Gheebat
Question
I have a question that I have a distant uncle who is sick and old and that when I inquired about his health from my brother over the phone he said that he's not well and doesn't recognise people, today when I met with another relative he was asking me about this uncle and I said that he's not well and that he doesn't recognise people. My question is that is it a gheebat (backbite)? Please advice me.
Answer
No. This is not gheebat. Gheebat is to reveal to somebody the bad habit or evil action of a person behind his back without any valid Shar'ee reason.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
- Answered by
- Mufti Zakaria Makada
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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