backbite each other
وَلَا يَغْتَبْ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضًاQ: What about the people of a city or a large group; is that called backbiting?
The Shaykh: The unknown is not called backbiting. If you say, "some people do such and such," or "some men do such and such," it is not called backbiting.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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