Answers: 55Backbiting and Gossip
- When Is Backbiting Allowed in Islam?Ghibah is permitted in six cases: complaining to one who can remove harm, asking for help to remove an evil, asking for advice or Fatwa, warning against someone, when the person is committing evil openly, and to identify someone.196,522
- Criticising someone in his presence or in his absence62,723
- If a person talks to himself about someone else who mistreated him, is that regarded as backbiting?49,779
- Causing an Engagement to be Called Off31,128
- “There is no backbiting in the Case of an Evildoer”48,911
- Is warning people about a man who is known to commit evil openly regarded as backbiting?10,357
- Relating a Story While Concealing Names29,775
- Cases in Which Ghibah (Backbiting) is Permitted26,054
- Expiation for Gossip67,545
- Listening to Others Backbiting86,523
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