Backbiting
Question
Suppose three person A, B & C. A telling B some bad things againt C, but C is not known by B,only A knows C.is it count as gibot?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh
Yes, it is ghibat (backbiting). A is guilty of doing ghibat and B is guilty of listening to ghibat.[1]
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Abdullah Ghadai
Student Darul Iftaa
Michigan, U.S.A
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
[1] فتح الباري لابن حجر (10/ 470)
قَالَ الْغِيبَةُ أَنْ تَتَكَلَّمَ خَلْفَ الْإِنْسَانِ بِمَا يَكْرَهُهُ لَوْ سَمِعَهُ وَكَانَ صِدْقًا
فتح الباري لابن حجر (10/ 470)
قُلْتُ الْغِيبَةُ قَدْ تُوجَدُ فِيِ بَعْضِ صُوَرِ النَّمِيمَةِ وَهُوَ أَنْ يَذْكُرَهُ فِي غِيبَتِهِ بِمَا فِيهِ مِمَّا يَسُوؤُهُ قَاصِدًا بِذَلِكَ الْإِفْسَادَ فَيَحْتَمِلُ أَنْ تَكُونَ قِصَّةُ الَّذِي كَانَ يُعَذَّبُ فِي قَبْرِهِ كَانَتْ كَذَلِكَ
- Answered by
- Abdullah Ghadai
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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