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Is it haram to backbite about someone in a WhatsApp group chat if he is not participating?
I need to know if it is BACKBITING to say unwanted things in a WhatsApp group chat, where the person is not texting in the conversation/may not be present but is a member of the group chat.Please explicitly state wether it is halal or haram... More
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What to Do When Seeing Backbiting on Social Media
What do I do if I see backbiting on social media/news. Do I take the matter into my own hands and defend the person, even when they are a celebrity, a person I don’t even know, a non Muslim, etc? Or do I just ignore the post completely, skip it, and move on. For example, i see someone backbiting a random celebrity on YouTube, do I have to take the.. More
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Nature of backbiting
What forms of gossip/backbiting are considered haram? There is this suspicious individual who my family and I know and his friend now and then relates to me this individual's supposed true nature. He claims that he is a bad person and he relates to me his experience with him and the various misdeeds that he has committed? Am I committing a sin by listening.. More
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Backbiting of the Wronged Person Against the Person Who Wronged Him
Assalamu aleykum.My mother always give complain of her boss to me when i can't settle the score between her and her boss.Is this a form of backbiting?
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Backbiting an Unknown Person
Assalamu alaikum. I happen to backbite someone without knowing that he is actually a Muslim. I live in a kaffir country. What's the ruling for that? Am I sinful? Will I be held accountable?
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Advising Non-Muslims
If I hear a non Muslim swear, or backbite or do any other sin do I have to telll them not to do it? And am I assisting in sin if I help carry haram foods for my non Muslim mother to eat?
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Is It Backbiting to Say That Someone Was Smoking
A person was smoking in the room and I saw him doing thatNext day another person asks me what he was doing yesterday in that room If I say he was smoking then it's geebah How to answer these kind of questions
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Hearing a Speech Unintentionally Is Not Backbiting
Salaam,If you overhear a conversation without intending to hear it, is that haram? For example, the people are talking so loudly that you can't help but just hear them. Do you have to do anything to ensure you don't hear them in this situation?jazakAllahKhair
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Pointing Out to Errors in Articles and Books Is Not Backbiting If It Is Purposeful
Salaam,Is criticism the same as backbiting. For example, if I write a review of a book and post it online and I criticise not necessarily the writer but the writing itself or express my opinions on why I didn't like something or why I thought the story wasn't well written, would that be backbiting?JazakAllahKhair
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Criticized Food Prepared by Other Maid: Is It Backbiting?
once my maid was asking me about a cooking that my other maid cooked , if i told her that there is less of salt and tell the one that has cooked it to add some salt . Will telling this to the present maid be considered backbiting or gheebah because the other was not present?
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Her Mother Does Not Stop from Backbiting People Who Wronged Her
Assalamualaikum sheikh I know backbiting is a major sin. But many a times my mother speaks about people who have wronged her in some way says things about them which are not actually good .I have tried to make her understand but she says that they did wrong and that's why she's talking about them. If I leave or don't listen to such backbiting my mother.. More
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Sister Complains about Her Boss Everyday: Is It Backbiting?
Aa.Usually my sister complains about her boss in the office everyday.She talks about how she treated her,her behaviour etc but she is not ready to leave the work yet,is this a form of backbitting?
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Her Female Cousins Misunderstood Her Act of Goodness and Accused Her of Backbiting
A few months ago I asked one of my older cousins to relate to my younger female cousins to maintain distance from our male cousins as they touch each other too much and think "they are like our brothers". After my older cousin did, the younger cousins have been accusing me of backbiting and have been treating me in an estranged manner. It feels like.. More
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Evil Inner Thoughts of Others Isn't Backbiting
Assalamu'alaikum Warahmatullah
Is there any scholar that allowed backbiting inside heart (the backbiting here is based with data and facts, not only baseless bad thought). I am someone who studied social science professionally, and of course we need to examine why people are like this and that. Of course we thought a lot about their bads, not for entertainme.. More
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The Definition of Backbiting
If i tell someone about funny speech of my wife (if she hear about it she may mind) while i am sure that they will never meet each other, that means my wife wont know about that in future. Is this haram geebah?
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