Question:
SALAM TO ALL
1 CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN IN WHICH CIRCUMSTANCES ARE WE ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT SOMEBODY BEHIND THERE BACK
2 IF YOU HAVE BACKBIT-ED SOMEBODY WHAT SHOULD YOU DO? I KNOW YOU HAVE TO ASK FORGIVENESS FROM THEM, BUT WHAT IF TELLING THAT PERSON ABOUT THE COMMENT WILL MAKE THEM EVEN MORE ANGRY OR SPREAD EVEN MORE FITNA, IN THAT SITUATION CAN YOU RECITE THE DUA OF THE SAINT OF RAJAB
Answer:
wa `alaykum salam,
To try to justify backbiting under any circumstances by telling someone you backbit them is like trying to justify eating pork by saying you will for sure repent later.
Imam Senad Agic
Head Imam (IABNA)
The Islamic Association of Bosniaks in North America
American Islamic Center – Chicago
