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Backbiting, Lying & the Tongue
202 fatawa from 6 South African Darul Iftas on Backbiting, Lying & the Tongue, part of Social, Media & Ethics. Newest first; every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.
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Backbiting, Lying & the Tongue fatawa — page 1 of 6
- Mufti Online7 Oct 2026
The prohibition of picture-making applying to digital photography
The following was asked to me: What is the ruling on digital photography? Is it Haram or Makrooh-e-Tahreemi amalan Haram? If it is Haram, then on…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ibn Masood5 Oct 2026
False Accusations And Slander
What is the sin for falsely accusing and slandering a person?
Mufti Muhammad Isa Ali - Camperdown11 Sep 2026
How to Repent and Rectify Backbiting, Insults and Slander?
Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh, I am a student, and in the past, together with some of my friends, I spoke badly about one of our…
Baba Abu Bakr - Mufti Online30 Aug 2026
Getting a degree after cheating in the exams
If I am cheating in my exam fully, after getting a degree, if I apply for a job which requires the degree to sit in a company and if I get the job…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online18 May 2026
Defending the person who is being spoken ill of in your presence
If someone is backbiting someone else in front of you, is it better to defend the person or leave the room/place?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood22 Apr 2026
Husband Lying To His Wives
A man has two wives. When he travels for work, he takes one wife along for that week, and they continue their stay for another week with the…
Mufti Ahmed Saeed - Mufti Online10 Nov 2025
Avoiding the sin of gheebat
If ones family member backbites another to express their frustrations with their behaviour, and does it constantly, what should they do? Telling…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online25 Oct 2025
Speaking lies when complimenting people
When complimenting someone, do we have to actually mean what we’re saying to them? For example: If I tell someone I like their clothes to be nice,…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online26 Jul 2025
Making fun of someone coming for collection for the musjid
A boy came up to me for chanda (collections) of masjid. He asked me to give it, I had no money in my pocket so I said to him sarcastically and…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online13 Jul 2025
Repenting from backbiting
How can I truly repent from backbiting? I can not find the person I have talked bad about.
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online9 Jul 2025
Mocking someone for the way they smile
Is it kufr to mock the way someone smiles.
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam26 Feb 2025
Forgiveness of Allah Ta’āla in regards to backbiting
My question is about the forgiveness of Allah in regards to backbiting. Sometimes if a person has been backbited, it may hurt his feels and he/she…
Huzaifah Deedat - Mufti Online1 Aug 2024
Mocking someone's appearance
Is mocking someone's appearance considered kufr because we are mocking the creation of Allah?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online30 May 2024
Speaking lies
What should I do when I have cheated in Quran hifz and I have only learned 20 parahs. Now my teacher wants to take tests from me. If I tell the…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online13 May 2024
Asking for forgiveness after making gheebah
Gheebah is a very great sin. الغيبة اشد من الزنا. So lots of people take it lightly and will still end up speaking bad about people and ask that…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online25 Feb 2024
Is writing a fake story about someone regarded as backbiting?
If A writes a story about A's sister B, and A says that B has skill issue, etc. (the story is fake), has A backbitten B?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam22 Feb 2024
Does lying in a job interview render the income haraam?
As-salaamu 'alaykum, I have been working as a data analyst in a software company for almost Five years and nine months, now I'm thinking to join…
Abdullah Noorgat - Mufti Online17 Feb 2024
Using someone else's student card to get a discount
I currently live in Pretoria and work in Jet Park (I travel about 128km a day to and from work). Currently I use my car everyday to work and back. I…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood5 Feb 2024
Replying to Salaam on Whatsapp
1. If a person makes salaam in WhatsApp group, do all participants have to reply, or would one or a few participants replying enough?
Maulana Abdul Kader Fazlani - Mufti Online18 Jan 2024
Replying to salaam on a WhatsApp group
If someone in the WhatsApp group makes salaam, does everyone in the group have to reply or if one person replys its okay?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online17 Jan 2024
Speaking lies to avoid making people worried
Is it permissible to speak a lie to not make someone worried about you?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood18 Dec 2023
Mocking people involved in difficulties
I know I should be a good person. Sometimes, I think of a tribulation and want to joke about it, or I see someone going through some difficultly and…
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Mufti Online30 Nov 2023
One person in a group replying to the salaam will be sufficient on behalf of the entire group
If someone in the group makes salaam, does everyone have to reply or if one person reply's is it sufficient?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Azaadville18 Nov 2023
A Female Replying To The Salaam Of A Na-Mahram Male
Is it waajib for a female to reply to the salaam of a male?
- Mufti Online15 Aug 2023
Leaving a gathering where gheebah is taking place
If a youngster is sitting in a gathering of adults wherein gheebah is taking place and he cannot leave, what should he do?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam20 Jul 2023
When will speaking ill of someone will not constitute backbiting?
Follwing two things are included in backbiting 1. To share your frustration with your friend about an ill deed done with you by someone. This is to…
Muhammed Al-Ameen Bin Moulana Ismail Akoo - Mufti Online13 May 2023
Taubah from making gheebat (backbiting)
Sometime ago I backbit and engaged in alot of idle talk about alot of people as I was not much of a practicing Muslim. Those people are not aware of…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Azaadville3 Jan 2023
Replying To Salaam
Is it waajib to reply to salaam?
- Ask Imaam26 Nov 2022
Is there any Tawbah from backbiting?
Assalamu alaykum, If somebody commits gheebat of someone they will never be-able to ask forgiveness from (due to inaccessibility), is there any form…
Ahmad Patel - Jamiat KZN26 Oct 2022
Can you swear someone if they swear you?
If someone swears you or your parents, are you allowed to swear them back?
Mufti Ismaeel Bassa - Mufti Online3 Feb 2022
Difference between venting to someone and making gheebah
Is there a difference between venting to someone and making gheebah?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online10 Dec 2021
Spreading bad news
Is it true to say that one should not spread bad news even it is in the public domain and true?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online29 Nov 2021
Replying to the salaam
If someone gave salaam and one replied and they didn’t hear the reply or one did not reply, would the person later on have to walk up to the person…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Azaadville29 Sep 2021
Lying To Conceal A Someone’s Fault
Is it permissable to lie if you’re trying to conceal a brothers faults or secret. Eg: I know a Hamzah has done a certain sin and Moosa then asks me…
- Mufti Online1 Feb 2021Arabic
مسألة امكان الكذب
أود أن تشرح لي بالتفصيل مسألة "امكان الكذب". قرأت الكتاب "المهند"، لكن الناس لديهم هذا الاعتراض ، أن رأي المؤلف هو خلاف الجمهور. يزعمون أن إمكان…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online15 Nov 2020
Making gheebat about a deceased person
I need to know Islamically whats the sin for talking bad about a dead woman that you don't even know.
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online15 Nov 2020
Is backbiting shirk?
Does backbiting mean its shirk and after judgement we cannot go to paradise even after Nabi (sallallahu alaihi wasallam)'s intercession? If I…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online4 Nov 2020
Seeking forgiveness for backbiting
If I backbited about anyone then another person backbited about that person also, will I get punishment for that also? If I backbited but if the…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online3 Nov 2020
Back biting someone who is more sinful
If anyone back bites another person but then the other person done more sin than the person who has back bited, and Allah knows that the person who…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam12 Dec 2019
Is swearing jokingly allowed among friends?
Assalamualikum Warahmatullah Is swearing jokingly allowed among friends? Will i be sin full for that? Plz answer my question mufti saab
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