The Ruling on Backbiting Through Gestures or Voice
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Question:
Is imitation through gestures, voice, or speech considered backbiting? And if it is considered backbiting, when the one who backbites is told, "Do not backbite," he says, "This is what so-and-so does or says"?
Answer:
Yes, backbiting occurs through speech and through action. It occurs through speech when one says something about a person that he dislikes. It occurs through action when one points to him, and people know that he intends to refer to him, if he walks in his manner, or speaks in a way that is meant to criticize or mock him, or similar gestures intended to belittle him and to blame him. This is backbiting through action—may Allah grant us safety from it— [Al-Humazah:1].
Is imitation through gestures, voice, or speech considered backbiting? And if it is considered backbiting, when the one who backbites is told, "Do not backbite," he says, "This is what so-and-so does or says"?
Answer:
Yes, backbiting occurs through speech and through action. It occurs through speech when one says something about a person that he dislikes. It occurs through action when one points to him, and people know that he intends to refer to him, if he walks in his manner, or speaks in a way that is meant to criticize or mock him, or similar gestures intended to belittle him and to blame him. This is backbiting through action—may Allah grant us safety from it—
Woe to every scorner and mocker
وَيْلٌ لِكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُمَزَةٍ
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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