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Backbiting a non-Muslim

· 18 Safar 1435 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

If you backbite about non-muslims will you get the sin of backbiting?

Answer

Engaging in nonsensical talks and inciting one against the other is obviously wrong and sinful, whether it is a Muslim or a non-Muslim. This is what normally happens in backbiting.

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

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

وَلَا تَبْغِ الْفَسَادَ فِي الْأَرْضِ إِنَّ اللَّـهَ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُفْسِدِينَ ﴿القصص: ٧٧﴾

عن علي بن حسين قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم إن من حسن إسلام المرء تركه ما لا يعنيه (جامع الترمذي # 2318)

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Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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