Is it considered backbiting to condemn certain reprehensible personal behaviors that are not forbidden (haram)?
If one's disapproval of someone's action is merely a fleeting thought in the heart, there is no sin in it. However, if a person vocalizes what indicates their disapproval of another's action, then this is backbiting (gheeba), which is forbidden, because the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Do you know what backbiting is?" They said: "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said: "It is your mentioning about your brother what he dislikes." It was said: "What if what I say about my brother is true?" He said: "If what you say about him is true, then you have backbitten him; and if what you say about him is not true, then you have slandered him."
Summary from Ftawy's records · added here
Reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
Read the full answer on Ftawyhttps://ftawy.com/en/questions/150648
Where this answer came from
- Source platform
- Ftawy
- Original fatwa ID
- 150648
- Added here
- . This is when the answer was added to El Fatwa, not the fatwa's date.
- Text
- Summary from Ftawy's records, reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
- Read the full ruling
- Read the full answer on Ftawy