Does the supplication for the expiation of the gathering expiate backbiting and talebearing?
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Question:
This is our brother the questioner: (Y. Sh. 'A) who has a set of questions. He says: O Shaykh! Does the expiation of the gathering expiate the backbiting and talebearing that occurred during the conversation with the brothers?
Answer:
Sunan Abi Dawud 4859Hasan Sahih (Al-Albani) This is the expiation of the gathering. As for backbiting, one must either seek the forgiveness of the person backbitten, or make supplication for him, or mention his good qualities that one knows about him in the places where one backbitten him. This is a right of a human being; backbiting is a right of a human being, and one must seek his forgiveness. If that is not possible, one should mention him with the good qualities and righteous deeds one knows of him in the places where one backbitten him. One should feel remorse and repent to Allah, feeling remorse for it, seeking forgiveness, and resolving not to return to it. This is the repentance from backbiting when one is unable to seek the forgiveness of the person backbitten.
The presenter: May Allah preserve you.
This is our brother the questioner: (Y. Sh. 'A) who has a set of questions. He says: O Shaykh! Does the expiation of the gathering expiate the backbiting and talebearing that occurred during the conversation with the brothers?
Answer:
Glory be to Thee. O Allah, and I begin with praise of Thee, I testify that there is no god but Thou; I ask Thy pardon, and return to Thee in repentance.
سبحانك اللهم وبحمدك أشهد أن لا إله إلا أنت أستغفرك اللهم وأتوب إليكThe presenter: May Allah preserve you.
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