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The Grand Ayatollah Sistani’s Fatwas About “Backbiting”

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Question: What is the proper definition of ‘backbiting’? Please, give some references from the Quran and Hadith.

Answer: Backbiting means “speaking ill of a believer in their absence of someone with the purpose of disparaging him, no matter whether the alleged shortcoming was related to his body, lineage, behaviour, deeds, statements, religion, or life, and other defects which are [usually] concealed from the people. Similarly, it does not matter whether the description was done by words or by gesture.”
Almighty Allãh condemned backbiting in God’s Noble Book and has described it such that mind and body feel abhorrence towards it. It is said: “And some of you should not backbite the others: Would anyone of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? No, you abhor it.” (49:12)
The Prophet (PBUH) said: “Be careful of backbiting because backbiting is worse than adultery, in that a person who commits adultery can repent and ask forgiveness from God, and Allãh (SWT) can forgive him whereas Allãh (SWT) will not forgive the backbiter until the person who was at the receiving end forgives him.”

Related Fatwas

Question 1: An elderly person has a habit of doing Ghibah and it is very difficult for me to stop him and I also do not want to hear but I am forced to. What should I do?

Answer: To listen to someone who is backbiting is not Haram in itself, however the listener must act in accordance to enjoining the good (Amr-bil-Marouf) and forbidding the evil (Nahy-anil-Munkar)., and if it is not effective one must show their dissatisfaction from the person performing the backbiting.

Question 2: A friend has gone to propose for a potential spouse, and the family of the girl have asked me for a reference regards to my friend, am I allowed to inform them of his faults?

Answer: In this case it is permissible and not considered Ghibah (backbiting),

Question 3: If I do Ghibah of a believer is it obligatory for me to tell them about it and ask them to forgive me? Is it true that Allah (SWT) will not forgive me for doing Ghibah of a believer unless that believer forgives me first? What if telling that believer (that I did his Ghibah) will make him feel bad and damage my relationship with him, should I still tell him about it? If not, then how can I get forgiveness for that Ghibah?

Answer: [In regards to compensating or making amends for backbiting which has been done] If there is no harm [any further aggravation of the situation] and even in the case where seeking forgiveness is considered a way to compensate for the disrepute which may have occurred, as an [obligatory] precaution they should seek forgiveness.

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