Mufti Online — Madrasah Ta'leemuddeen

Backbiting the dead

· 16 Muharram 1435 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

If you backbited the dead, how do you ask for their forgiveness?

Answer

Make du`aa for them and retract your statements in front of those in whose presence you have backbitten.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

وعن أبي سعيد وجابر قالا قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم الغيبة أشد من الزنا (مشكاة # 4874)

وعن أنس قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم إن من كفارة الغيبة أن تستغفر لمن اغتبته تقول اللهم اغفر لنا وله (مشكاة # 4877)

Answered by
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
View original Compare with other Darul Iftas
Questions about this ruling, answered only from the archive with sources.

Where scholars differ, it’s safer to take the more cautious view.

Fatawa SA is an independent, read-only index of fatawa already published by Mufti Online — Madrasah Ta'leemuddeen. It is not a fatwa service. For your own situation, please ask a Mufti. Report an issue

For corrections or mistakes, please email us at fatawasa786@gmail.com.

Source: Mufti Online — Madrasah Ta'leemuddeen — https://muftionline.co.za/node/4448
Fatawa SA: https://fatawa.co.za/fatwa/muftionline-4448

People also ask

What counts as backbiting (gheebah)?

“In principle, backbiting a Muslim is a grave sin. In the Qurʾān Majīd, Allah Taʿālā likens backbiting to eating the flesh of one’s dead brother. Numerous stern warnings regarding this sin are also found in the blessed aḥādīth.”

Camperdown · 63 fatawa from 6 Darul Iftas on this

What the Darul Iftas say

Related fatawa