Backbiting

7 Dec 2014 · 15 Safar 1436 AH1 min readFatwa 31431English

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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