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Yasir Qadhi

Ask Shaykh YQ - Episode 02 - When is Backbiting Allowed

Yasir Qadhi

Muslim Central

Society & Culture, Islam, Religion & Spirituality

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2019

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Shaykh Yasir Qadhi delves into the technicalities of permissibility of backbiting. Imam An Nawawi mentions some exceptions when backbiting is allowed: When somebody has done Zulm on you. When we need to warn the community against a general Maslaha. If somebody comes to you for a personal advice for a greater good.

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0:05.0

What constitutes backbiding and when is backbiding allowed? 1stam Osama al-A-Rusal-Milkah I'll

0:15.0

Rijana,

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in the region an orhi,

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I'm the s'a nohilahim

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the s'a no one

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a glet the grieve So backbiting has been defined by the karye.

0:25.0

So backbiting has been defined by the Sunna of our Prophet

0:31.0

Allah O'Alah al-A- Sala, rickrukah a haka bima yakara.

0:35.4

To mention something about your brother behind his back obviously that he does not like to be mentioned.

0:42.2

So this is a factual thing, what you have said is factual.

0:46.4

You mentioned an awkward, an embarrassing issue. You mentioned something that will bring

0:51.0

shame to that person and he doesn't want it to be known and you

0:54.3

mention it in front of other people this is backbiting you should not do that as for

0:59.4

lying this is even worse as our prophet Islam said and this is slander.

1:04.1

Now when is backbiting allowed?

1:06.1

Imaman now we mentioned six positions.

1:08.5

Imama Shokani wrote a treaty is RafiB of Himay Juzu,

1:12.2

a Juzu, O a Riba raising the doubt about what is and isn't allowed

1:16.4

of Riba.

1:17.3

All of these treaties and tracks are really not comprehensive.

1:20.6

They're simply trying to give you examples and illustrations.

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