What should I do when I associate with groups of people who backbite, and I am unable to stop them? And is announcing one's abstention from backbiting on social media considered showing off?
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Praise be to Allah, who guided the questioner to abandon backbiting and repent from it. It is obligatory for anyone who hears backbiting to rebuke its perpetrator and advise them; if unable, they should leave the assembly. The questioner's public declaration on social media that she has forsaken backbiting is a good deed, contributing to the eradication of evil, and is not considered hypocrisy.
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